hey mates i have a big problem last month the cd drive was working good but i just tried to burn a cd and write some files to my cd (i need to clean up my hardrive too much stuff) so yeah once i inserted the cd into the cddrive it says that there is no cd in the drive WTF??????????? i just inserted it in there and it says taht i cant access it and i cant write it?????????????????????? lllAE86lll can ya help mate please anyone else who knows about this problem can help and i think it is a virus or something if it is i am gonna virus scan right now because of this problem i cant do my projects and all that other stuff -black0ut
You might need to flash the bios of your CD/DVD burner. Go google the flash program for the make & model of your burner.
List what type of burner that you have (make/model). Scan your comp anyways for viruses. Your win 32 files might be corrupted. If nothing else turns up, check the jumpers on your burner & tell us how your IDE's are connected. For example IDE 1 = burner to HD to MB. Also, what software are you using to burn your CD/DVD? They I can tell you if you would need to flash your burner.
um.... ok but i got to go right now so i will post all that info tomorrow and i thinnk i got viruses i will scan tomorrow
well i got Dell Dimension 8200 17' screen it is old i got it last summer i think so yeah that is what i got ! i dunno i think it is a virus if it is then it should be deleted by now cuz i ran a virus protection search by Norton so yeah and how do i check if my win32 files are corrupted and how to i uncorrupt them???
hm.some advice dont use norton use another virus scanner - Norton does not pick up any viruses - Personal experience - hm..for ur CD Device go into your BIOS setup check if the device is picked up on there if its not then theres something wrong between IDE connectors of some sort within the PC
Did you try cleaning it out? Try running programs like, avast or avg for viruses and adaware, spybot s&d, and microsoft antispywaree. have you tried system restore?
Im surprised that no one has suggested use a different brand of cd. also, make sure that its the right format, aka dont use a dvd in a cd, etc. see if you can use another cd (like a game cd or something). also, it may be best to borrow someones else drive or somehting to burn the assesment, so that you can hand that in, and concentrate of fixing the drive.