No Cd Rom?

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

 

anyone can help

i really need this fixed or my teacher at school will kill me

 

You might need to flash the bios of your CD/DVD burner. Go google the flash program for the make & model of your burner.

 

um........can ya explain that to me in detail
please

 

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

 

can be that drive is just gone bad is it an old computer?

 

i think your win32 files might be corrupted

 

take the cdrom out, put it in another pc and see if it works. If it does its a windows problem.

 

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???

 

I don't think i can help you, sorry. =\

 

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

 

woa i got this problem too once. then it worked again suddenly :huh: weird yo

 

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.