cd burning

[enes]

hi,

i would like to ask something for a frend

for some time he can't burn cds with windows xp

when he tries he gets an error

saying the cd isn't writable but even with normal writeable cds

[666philb]

Try a different burner, here's some.......

http://download.cnet.com/CDBurnerXP/3000-2...4-10409086.html

http://infrarecorder.org/

[PedroHin]

Something that is often helpful: (this won't hurt, I have done it on many systems, and it simply forces Device Manager to correctly reinstall your CD/DVD device)

Start the Run Command Prompt

Type in "regedit" without the parrenthesis then click ok

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Then SYSTEM

Then CURRENT CONTROL SET

Then CONTROL

Then CLASS

Then find {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

The whole thing looks like this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Then delete the upper and lower filters....

Restart your PC. If this doesn't help, the writing laser could just be dead on the drive.

[enes]

hi,

what do you mean by uper case and lower case values

can you make a .reg file

or is there a more easier way

[DarkSnakeKobra]

Something that is often helpful: (this won't hurt, I have done it on many systems, and it simply forces Device Manager to correctly reinstall your CD/DVD device)

Start the Run Command Prompt

Type in "regedit" without the parrenthesis then click ok

You can just click run. No need to run cmd(command prompt).

[enes]

i need a .reg file that does this

[PedroHin]

I don't have a .reg file, but try this, it does the same thing

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cd_dvd_drive_problems

[Firefox]

nice links, I just had to do this the other day

[Couposn]

I'd just suggest CDBurnerXP