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Thread ID: 41304 2004-01-06 07:40:00 CDrom not working anymore toxicbass (4045) Press F1
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205654 2004-01-06 07:40:00 CDROM not going,and i need to backup! im wanting to format and re install xp but cant burn cds

1- cannot drag and drop in windows explorer- says 'no cd in the drive' when quite clearly,there IS an EMPTY CDR straight out of the packet in there

2- my bro had some virtual drive software installed-when i disabled his virtual drives,restarted,the PC said 'are u sure u want to use this unsigned software'i said yes,,,and that was all,,now i have 2 extra drive letters that appear as DVDs- I TOLD HIM NOT to muck about with virtual drives on this stuffed pc company pc

3- Nero says 'you can only run nero on the installed cdrom that it was installed for'

so no luck there

What can i do! /

WHen i insert cds they do show up the files that are there..so no problem there.

Something with Burning,not reading..
incomplete Drivers? its a 3yr old pc thats completely stuffed and slow and in desperate need of formatingg

btw the CDROM was replaced by Pc company when it wasnt faulty-which necessatated NERO being re installed,which they replaced with nero EXPRESS......so the burner USED to work with this software,i dont see whats changed to cause this problem.

I burned a data cd with windows drag and drop in December....
1ghz athlon
xp home
256mb ram
20gb
ATAPI cdrw 52x

one last chance would be-to link it up with our newer PC,LAN,and transfer all the files thatway. Then format and muck around with this one ...
Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
toxicbass (4045)
205655 2004-01-06 11:41:00 XP burning software is very poor. Try downloading a trial burning program like NERO ( www.webattack.com) and use for backing up those files. Pheonix (280)
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