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Thread ID: 12258	2001-10-21 14:02:00	CD Writer not working :(	Guest (0)	Press F1

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1357038	2001-10-21 14:02:00	i have a cd rom and a cd writer, i cant save ne thing to my cd to back up my stuff. it has been working great but now i get a message saying 'could not locate a supported copier'. it worked fine last time i used it 2 weeks ago and today no luck. i check inside to see if a wire had come off or something simple like that after reinstalling program and updating to latest driver etc. any clues would be helpful. ty	Guest (0)
1357039	2001-10-21 20:20:00	Is your writer still showing in My Computer? Or in device manager as a cd-rom device? If so can it still read a cd?	Guest (0)
1357040	2001-10-21 20:38:00	Hello LC, That error message normally means that the software required to burn your CD's is not working properly, I have found it happen fairly often with Adaptec software, it often needs to be updated to see more recent drives ( does not explain why it would suddenly stop seeing it though) but from the details you have provided it sounds to me almost certainly software related, as a test try downloading a trial copy of nero burning rom ( just type that into google ) and see what happens, I recommend you uninstall Adaptec first, if that is what you are using as it does not coexist very happily with a lot of other burning utilities and it's best to be on the safe side. If your already using nero try uninstalling then run a reg cleaning utility (easycleaner is a good one) then reinstalling it. Regards Alan Alan	Guest (0)
1357041	2001-10-22 12:24:00	Cheers Allan, good answer you hit the nail on the head :) It was all of that, adaptec wasn't working and nero d/l had expired :( so i went to registry and deleted all associations of them both re loaded software and all is sweet ty very much indeed	Guest (0)
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