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Thread ID: 63912 2005-11-26 12:54:00 computer saying insert cd in drive when its already in there ?? lisamarie01 (6731) Press F1
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407865 2005-11-26 12:54:00 I am trying to burn a cd and my computer keeps saying "please insert disk in drive e: " when there is already a disk in there, at first i thought it was the drive but it only happens on these two cd's they wont read at all or run, but i put other cd's in there and its fine, there are no scratches on the cd's and they work on other computers fine , is there some kind of setting on my computer that wont read some types of cd's only? thanks lisamarie01 (6731)
407866 2005-11-26 17:35:00 What program are you using, to burn whatever to cd?? What kind of cd is it?

And what version of windows are we talking about?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
407867 2005-11-27 00:33:00 Im running windows xp home, im trying to copy a childrens game onto cd from another cd, i had three to copy they are sesame street learning games from a friend anyway one of them works the other two wont even read the cd, i open windows explorer and it wont show me whats on the drive keeps saying please instert disk into drive E:, there are no scratches or marks on the disk, i tried viewing the disk on another computer and it reads fine no problems so its not the disk, also my cd rom drive will read other disks ie pc world disks netguide etc with no problems, i have tried copying with nero 6, ashampoo, recordnow, and alcohol none will see the disk.any help would be really appreciated. thanks lisamarie01 (6731)
407868 2005-11-27 01:57:00 It's most likely that those particular CDs just won't read on that particular drive. ;) It happens. Are they copies or original pressed CDs?

That message does mean that the drive can't recognise that CD as a CD. It's often the indication that a drive is dead, when it can't recognise any CD. :( Anyway, it's not any form of copy protection; the OS hasn't seen a CD to protect.
Graham L (2)
407869 2005-11-27 03:16:00 ohhh well thanks anyway lisamarie01 (6731)
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