Open My Computer, right click on the drive in question and choose
properties. There should be a tab "Recording" and check the box, "Enable CD
Recording on this drive". Hope this helps.


"Stuart182" <Stuart182@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> my dvd drive doesnt recognise cdr's in the drive it see's that they have
> all
> been written on. i know that it writes dvd's because i have already done
> this. i have tried makind data cd's and music cd's but whatever i do it
> just
> see's that they have already been written on yet they have nothing on! it
> shouldnt be a problem with the drive because its only 2 months old!