Probably you have to format the disk (or it is already formatted as "disk
drive") - even though you should be able to use it as a CD-R.
Michael

"sassy1689" <sassy1689@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> why cant i burn to a cdrw disk they tell me to insert new disk but it i
> haven't copy anything to it? can someone please help me