At both home (not the same PC as my other recent post) and work, I have CD-RW
drives that originally worked properly. Now both of them work fine for
reading CDs, but when I try to burn them I get an error message to the effect
that the software can't find a CD writer (even though upon inserting blank
media I get the popup acknowledging that and asking me what I want Windows to
do).

I've tried auto-updating the drivers via Control Panel-->Hardware, but it
says I already have the most recent ones.
I've tried different brands of media, and they all work on other PCs.
I've also tried a few different software options (XP's Explorer, Real, WMP).
XP Home at home, and Pro at work, if that matters.

In news:CC3DB89A-8E23-4C19-8BD2-A34542D0DA80@microsoft.com,
Alan <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> At both home (not the same PC as my other recent post) and work, I
> have CD-RW drives that originally worked properly. Now both of them
> work fine for reading CDs, but when I try to burn them I get an error
> message to the effect that the software can't find a CD writer (even
> though upon inserting blank media I get the popup acknowledging that
> and asking me what I want Windows to do).
>
> I've tried auto-updating the drivers via Control Panel-->Hardware,
> but it says I already have the most recent ones.
> I've tried different brands of media, and they all work on other PCs.
> I've also tried a few different software options (XP's Explorer,
> Real, WMP). XP Home at home, and Pro at work, if that matters.

Try removing the upperfilters and lowerfilters as explained on this page:

Missing CD/DVD Drives:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html

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"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
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GALEN, your "cd" plays but your "cdrw cannot "burn" just a thought, are you
"formatting" the new cdrw, discs?
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alex


"Galen" wrote:

> In news:CC3DB89A-8E23-4C19-8BD2-A34542D0DA80@microsoft.com,
> Alan <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > At both home (not the same PC as my other recent post) and work, I
> > have CD-RW drives that originally worked properly. Now both of them
> > work fine for reading CDs, but when I try to burn them I get an error
> > message to the effect that the software can't find a CD writer (even
> > though upon inserting blank media I get the popup acknowledging that
> > and asking me what I want Windows to do).
> >
> > I've tried auto-updating the drivers via Control Panel-->Hardware,
> > but it says I already have the most recent ones.
> > I've tried different brands of media, and they all work on other PCs.
> > I've also tried a few different software options (XP's Explorer,
> > Real, WMP). XP Home at home, and Pro at work, if that matters.
>
> Try removing the upperfilters and lowerfilters as explained on this page:
>
> Missing CD/DVD Drives:
> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general...VD_drives.html
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
> http://kgiii.info/
>
> "We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
> which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
> there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

Perhaps this is what you need to do -
Go into 'My Computer', right click on your CD drive (usually D) then click
on 'properties'. Click the 'recording' tab then tick 'Enable recording on
this drive'.

Hope this helps,
Brian.




"Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CC3DB89A-8E23-4C19-8BD2-A34542D0DA80@microsoft.com...
> At both home (not the same PC as my other recent post) and work, I have
> CD-RW
> drives that originally worked properly. Now both of them work fine for
> reading CDs, but when I try to burn them I get an error message to the
> effect
> that the software can't find a CD writer (even though upon inserting blank
> media I get the popup acknowledging that and asking me what I want Windows
> to
> do).
>
> I've tried auto-updating the drivers via Control Panel-->Hardware, but it
> says I already have the most recent ones.
> I've tried different brands of media, and they all work on other PCs.
> I've also tried a few different software options (XP's Explorer, Real,
> WMP).
> XP Home at home, and Pro at work, if that matters.
>
>
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