CD/DVD Burner Problem

[mitcho_uk]

Hi,

I have had to replace my CD/DVD burner as it stopped working. I have fitted and installed a new burner and it is working via media player i.e i can burn music to disk. However when I try to burn a number of folders to dvd (highlight, right click, send to) there is no option to send them to the cd/burner drive. Does anybody have any ideas as to how to fix this problem?

 

[Durham Fox]

Hi,

I have had to replace my CD/DVD burner as it stopped working. I have fitted and installed a new burner and it is working via media player i.e i can burn music to disk. However when I try to burn a number of folders to dvd (highlight, right click, send to) there is no option to send them to the cd/burner drive. Does anybody have any ideas as to how to fix this problem?

Do you have a DVD in the drive thats formatted for windows sessions?

 

[bocadillo]

Hi,

I have had to replace my CD/DVD burner as it stopped working. I have fitted and installed a new burner and it is working via media player i.e i can burn music to disk. However when I try to burn a number of folders to dvd (highlight, right click, send to) there is no option to send them to the cd/burner drive. Does anybody have any ideas as to how to fix this problem?

Is the reference to the drive in the Send to: list missing or merely greyed-out?

Can you access the drive from My Computer and then drag your files/folders across to it?

 

[bocadillo]

Do you have a DVD in the drive thats formatted for windows sessions?

Is it absolutely necessary to have a disc in the drive? On my system the files/folders would be held in a temporary 'Files/Folders to be copied' list.

 

[Durham Fox]

Is it absolutely necessary to have a disc in the drive? On my system the files/folders would be held in a temporary 'Files/Folders to be copied' list.

All depends on what version of Windows he is running really.

 

[bocadillo]

All depends on what version of Windows he is running really.

Certainly with XP, there is no need for there to be a CD/DVD-R in the drive.

 

[Durham Fox]

Certainly with XP, there is no need for there to be a CD/DVE-R in the drive.

Quite true.

Mitcho, you might find once youve burnt to it using a more long winded method that Windows corrects itself.

 

[mitcho_uk]

Thanks running XP pro.

The drive is not in the send to list at all.

When I try to drag and drop them to the drive within my computer it says that the drive is inaccessible, incorrect function.

 

[mitcho_uk]

Do you have a DVD in the drive thats formatted for windows sessions?

I cant burn to DVD or CD via the drag and drop or send to methods, only through media player.

 

[Durham Fox]

I cant burn to DVD or CD via the drag and drop or send to methods, only through media player.

How strange. Does My Comp recognise the drive as a burner?

 

[mitcho_uk]

Yes it does, but if i try to drag and drop anything to it i get the error message and if i take the disk out and try again it prompts me to insert a disk. I have tried numerous different disks but the same thing happens. i am going to try to reinstall the driver...again

 

[Durham Fox]

Yes it does, but if i try to drag and drop anything to it i get the error message and if i take the disk out and try again it prompts me to insert a disk. I have tried numerous different disks but the same thing happens. i am going to try to reinstall the driver...again

sounds like the best bet

 

[mitcho_uk]

Still does not work

 

[fcukcov]

Still does not work

Sounds like the dvd drive is mapping correctly is there anyway of mapping the drive manually as you would a network drive?

 

[OldGit]

I had something similar after refurbishing my old computer for a relation to use. In the end I physically removed the drive, then re-installed it from scratch. Worked fine.

Don't ask me why - it was an act of desperation!