I can't get my hard drive to recognize that I have a CD in the tray

I can't get my hard drive to recognize that I have a CD in the tray.  I can only open and view those that I already copied. Why?

There are a number of possibilities here.

1. assuming you have tried several different blank CD (if you are fairly confident that the problem is not the media), it is possible that the laser "burning" the recordable CD is dead. Because this isn't the same laser that reads the CD, you can always read but not write.  If this is the case, the only solution is to buy a new CD player (not expensive).

2. your CD drive (E :) shows when you click on my computer?  I think it does, or you did that you can open and view copies of files, you have already copied to other CD.

3. open Device Manager (start > run > devmgmt.msc > OK)

  • Expand the category of CD-ROM/DVD-ROM readers by clicking on the + sign to the left
  • Y at - it a warning next to the entrance icon?
  • Double-click the entry for your CD player
  1. That said under the "device status".
  2. What would you say (at the bottom) under "use of the device.
  • Close the Properties window and Device Manager

4. open my computer, right-click on the icon for your CD drive and select Properties

  • Is there a tab "recording"?
  • If there is a 'Recording' tab, click on it.  Is the box to "Enable the writing of CD on this drive" checked or unchecked?  (Do not change at this stage)

I'm not very familiar with Media Center Edition.  In the past, when you copy files to a CD, how did you do?  You just drag files to the letter of the CD-ROM drive in Windows Explorer, or did you have to open an app?  If the latter, what application you use to copy files to a CD.

Tags: Windows

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