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    CD / DVD Burner.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by vap87, Mar 8, 2008.

  1. vap87

    vap87 Notebook Geek

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    hi, im having a problem with my burner. when ever i burn any thing the cd doesnt work. it drive reads cds and dvds just fine but doesnt burn. as in burn copies dont work on my dvd player or car. Does anyone have any idea about this. I have tried multiple softwares and different cds as well. any help will be appreciated !
     
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  2. Arki

    Arki Super Moderator

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    Did you make sure to finalize the CD's and close them before playing them in a CD player?
     
    Arki, Mar 8, 2008
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  3. HI DesertNM

    HI DesertNM Notebook Deity

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    It could be a bad optical drive. It happens quite often actually. Only other thing is something wrong in windows. One way to test that is to try an external usb burner.. if you know someone who has one just to see if that works. If so, its probably the drive for sure. If you have an image, you might want to reload windows or go back to an older system restore point. If this problem just started happening then using a restore point could help.

    And as always, try remembering if anything happened or changed on your system from the last time it was working.
     
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    doesn't play on the dvd player in your car??
     
    nobscot6, Mar 8, 2008
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  5. HI DesertNM

    HI DesertNM Notebook Deity

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    Dvd players play everything these days.. dvd's audio, mp3's. He probably meant his main dvd player in his home and head unit in car.
     
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    vap87 Notebook Geek

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    Vista Service Pack 1 solved this issue for me !
     
    vap87, Mar 22, 2008
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    Agotthelf Notebook Consultant

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    hi,

    it´s hard, but your drive is dead. I would call HP, vor Service.

    Good luck!


    Edit: Ok seems Vista has some problem with CD/DVDdrives
     
    Agotthelf, Mar 22, 2008
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