Re: [PCTECH] CDRW drive that won't

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

First, are the connections secure? Otherwise, do you have a unit you can 
swap in? These things do die from time to time.

HTH
Vern

At 04:56 PM 12/28/2004, you wrote:
> Anyone seen this before?
>
> The CDRW drive in my laptop is no longer being recognized as write capable.
>
> If I put a blank CD in the drive, the system reacts as usual and pops up the
> CD utility to ask what I want to do with it.  However, it doesn't matter
> what option I select, the drive is not recognized as write capable.  I've
> tried two different CD burning programs and both behave the same.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
> www.Partner400.com
>
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