RE: [PCTECH] RE: CDRW drive that won't

["John Taylor" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

It's a longshot, but check your BIOS settings. Some BIOS versions allow you
to set your removable storage devices to Read-Only mode. Such settings would
normally be configured in the Security section of your BIOS configuration.

Good luck,

John Taylor


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:12 PM
> To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PCTECH] RE: CDRW drive that won't
> 
>  >> First, are the connections secure? Otherwise, do you have 
> a unit you can swap in? These things do die from time to time.
> 
> It's a laptop Vern - so the whole unit plugs in/out.  It 
> reads CDs and DVDs just fine - and as I noted it "sees" blank 
> CDs (it is programmed to bring up the CD creation utility 
> when a blank is inserted).  I moved the drive to my wife's 
> machine and it works just fine.
> 
> One thing I didn't mention earlier is that my Sony MD player 
> which connects via USB cannot record either, so I suspect 
> some base driver issue with Win2000.
> 
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
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