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  1. January 16th, 2009, 03:41 PM #1
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    D: Drive does not recognise CD-R's or DVD-R's

    Trying to run Nero and burn some video, music etc but my laptop doesnt recognise that there is a cd in???

    Just keep getting "Please insert disk!" etc etc.

    D: Drive recognises other music cds though.

    Any thoughts??

    Many thanks
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  2. January 16th, 2009, 03:53 PM #2
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    Which laptop?
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  3. January 16th, 2009, 04:05 PM #3
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  4. January 16th, 2009, 05:30 PM #4
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    What is the model number of that Dell?
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  6. January 16th, 2009, 05:44 PM #5
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    What do you think it is photo?
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  7. January 16th, 2009, 06:21 PM #6
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    Did this problem just start or has it always not recognized blank media?
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  8. January 16th, 2009, 06:30 PM #7
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    always.
    its plays cd-r's already burnt though
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    Are you sure the drive is a dvdrw, and not just a cdrom drive. Reason I ask is, I took a look at Dell for components of your system and it didn't mention a dvdrw as part of the components.
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  11. January 16th, 2009, 06:50 PM #9
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    More than likely it is a DVDrom. Yes it can play DVDs, but it can not burn them.
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    Did it come with Vista home basic as the OS?
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  13. January 16th, 2009, 07:35 PM #11
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    Yeah Train,

    DVD-Rom. The problem is my crappy work laptop then.

    Thanks guys

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  14. January 16th, 2009, 07:38 PM #12
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    work laptop
    Very possible then
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  15. January 16th, 2009, 08:34 PM #13
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    DVDRom drives won't read CDs either, so you probably have a simple combo drive, cdrom/dvdrom.
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  16. January 16th, 2009, 08:41 PM #14
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    A Combo drive is a type of optical drive that combines CD-R/CD-RW recording capability with the ability to read (but not write) DVD media.

    I guess what I run into was mislabled then.
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  17. January 17th, 2009, 01:07 AM #15
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    I am not sure what you're saying, Train, but I have a dvdrom drive and it will not read cds. And cdroms can read cds, but not dvds.
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