cd drive not detecting blank CD-R

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  1. jeffswife

    jeffswife Member

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    Until a couple of weeks ago I have always been able to make music CDs, etc. All of a sudden, it says "insert empty CD" whenever I try to burn my compilation in Nero.

    It IS reading disks with data already on it, and also reading blank DVD-Rs.

    I am using Windows XP Professional, and have tried two different brands of CD-Rs. The ones I have right now are Verbatim.

    I flashed the drive about 4-5 months ago....

    About a month ago I was doing a lot of messing around with my vurtual memory because the project required a lot. Right now I have it set on "System managed" paging file size 167 mb.

    I have never cleaned the fans and don't even know what they look like, but a couple of months ago I checked the temp, and it said it was fine.

    I am at a loss on what to try next. You guys are great and have helped me before. Any suggestions?

    Thanks!

    Michelle
     
    jeffswife, Sep 28, 2006
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    jeffswife Member

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    Oh yeah... the drive is HP DVD640. Also, I'm not sure, but in the past I think I have been using CD+Rs. This time, CD-Rs were all the store had. Would that make a difference?

    Thanks a lot!

    Michelle
     
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    keithyb Regular member

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    Why did you post twice?
     
    keithyb, Sep 29, 2006
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    Sorry, since I had added to my original post, and no one had responded yet, I thought it wouldn't come up under "threads without replies" and therefore maybe no one would look at it.

    I wanted to delete the original post but couldn't figure out how to.

    I am leaning towards thinking that I need to exchange the CD-Rs for CD+Rs. Any suggestions?

    Thanks.

    Michelle
     
    jeffswife, Sep 30, 2006
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    there is only cd-r. dvd's have either dvd-r, dvd+r or dvd-/+r.
     
    ddp, Sep 30, 2006
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    I Have the same problem and i think many other people. I found the the problem is caused by a recent %icrosoft update on my XP system. I can only hope that Microsoft will submit a corrctive update soon.
     
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