I was recently recording something on my Dell Dimension 4600 with a SOny RW drive, not used a heck of a lot, but nicely used none the less. In the midst of recording it futzed out and I had to manually eject the CDr. Since then I have not been able to record CDs! What happens is this: Explorer notes the drive as [bold]CD-RW Drive [E:][bold] and plays data and music cds (Rs and non-Rs). However, as soon as I put a CD-R in the drive it changes to read [bold]CD-ROM Drive [E:][bold]. When I click to access the contents of the "CD-ROM" I get an error message box saying [bold]E:\ is not accessable. Incorrect Function.[bold] Regardless of the brand of CD-R I get the same thing. It's maddning. I spoke extensively with Dell Support and they suggested replacing the drive as perhaps its recording sensor no longer worked. I did so. No luck. I also have an external DVD recorder that behaves in the Exact Same Way. No virusus or AddWare that I can detect with current Norton, Ad-Aware and SpyBot. Suggestions greatly appreciated.
I think that your operating system's drivers which provide main interface to CD/DVD peripherals are corrupted. You should try to restore your OS to a date before this strange behaviour occured.
