re: Philips 8601 reads fine but won't burn anything !

Discussion in 'DVD / Blu-ray drives' started by al88, Nov 26, 2005.

  1. al88

    al88 Member

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    I took a Philips 8601 DVD-CD RW out of a Dell Dimension 3000 and put it into a dell Dimension 4300s and it reads and plays fine but will not write anything. When I try to make a burn a cd I get a prompt that reads:
    'There are no available cd-recorders available...'
    same thing when I try to burn a cd.
    How can I get it to write/burn/

    Thank You,

    Albert
     
    al88, Nov 26, 2005
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  2. GrandpaBW

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    Short answer is to dump that junk drive and get a different brand of drive. Other brands have had some problems, but I have seen so many posts in these forums and forums outside of here, about the trouble folks have had with Philips drives, that I would never have one.
     
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