burner problems

[will08]

Hi all,

Hope this is in right section


My CD/DVD Burner/reader will Read CD's But will NOT BURN cd's or DVD's

How can I fix this? I can watch movies and play music but it wont let me burn anything and wont auto play when I put the dvd/cd in the drive. Any help would be great

[quaxo]

What's the make and model number of the drive or computer it came with? How old is it? Are you sure it's a CD/DVD burner and not a regular CD/DVD drive?

[BC_Programmer]

Also, what program are you using to attempt to burn?

[patio]

Some burners use different laser's for reading and burning...sounds like the one that burns has gone South.
To test this swap it into another machine and try to burn...if it won't the drive has failed...
If you are in the U.S. a brand new dual layer burner is about 40 bucks shipped from newegg.com