My computer says there is no disc in drive when there is...

[setahrya]

I'm trying to burn a music cd using wmp and I get a message that says there is no disc in the drive when there is a brand new, empty disc in there.
I have tried sonic record now as well as the windows cd copying utility and received the same message.
I also tried sytem restore back a month ( I cant remember the last time I used the disc drives), different discs and cleaing the dust out of the tower to no avail.

I have a cheap Dell Celeron with 512 MB of Ram, Xp OS version 2002 service pack 3. I'm not sure what else to include..

Any suggestions? I had planned to give cd's for Christmas but this will certainly put a damper on that idea.....
Thanks in advance..

[Broni]

From my experience, the drive is going south.

[chevronman]

I agree with the other guy. The drive is bad. I had the same problem not to long ago.

[kameshwar]

My Computer's DVD Rom is not also able to detect any CD/DVD.
Neither it can read CD/DVD nor burn CD.
I am assuming that it's the problem of my OS or a Virus.
I don't want to format my PC this week, may be next week.
I'll surely post the result here.

[Raptor]

I'm trying to burn a music cd using wmp and I get a message that says there is no disc in the drive when there is a brand new, empty disc in there.
I have tried sonic record now as well as the windows cd copying utility and received the same message.
I also tried sytem restore back a month ( I cant remember the last time I used the disc drives), different discs and cleaing the dust out of the tower to no avail.

I have a cheap Dell Celeron with 512 MB of Ram, Xp OS version 2002 service pack 3. I'm not sure what else to include..

Any suggestions? I had planned to give cd's for Christmas but this will certainly put a damper on that idea.....
Thanks in advance..

Try reinstalling the device by removing it from the device manager under My Computer -> properties.

[mroilfield]

kameshwar

You need to start your own post.

[truenorth]

setahyra, Can you PLAY cd,s in the drive?Have you tried more than one blank disc? Have you tried different brands of disc's? Have you tried disc's of different types CD+ and/or CD- ?Has this burner ever worked for you (as a burner)?truenorth