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davidjones24 · 11th December 2008, 10:26

Can anyone help with this problem I have recently installed a second hand cd drive recordable/rewritable, the drivers installed ok and it works with data cds and audio cds but when I put a new cd in it says no disk any ideas ?? .

northeastcorner · 11th December 2008, 11:27

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Originally Posted by davidjones24

Can anyone help with this problem I have recently installed a second hand cd drive recordable/rewritable, the drivers installed ok and it works with data cds and audio cds but when I put a new cd in it says no disk any ideas ?? .

Are they the same batch of CD-R/RW you are trying (from the same spindle). I know some drives were always fussy about some makes of CD. A panasonic one i had wouldn't use some plain white CD-R's I already had but worked fine with just about every other make.

Pedro · 11th December 2008, 12:35

I would check on the manufacturer's website to see if you have the latest firmware on your CD drive.

fbs1000 · 11th December 2008, 17:10

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Originally Posted by davidjones24

Can anyone help with this problem I have recently installed a second hand cd drive recordable/rewritable, the drivers installed ok and it works with data cds and audio cds but when I put a new cd in it says no disk any ideas ?? .

You will probably find your CD/RW will only read CDRW+ or CDRW - . Have a look on the manafactors website and find out which one yours will work with :-). Sometimes it does tell you on top of the unit depending how old it is. Happy Computing

Tatts · 11th December 2008, 17:12

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Originally Posted by davidjones24

Can anyone help with this problem I have recently installed a second hand cd drive recordable/rewritable, the drivers installed ok and it works with data cds and audio cds but when I put a new cd in it says no disk any ideas ?? .

Second hand, wonder why someone sold it? Fubar'd perhaps?

JohnDotCom · 11th December 2008, 17:22

New a DVD RW Writer is about £13 so it seems not worth while to buy secondhand.
See this one for example:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?SAM-H653B

or DVD Reader only and CDRW for: £11.50
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?SAM-H492C

11th December 2008, 10:26	#1
davidjones24 Avid contributor rover75 cdti saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: worcester Posts: 159 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	PC help Can anyone help with this problem I have recently installed a second hand cd drive recordable/rewritable, the drivers installed ok and it works with data cds and audio cds but when I put a new cd in it says no disk any ideas ?? .

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Pedro Loves to post Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTi Saloon, facelift model, manual Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Somewhere else Posts: 369 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I would check on the manufacturer's website to see if you have the latest firmware on your CD drive. __________________

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JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	New a DVD RW Writer is about £13 so it seems not worth while to buy secondhand. See this one for example: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?SAM-H653B or DVD Reader only and CDRW for: £11.50 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?SAM-H492C Last edited by JohnDotCom; 11th December 2008 at 17:24..