Problems Writing to CD

Party_Animal

I'm trying to copy some photos to cd. Tried various different programmes including Nero and Canon's own. All I get is insert writable cd to "D" drive. I've tried lots of different CDR disks but it isn't recognising them. They are all new and CDR
Thanks in advance

rmg1

Are they CD-R or CD+R?

Party_Animal

Thanks CD-R

rmg1

Most CD drives cope quite happily with -R CDs.
How many discs have you tried (you ocassionally get a bad few in a batch)?

closed

is it a writer, has itunes been installed, try imgburn

Party_Animal

Thanks. Tried 6 different cds . Different makes and no Itunes. It just isn't recognising that there's a cd in there.

rmg1

Does it read discs ok?
Have you tried a different a different burner (if you have one)?

spud17

rmg1 wrote: »

Are they CD-R or CD+R?

Sorry, but no +r or -r for cd, that applies to DVD.


Have you written to this drive before? Which OS?

Party_Animal

Thanks, just tried a few audio cds. When you insert them the disc symbol comes up but there's nothing in "d" drive and they don't play. I put a dvd in and it recognised it.
Yes I've burned cds many times on this machine though not for a while.
I thought the CD-R s were CD and not DVD
Thanks again

jetsetterjoe

This might sound ridiculous, but have you restarted the machine without a disc in the drive?

This, surprisingly, fixes the problem for many, many machines.

Give it a go and let us know

Party_Animal

Joe, thanks for that. Tried that unfortunately, it hasn't worked this time. When it asks for a disc and I insert one a small disc flashes on the screen then disappears. It must be recognising it initially, but all I get is no disc in drive.
Thanks again