Im have problems beside my cd drive. It wont read or write to CD--R or cd-RW but will play cds and cd roms.?

Im have problems beside my cd drive. It wont read or write to CD--R or cd-RW but will play cds and cd roms.?

Time to replace it. The laser will sap your strength over time. It may still be bright enough to read CDs but diffuse enough to burn them. You can try running a lens cleaning disc first as, if your problem is really a dirty lens, you'll be back burning contained by no time. Downloading new drivers will do nil since this is a hardware problem.
Sounds like any the driver isn't correct or the drive itself has a hardware problem.
Easy, download strange drivers from manufacturers.. or buy a strange one, they don't make em later forever on purpose..or verbs the heads!!
CD/DVD writers own a limited hours of use so if you own it for a while and have be burning CD's then it is mostlikely that the Laser that writes to the CD's own burned out.
I have GOT to ask: Are you sure your drive is a burner? What you're describing is EXACTLY the result you would expect from an elder cd drive.



Modern cd drives will read cd-r and -rw disks, but not older ones. Older ones can with the sole purpose read production (AKA: pressed) cd's.



And NO cd-rom reader will write to a cd-r/w. Only a burner can do that.



Post your cd-rom model number and I can tell you surrounded by 10 seconds flat what it can and can't do.