A: My DVD burner no longers burns dvd's or for that matter cd's. After reinstalling burning software my dad and I decided it was probly my burner, we brought it (after 2 months) to the puter store (MDG a canadian puter firm) They did their little diagnostic and confirmed that its NOT the hardware its the software, and said that my hard disk and drive are OK, and they said that windows is corrupted somewhere and that I should format and reinstall windows.
So luckily since I partitioned my hardrive I have all my stuff on my E: and F: drives and C: only has windows so I don't have to make a backup.
OS is Windows XP Professional (Media Center Edition)
Machine name: HAN-TZU Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: INTEL_ System Model: D915GAV_ BIOS: BIOS Date: 06/09/04 17:22:53 Ver: 08.00.10 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 1022MB RAM
Display Devices --------------- Card name: SAPPHIRE RADEON X300SE Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Chip type: RADEON X300 SE (0x5B60)
So... any comments
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
If you got some spyware or viruses, they may have messed with the registry. This happened to me, and I was able to download a fix for it off of microsoft's support site. I can't remember which fix, or if it would even help you, but it would be worth your while to go there and search around.
Posted by Vid (Member # 7172) on :
Hehe... my PC is named Han Tzu as well.
As long as your data is on other drives, reinstalling Windows on C: probably wouldn't be too dangerous.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Before you reinstall, make sure you download all the latest drivers from your hardware and copy any installers for programs you use regularly to one of your other partitions. (I actually keep a partition on my system JUST for installers and a ghost image, so I can reinstall Windows on a whim.)
The actual reinstall is quite simple, and would probably fix your problem -- especially if you go whole hog and reformat.
That said, I doubt it's spyware OR a corrupted Windows installation; rather, I suspect that you've installed multiple programs capable of burning DVDs or CDs, and one of them is preventing the other ones from working. This happens all the time. Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
I've actually seen the problem before as well. It ended up requiring a reformat to fix it so go for it.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
... I have both InterVideo DVD creator and Nero on my comp could they be preventing each other from...?
Now I dont know what you mean by installers, but I have my Games folder (where they are installed) plus I moved any ISO i still needed onto my f or e drive so aside from programs like messenger and stuff It pretty much safe to reinstall windows, I just have to make sure zone alarm, and drivers are on cd's/floopies right?
Now as I'm not sure I mentioned the problem is recent, i was pefectly able to burn before even with multiple programs, i thinking windows got corrupt somewhere along the line after dozens of multiple restarts resulting when my comp froze at one time or another.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
okay slowly finding my drivers and the free copy of XP Pro/Home that I got from my college almost all set.