I recently bought an Artec 52x16c dvd-rom/cd-rw combo drive, 52x24x52x16x, and I was able to burn a few CDs with it.
After I installed Windows XP Professional SP2, I could no longer burn CDs because my cd-rw drive does not detect cd-r's in the drive, and it asks me to put a cd-r in the drive even though one is already there. I have tried placing several blank cd-r's in the drive, so it's not the cd-r.
I uninstalled SP2 hoping that would solve the problem, but instead I encountered more. My computer rebooted 3 times when going through the log-in process on Win XP SP1, and I was eventually able to get my computer running without rebooting by ending certain processes (I think).
My CD-RW drive was no better off in SP1 than it had been in SP2, though it had previously worked before I had installed SP2. I went into my device manager and uninstalled the drive, rebooted, and that did not work. I checked the properties of the drive to make sure cd writing was enabled, it was. I have no idea why all of a sudden the drive's cd writing capability has been lost.
I am going to install the lastest firmware for my drive tommorrow (which will hopefully solve the problem) when I wake up, but I was wondering if the problem was caused by SP2 or if my drive might have died on me after only 5 burns and 9 days after purchase...
After I installed Windows XP Professional SP2, I could no longer burn CDs because my cd-rw drive does not detect cd-r's in the drive, and it asks me to put a cd-r in the drive even though one is already there. I have tried placing several blank cd-r's in the drive, so it's not the cd-r.
I uninstalled SP2 hoping that would solve the problem, but instead I encountered more. My computer rebooted 3 times when going through the log-in process on Win XP SP1, and I was eventually able to get my computer running without rebooting by ending certain processes (I think).
My CD-RW drive was no better off in SP1 than it had been in SP2, though it had previously worked before I had installed SP2. I went into my device manager and uninstalled the drive, rebooted, and that did not work. I checked the properties of the drive to make sure cd writing was enabled, it was. I have no idea why all of a sudden the drive's cd writing capability has been lost.
I am going to install the lastest firmware for my drive tommorrow (which will hopefully solve the problem) when I wake up, but I was wondering if the problem was caused by SP2 or if my drive might have died on me after only 5 burns and 9 days after purchase...