ATAPI CD-R/RW 16x10

Weedman445 · Jul 29, 2003, 01:05 PM

I have had this CD burner for while and now all of a sudden it stopped working, well sorta. It can read reguler CD's fine, but when I put in a blank one it says "Drive F: is not accessible, Incorrect Function."
I have looked all over and tried tons of different things and it still won't work again. I am using Windows XP Pro. Oh, and when I use Nero with it Nero can see a CD in there and see it's blank, but when I try to burn it; it says Drive in use. Some help her please I am STUMPED

PangingJr · Jul 29, 2003, 01:54 PM

pls check with the following and see if it helps..

Quote:

originally from MS KB
CAUSE
This issue can occur when the drive is misdetected as a non-recordable device.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, edit the Windows registry to identify the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive as a recordable drive. To do this, follow these steps.

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Expand the following registry subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\CD Burning\Drives

4. On the File menu, click Export.
5. In the File name box, type backup of drives key, and then click Save.
NOTE: You can restore this registry subkey by double-clicking the backup of drives key.reg file that you saved.
6. In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, click the Volume{GUID} folder under Drives, where GUID is a 32-character hexadecimal globally unique identifier.
NOTE: If you have more than one CD-ROM drive in the computer, an additional Volume{GUID} folder is listed for each drive.
7. In the right pane of the Registry Editor window, double-click Drive Type.
8. In the Value data box, type 1 or 2, depending on the drive type, and then click OK.
The drive type should be 1 if it is a CD-R and 2 if it is a CD-RW.
9. Quit Registry Editor.
10. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
11. Under Devices with Removable Storage, right-click the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu that appears.
12. If the Recording tab is displayed, the drive is successfully recognized by Windows as a recordable device.
13. Click Cancel.

NOTE: If you have more than one CD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive, or CD-RW drive in the computer and the Recording tab is not displayed, an incorrect drive may have been configured as "recordable" in the Windows registry. To troubleshoot this issue, follow these steps:

a. Follow steps 1 through 9 to edit the Drive Type value of the Volume{GUID} folder whose value you previously changed.
b. In the Value data box, type 3, and then click OK.
The drive type value of 3 indicates that the drive is a standard CD-ROM and is not writable.
c. In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, click the next Volume{GUID} folder.
d. Follow steps 7 through 8 to change the Value data entry to 1 or 2, depending on the drive type.
e. Quit Registry Editor, and then follow steps 10 through 12 to confirm that the Recording tab is displayed in the properties dialog box of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive.

MORE INFORMATION
Note that this may not work in all cases. This is only a workaround in a situation where the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is capable of functioning in Windows XP and for some reason has been misidentified. If the drive is not on the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL), the drive may not work with the built-in CD copying functionality, regardless of this registry setting.

Weedman445 · Jul 29, 2003, 08:12 PM

That helped sorta thanks. Now windows atleast thinks it's a CD burner, but it is only a 1x. But, that didn't fix the burning problem I still can't burn with Nero 6 it says that the drive is in use along with almost all the other ones..... any help.