Cd drive

Lukin639

I have a Sony computer with DVD and CD writer drives. I tried to burn a CD today and the disk drive will not open. The DVD drive still opens though. I never had this problem before and I need some help. Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks!
p.s. I restarted the machine and that didn't do it. That is about as far as my computer knowledge will take me.:)

Lost In Ohio

There is a method involving a paperclip and the little hole in the CD drive. I don't want you to mess anything more up.

Lost_Clay

you probably tried this, but just in case

double click 'My Computer' find the drive the cd is in, right click on it and select eject

Lukin639

Lost_Clay wrote:

you probably tried this, but just in case

double click 'My Computer' find the drive the cd is in, right click on it and select eject

I just tried this and the disk drive isn't even listed there now. I only have the DVD drive and the 3 1/2 floppy drives listed. Any other suggestions. Thanks.

p.s. It worked for the DVD drive it did eject. I just can't burn any CDs now.

Lost_Clay

Lukin639 wrote:

I just tried this and the disk drive isn't even listed there now. I only have the DVD drive and the 3 1/2 floppy drives listed. Any other suggestions. Thanks.

p.s. It worked for the DVD drive it did eject. I just can't burn any CDs now.

hmm it's odd that it's not recognized, especially after a restart, is the drive still listed under your device manager ?

ctrl panel

---

> system (under performance & maintenance for category view)

---

> hardware tab

---

> device manager button

should be listed under dvd/cd-rom drives

if it's not listed there, i'd look into some servicing or a replacement drive

Lukin639

No it's not listed there. I guess I'd better try to dig a little deeper. Thanks for your help.