cd/dvd drive thinks there is still a disc in there

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Last night I was burning a video I made. So I was waiting for it finish on
this program called Cheetah Dvd Burner. All a sudden it stopped and said
something was wrong and so the cd popped out of the cd/dvd drive. I took it
out and tried burning it again with a new disc. I inserted it but the usual
message that always pops up when i inseret a new disc did not pop up this
time.. So I was like ok.....maybe it doesn't pop up this time no big deal.
After clicking the burning button a message popped up saying I need to
insert a writible disc or a new disc. So I took another new disc and tried to
burn it but it did not work. I even tried putting in a cd to listen to it
after but it did not even play. I then checked the my computer folder and it
shows there in a disc in the e drive or somethinbg like that, it's titled
DVD-RW Drive (E:).
I clicked eject it would open up the dvd/cd slot but there ws no disc and so
I pushed it back in and still it shows there is a disc in there.
I tried uninstalling the dvd burning software but it did not do anything for
the cd/dvd drive. And I checked the properties for it and it says everything
is working properly.

What should I do?

Joey
 
"totallyjoey" <totallyjoey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Last night I was burning a video I made. So I was waiting for it finish on
> this program called Cheetah Dvd Burner. All a sudden it stopped and said
> something was wrong and so the cd popped out of the cd/dvd drive. I took
> it
> out and tried burning it again with a new disc. I inserted it but the
> usual
> message that always pops up when i inseret a new disc did not pop up this
> time.. So I was like ok.....maybe it doesn't pop up this time no big deal.
> After clicking the burning button a message popped up saying I need to
> insert a writible disc or a new disc. So I took another new disc and tried
> to
> burn it but it did not work. I even tried putting in a cd to listen to it
> after but it did not even play. I then checked the my computer folder and
> it
> shows there in a disc in the e drive or somethinbg like that, it's titled
> DVD-RW Drive (E:).
> I clicked eject it would open up the dvd/cd slot but there ws no disc and
> so
> I pushed it back in and still it shows there is a disc in there.
> I tried uninstalling the dvd burning software but it did not do anything
> for
> the cd/dvd drive. And I checked the properties for it and it says
> everything
> is working properly.
>
> What should I do?
>
> Joey
>
First turn off computer, wait 2 minutes and restart.
That, or something like that, should fix it,
SG
 
Try checking the drive in another computer.
"totallyjoey" <totallyjoey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77687860-AE08-49F3-ADC4-5E4845955FCD@microsoft.com...
> Last night I was burning a video I made. So I was waiting for it finish on
> this program called Cheetah Dvd Burner. All a sudden it stopped and said
> something was wrong and so the cd popped out of the cd/dvd drive. I took
> it
> out and tried burning it again with a new disc. I inserted it but the
> usual
> message that always pops up when i inseret a new disc did not pop up this
> time.. So I was like ok.....maybe it doesn't pop up this time no big deal.
> After clicking the burning button a message popped up saying I need to
> insert a writible disc or a new disc. So I took another new disc and tried
> to
> burn it but it did not work. I even tried putting in a cd to listen to it
> after but it did not even play. I then checked the my computer folder and
> it
> shows there in a disc in the e drive or somethinbg like that, it's titled
> DVD-RW Drive (E:).
> I clicked eject it would open up the dvd/cd slot but there ws no disc and
> so
> I pushed it back in and still it shows there is a disc in there.
> I tried uninstalling the dvd burning software but it did not do anything
> for
> the cd/dvd drive. And I checked the properties for it and it says
> everything
> is working properly.
>
> What should I do?
>
> Joey
>
 
How do I do that?

"Rich Barry" wrote:

> Try checking the drive in another computer.
> "totallyjoey" <totallyjoey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:77687860-AE08-49F3-ADC4-5E4845955FCD@microsoft.com...
> > Last night I was burning a video I made. So I was waiting for it finish on
> > this program called Cheetah Dvd Burner. All a sudden it stopped and said
> > something was wrong and so the cd popped out of the cd/dvd drive. I took
> > it
> > out and tried burning it again with a new disc. I inserted it but the
> > usual
> > message that always pops up when i inseret a new disc did not pop up this
> > time.. So I was like ok.....maybe it doesn't pop up this time no big deal.
> > After clicking the burning button a message popped up saying I need to
> > insert a writible disc or a new disc. So I took another new disc and tried
> > to
> > burn it but it did not work. I even tried putting in a cd to listen to it
> > after but it did not even play. I then checked the my computer folder and
> > it
> > shows there in a disc in the e drive or somethinbg like that, it's titled
> > DVD-RW Drive (E:).
> > I clicked eject it would open up the dvd/cd slot but there ws no disc and
> > so
> > I pushed it back in and still it shows there is a disc in there.
> > I tried uninstalling the dvd burning software but it did not do anything
> > for
> > the cd/dvd drive. And I checked the properties for it and it says
> > everything
> > is working properly.
> >
> > What should I do?
> >
> > Joey
> >
>
>
>
 
"shakey" wrote:

>
> "totallyjoey" <totallyjoey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:77687860-AE08-49F3-ADC4-5E4845955FCD@microsoft.com...
>
> > Last night I was burning a video I made. So I was waiting for it finish on
> > this program called Cheetah Dvd Burner. All a sudden it stopped and said
> > something was wrong and so the cd popped out of the cd/dvd drive. I took
> > it
> > out and tried burning it again with a new disc. I inserted it but the
> > usual
> > message that always pops up when i inseret a new disc did not pop up this
> > time.. So I was like ok.....maybe it doesn't pop up this time no big deal.
> > After clicking the burning button a message popped up saying I need to
> > insert a writible disc or a new disc. So I took another new disc and tried
> > to
> > burn it but it did not work. I even tried putting in a cd to listen to it
> > after but it did not even play. I then checked the my computer folder and
> > it
> > shows there in a disc in the e drive or somethinbg like that, it's titled
> > DVD-RW Drive (E:).
> > I clicked eject it would open up the dvd/cd slot but there ws no disc and
> > so
> > I pushed it back in and still it shows there is a disc in there.
> > I tried uninstalling the dvd burning software but it did not do anything
> > for
> > the cd/dvd drive. And I checked the properties for it and it says
> > everything
> > is working properly.
> >
> > What should I do?
> >
> > Joey
> >
> First turn off computer, wait 2 minutes and restart.
> That, or something like that, should fix it,
> SG
>

I've tried that it didn't work.
>
>
>
 
"totallyjoey" <totallyjoey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77687860-AE08-49F3-ADC4-5E4845955FCD@microsoft.com...
> Last night I was burning a video I made. So I was waiting for it finish on
> this program called Cheetah Dvd Burner. All a sudden it stopped and said
> something was wrong and so the cd popped out of the cd/dvd drive. I took
> it
> out and tried burning it again with a new disc. I inserted it but the
> usual
> message that always pops up when i inseret a new disc did not pop up this
> time.. So I was like ok.....maybe it doesn't pop up this time no big deal.
> After clicking the burning button a message popped up saying I need to
> insert a writible disc or a new disc. So I took another new disc and tried
> to
> burn it but it did not work. I even tried putting in a cd to listen to it
> after but it did not even play. I then checked the my computer folder and
> it
> shows there in a disc in the e drive or somethinbg like that, it's titled
> DVD-RW Drive (E:).
> I clicked eject it would open up the dvd/cd slot but there ws no disc and
> so
> I pushed it back in and still it shows there is a disc in there.
> I tried uninstalling the dvd burning software but it did not do anything
> for
> the cd/dvd drive. And I checked the properties for it and it says
> everything
> is working properly.
>
> What should I do?
>
> Joey

Run the autoplay repair tool. See if that helps.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en

>
 
"bud" wrote:

>
> "totallyjoey" <totallyjoey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:77687860-AE08-49F3-ADC4-5E4845955FCD@microsoft.com...
> > Last night I was burning a video I made. So I was waiting for it finish on
> > this program called Cheetah Dvd Burner. All a sudden it stopped and said
> > something was wrong and so the cd popped out of the cd/dvd drive. I took
> > it
> > out and tried burning it again with a new disc. I inserted it but the
> > usual
> > message that always pops up when i inseret a new disc did not pop up this
> > time.. So I was like ok.....maybe it doesn't pop up this time no big deal.
> > After clicking the burning button a message popped up saying I need to
> > insert a writible disc or a new disc. So I took another new disc and tried
> > to
> > burn it but it did not work. I even tried putting in a cd to listen to it
> > after but it did not even play. I then checked the my computer folder and
> > it
> > shows there in a disc in the e drive or somethinbg like that, it's titled
> > DVD-RW Drive (E:).
> > I clicked eject it would open up the dvd/cd slot but there ws no disc and
> > so
> > I pushed it back in and still it shows there is a disc in there.
> > I tried uninstalling the dvd burning software but it did not do anything
> > for
> > the cd/dvd drive. And I checked the properties for it and it says
> > everything
> > is working properly.
> >
> > What should I do?
> >
> > Joey
>
> Run the autoplay repair tool. See if that helps.
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en
>
> >
>
> .......I thought it was going to work but, it said that there is a problem but it can't fix it...

the results were: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device
is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem

This is really hard!
>
 

>> Run the autoplay repair tool. See if that helps.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en
>>
>> >
>>
>> .......I thought it was going to work but, it said that there is a
>> problem but it can't fix it...
>
> the results were: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device
> is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem
>
> This is really hard!
>>

Look in your registry. Check the keys,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
and
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
In the right panel look for "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" See if it is set to
0x00000091. If it is anything else, modify it. I think b5 disables the
cdrom. Shouldn't be b5.
Other then that you could try a restore point if there is one set before
this happened.
You also could make another user on your machine and see if your device
works there. That would rule out a hardware problem anyway.
 
I had a similar experience with one of my Lite-On Burners. Everything
checked out fine except the drive would not read
or write. In the Trash. New LG Drive worked fine.
"totallyjoey" <totallyjoey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77687860-AE08-49F3-ADC4-5E4845955FCD@microsoft.com...
> Last night I was burning a video I made. So I was waiting for it finish on
> this program called Cheetah Dvd Burner. All a sudden it stopped and said
> something was wrong and so the cd popped out of the cd/dvd drive. I took
> it
> out and tried burning it again with a new disc. I inserted it but the
> usual
> message that always pops up when i inseret a new disc did not pop up this
> time.. So I was like ok.....maybe it doesn't pop up this time no big deal.
> After clicking the burning button a message popped up saying I need to
> insert a writible disc or a new disc. So I took another new disc and tried
> to
> burn it but it did not work. I even tried putting in a cd to listen to it
> after but it did not even play. I then checked the my computer folder and
> it
> shows there in a disc in the e drive or somethinbg like that, it's titled
> DVD-RW Drive (E:).
> I clicked eject it would open up the dvd/cd slot but there ws no disc and
> so
> I pushed it back in and still it shows there is a disc in there.
> I tried uninstalling the dvd burning software but it did not do anything
> for
> the cd/dvd drive. And I checked the properties for it and it says
> everything
> is working properly.
>
> What should I do?
>
> Joey
>
 
"bud" wrote:

>
> >> Run the autoplay repair tool. See if that helps.
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&DisplayLang=en
> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >> .......I thought it was going to work but, it said that there is a
> >> problem but it can't fix it...
> >
> > the results were: This AutoPlay setting cannot be fixed. Either the device
> > is malfunctioning, or the wizard cannot determine the problem
> >
> > This is really hard!
> >>
>
> Look in your registry. Check the keys,
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
> and
> HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore
> In the right panel look for "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" See if it is set to
> 0x00000091. If it is anything else, modify it. I think b5 disables the
> cdrom. Shouldn't be b5.
> Other then that you could try a restore point if there is one set before
> this happened.
> You also could make another user on your machine and see if your device
> works there. That would rule out a hardware problem anyway.
>
>
Is it possible for me to uninstall it and then reinstall it. I was thinking
of doing that but, I'm afarid that it I can't reinstall after, because like
what if it need a disc for reinstalling part. I don't have any cd software
that has to do with the cd/dvd harddrive that came with the computer when I
bought.
>
 
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