Broken CDRW

[spong_miester]

Hey all

I have a problem I have a Artec 48x 12x 48x CDRW took it to a large scale PC retailer repair centre to have a problem fixed, got my machine back to find the CD Writer no longer works.

The drive works fine apart for when it has to write something i recently tried to "Backup" some photos and the drive worked fine then it got to 14% and it just packed in.

Device Manager displays that everything is ok with it but i know its not i have tried 4 makes of media but to no avail

I live 35 miles from my above "Superstore" so going back is out of the question.

I know with the price of them i should just buy a new one but that would mean spending some money

If Anyone knows of a way to fix this problem please let me know

[Mike Fishcake]

Have you eliminated software issues?

if you have 2 drives, you could maybe try booting from your other drive, an Ultimate Windows Boot CD - http://www.ubcd4win.com/ - and using the burning software on there to see if that works. If it does, you've probably got some SW issue somewhere.

[spong_miester]

no i have 2 drives the other is an generic DVD Rom have just started uninstalling nero to see if that fixes it