hi experts,
i have this HP Pavilion desktop which for some reason wont allow me to write anything to a cd or dvd. The PC has a DVD-ROM and a DVD+- writer, when ever i try using a program to burn information onto the disc it fails, if i click My Computer and then double click the CD drive i get the following error message:
E:/ is not accessible
Incorrect Function
I have googled this problem and it seems fairly common, but i couldn't find a solution that worked, any help would be much appreciated.
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Chances are -- if it worked before -- you drive has failed. Optical drives have really turned into a 'throw away' technology over the past decade. But at least they are cheap to replace :-)
Certain softwares can cause this issue too. If you check out Device Manager ( Start > devmgmt.msc ) and see some yellow exclamation points on your optical drives, you might have a filter driver issue. Random link to fix this issue: http://djlizard.net/2007/0
And even though your burner may be shot, you may also still be able to read CDs and DVDs just fine. Optical drives use different lasers for writing/reading. It's ability to produce the particular laser which writes discs is probably broken.
Lastly, if you aren't too savvy with the idea of opening your computer and replacing a DVD burner, you can get an external USB one. They are fairly cheap and its an easy way to back into burning again. Newegg.com is a personal favorite of mine to pickup affordable hardware such as DVD burners.
Oh okay, then this probably *is* a filter driver problem.
What you should do is uninstall each burning software -- one by one, restarting your computer after cheap uninstall -- until the problem goes away. Stuff like Express Burn (packet burning software) installs special drivers that can cause issues like this sometimes. It's usually a conflict between two different CD burning applications.
Once you've identified the software causing the issue, reinstall the latest version and see what happens. If the problem comes back, there's either a bug with that software or you have another incompatible CD burning software installed and doesn't want to play nicely with Express Burn.
hi guys
i have uninstalled any cd buring software that was on there, but i was still having the same problem, i decided to run a malwarebytes scan and it found about 425 infections, whichi have removed, but again the problem is still there. any ideas on where to go next?
@ Darkapple - i have tried your solution, but as i said earlier the recording tab isn't there.
It's very hard to get rid of malware/viruses completely nowadays, they could have opened more security holes in your system so even if they are removed, future viruses can use the holes to get in.
Atleast they usually leave some traces behind which can't probably be detected.
Atleast that's what I think is possible.
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by: raiden69Posted on 2009-09-07 at 01:53:57ID: 25273575
Hi
It sounds like it could be your DVD Writer itself have you tried installing your DVD RW in another machine and check if it does the same?
Another option would be to replace the data cable of the DVD RW.
Which 3rd party program do you use to burn the cd`s?