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I am curious if drive was replaced under warranty. &nbsp;I had exact same issue.
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I am curious if drive was replaced under warranty.  I had exact same issue.

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CDRW will not read data CD's consistently; however, I FINALLY found that if a CD - of any type -- is left in the CDRW drive, then the next time I boot up, the CDRW will read data disks just fine. &nbsp;Music CD's read regardless of whether a CD is left in drive or not. <br />
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This is a new system (came loaded w/ WinXP Home) and CDRW is new (I added it myself later; however). &nbsp;This is the only CD drive in the system (no CDRom in addition to; no DVD either).<br />
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AND !!!! I've had this exact same thing happen with a previous PC / CDRW that I gave up on and returned for money back !!!!!<br />
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What is up with this??<br />
glenna
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CDRW will not read data CD's consistently; however, I FINALLY found that if a CD - of any type -- is left in the CDRW drive, then the next time I boot up, the CDRW will read data disks just fine.  Music CD's read regardless of whether a CD is left in drive or not. 

This is a new system (came loaded w/ WinXP Home) and CDRW is new (I added it myself later; however).  This is the only CD drive in the system (no CDRom in addition to; no DVD either).

AND !!!! I've had this exact same thing happen with a previous PC / CDRW that I gave up on and returned for money back !!!!!

What is up with this??
glenna

Sony CDRW 52x24/52 only reads data CDs if a CD-of any type-is left in drive from last time.

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