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by techiehelp

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What would make a CD-Writer stop working? It still goes through the process of writing on a blank CD, but the recorded disk contains no data.....this happens to both audio and data files. The blank CDs are not the problem as I have gone through different packs/brands to no avail! I also know that there are differnet CDs for copying audio and data files. I welcome any suggestions and/or comments. Thanks.

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by gary chromacomp

The only thing I could think of is that the laser writter in the cd-rom is broken. If the cd-rom is going through all the motions of writting but nothing appears sounds like wriiting on paper with a pen out of ink.

by jmstitt

If the drive still powers up and is recognized by the computer as a valid IDE device and the drive door is still functional. You can try carefully disassembling the burner. Use alcohol to gently clean the laser's lens. Clean all dust or dirt particles from the laser slide and cd stabilizer (both the bottom and top). Then vaccuum any dust or dirt from any of the other areas. I have recovered a few drives doing this. Make sure you unplug the device to avoid any shock hazards. If the drive isn't working now, you certaintly can't hurt it any more. HTH

by techiehelp

Bought a cleaning kit (Kesington brand) to clean the drives as well as the CDs. Found out that my Rewritable CDs were bad. Finally worked with a new pack of CD-RWs.

Thanks for the tip!

by grantcom

Are you closing the session? You need to either close the session or the CD...if you don't no burn.

by Member 35711908

Is it a CD-R or a CD-RW? If you're putting files on a CD-RW, they will only be readable in another CD-RW drive, since they are not ISO 9660 compatible, and therefore not readable in a regular CD-ROM drive or CD player. You'd need to switch to CD-Rs.

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