Cannot copy files to disk in DVD RW drive

Question

I am trying to copy or move a file to a CD-RW and cannot. I click on the file and drag it to the D drive but the file is not moved, there is the circle with the line through it. I thought maybe there was something wrong with the CD-RW so I put in a new one. The notification appears asking what I want to do with this CD-RW, I click on burn files with File Explorer, but then nothing happens. I think a window is supposed to appear to format the CD-RW. In File Explorer, I click on the D:\ drive and this window appears stating, "Windows can't read the disk in drive D:\."

I searched online "Cannot read/write to CD-RW" and on the Microsoft Support site, it says this occurs because the IMAPI CD-Burning COM service is set to Disabled. I searched for this service but could not find it.

I have not tried to copy a file to a CD-RW since the latest Windows OS update. I do not know if this has anything to do with this.

Please help.

nyc10036 · Answer

Is there some reason you won't use a more reliable method of copying files to a USB flash drive?   Packet writing to a CD-RW is highly unreliable. I stopped doing it many years ago.

cagill · Answer

Hi nyc10036,

I do have USB flash drives but I have information that is saved on CD disks, like tax information, that I would like to keep altogether. I can access files on the disks. The DVD RW drive plays DVD disks. Incidentally, since I posted, I was able to copy of file to the CD disk, but only to a zipped folder.

I've had the laptop barely over a year; everything should work.

nyc10036 · Answer

read #3 :  http://www.pjhutchison.org/windows10/disks.html   .

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Cannot copy files to disk in DVD RW drive

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