CD BURNER

delete upper and lower filters:

 

Click the Start button, and then click Run.

In the Open box type the following text:
Regedit.exe.

Click the OK button.

Click the plus sign (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

  NOTE: When you click the plus sign (+) next to a folder, it will expand displaying the folders it contains in the left-pane of the Registry Editor. When a folder is highlighted, its contents will be displayed in the right-pane of the Registry Editor.

 

Click the plus sign (+) next to SYSTEM.

Click the plus sign (+) next to CurrentControlSet.

Click the plus sign (+) next to Control.

Click the plus sign (+) next to Class.

Click {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.

On the right hand side of the window, click UpperFilters.

Click Edit on the menu bar.

Click Delete, and then click OK.

On the right hand side of the window, click LowerFilters.

Click Edit on the menu bar.

Click Delete, and then click the OK button.

close the regitry window.

 

 

 

Once you have done this. please perform these steps.

 

Please perform these steps now :

Please click on Start and then click on Run.

Please type devmgmt.msc and press enter key.

You will see the device manager window.

Please click on the (+) sign in front of CD/DVD option and check if you are able to see the drive listed there or not.

Also please check if you see any yellow exclamation marks or any red cross mark there in front of the drive.

 

 

1.       Click the plus (+) sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.

2.       Right-click to highlight the Secondary IDE Channels, and then left-click Uninstall in the pop-up menu.

3.       Click Yes to confirm the device removal.

 

Please click on the action tab and then click on scan for hardware changes.

 

Please try to play the disk now,.

 

 

 

Is your issue fixed now?

I was just wondering how u came about these instuctions

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pressed ok to confirm device removal n i have just been waiting

i can play the CDs but im having trouble burning CDs. when i try to it says again disc recording not found

If the recording tab is missing, please perform these steps.

 

 

1.Click Start, and then click Run.2.In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.3.Expand the following registry subkey: 4.On the File menu, click Export.5.In the File name box, type backup of drives key, and then click Save.

Note You can restore this registry subkey by double-clicking the backup of drives key.reg file that you saved.6.In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, click the Volume{GUID} folder under Drives, where GUID is a 32-character hexadecimal globally unique identifier.

Note If you have more than one CD-ROM drive in the computer, an additional Volume{GUID} folder is listed for each drive.7.In the right pane of the Registry Editor window, double-click Drive Type.8.In the Value data box, type 1 or 2, depending on the drive type, and then click OK.

The drive type should be 1 if it is a CD-R and 2 if it is a CD-RW.9.Quit Registry Editor.

It will take some time.

not working in itunes it says that disc recorder is not found

You can also uninstall and reinstall Itunes.

 

 

Please go to add/remove programs  and uninstall it.

 

 

To install Itunes please click on this link.

 

http://www.apple.com/au/itunes/download/

Please click on start and then click on Run.

Please type services.msc and press enter key.

You will see services window.

Please search for IMAPI CD burning COM service and double click on it.

Please click on start in the startup status and select automatic in start up type.

Please click on the recovery tab and then  select restart the service option in first failure,second failure and subsequent failure.

Please click on Apply and then OK.

Please try to play the disk now.

Please go to desktop double click on My computer icon.

Please right click on CDRW drive icon and click on properties.

Please check if you see recording tab there.

is CDRW the same as drive E because CDRW doesnt appear

 

do you mean for the file name to actually type back up of drives key   ??

recording tab is missing from CDRW followed steps but in itunes it still  says disc recording not found.

 

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