Problems with old CDR drive after adding DVDR drive

Question

I just bought a Sony DVD RW dual format DRU 800-A internal drive.  My dimension 4500 had a CD read only drive and a CD RW.  I removed the CD reader and replaced it with my new DVD drive.  The DVD drive has been recognized and installed successfully, but now my CD RW drive will not allow files to be copied to it, it can still read CDs but will not write new ones.  Both drives are set up as cable select (the same as the original set up) with the DVD drive on top.

Predator · Answer

Hi Loujolly,Double check that both drives have DMA enabled; click on the cD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 15, articles 14 & 16.Best Regards God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link

Predator · Answer

Hi Lou,Just want to make sure, in the BIOS the IDE channel is set to Auto and both Drive 0 & Drive 1 are on as well, Dell defaults Drive 1 to Off.If this is correct, then uninstall the secondary IDE channel from Device Manager and Windows will re-detect it on boot and install the proper drivers again.If this does not help, then look at Section 15, articles 17 & 13 at the CD/RW link.Best Regards God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell thedifference. CD/RW Link Message Edited by Predator on 07-17-2005 08:30 AM

loujolly · Answer

Thanks Jeff,   Device 1 will not change out of PIO mode.  The article mentions deleting the IDE channel.  Should I just delete the whole Secondary IDE out of the device manager?   Lou

loujolly · Answer

OK, we're improving.  I now have Secondary IDE with Device 0 set to Ultra DMA Mode 4, and Device 1 set to Ultra DMA Mode 2.  However the computer is convinced that the CD drive is a CD ROM and won't let me copy to it.  The CD drive is listed as HL-DT -ST CD -RW.   Thanks again   Lou

Predator · Answer

Hi Lou,Now consider uninstalling / reinstalling your burning software.Best Regards God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link

loujolly · Answer

Thanks again Jeff,

I uninstalled and installed the Nero sofware, but no change. Then in the explorer window, I right clicked on my CDRW drive, and there was a tab labelled "recording". This enables the dragging and pasting of files using windows explorer (which is how I have been burning cds). Once I enabled that and restarted, it worked!

Lou

Predator · Answer

Excellent trouble shooting Lou !!Glad to hear you solved your problem !!Best Regards God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link

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Problems with old CDR drive after adding DVDR drive

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