Why does my CD drive not recognize my recorded CDs?

Question

For some reason my single computer CD-Rom drive now messages that every self-copy CD is blank.

The exact message I get from iTunes player is: "You've inserted a blank CD or DVD. To burn items on the disc, select the playlist that contains teh items you want to burn, and then choose File > BurnPlaylist to Disc, etc."

None of my old self-made CDs will now play. I bought a new computer several months ago & it only has a single CD-Rom drive, for both play & copy. It plays my store-bought CDs all right. It USED to play my self-copied CDs too.

At first I thought the problem was it would only play self-made CDs made on the new computer and not on the old computer. But this doesn't seem to be the case; since I'm sure a CD I just wanted to play was made on the new computer just a week or so ago.

I can't figure out the problem. I never liked that single CD drive thing, but they assured me it wouldn't matter since I can use a single drive for both copy and play. Still I never expected this kind of problem; I was worried more that the copy drive would wear out quicker.

Any suggestions? I also tried playing it in PowerDVD with no better luck, same message, like "Please insert a disc," etc. even though the disc is already in.

By the way, needless to say these play in my regular CD player but I prefer using my computer player many times.

Answer 1

Probably your old cd has a format your new computer wont play. For example my computer plays .wma format but my car does not so it doesn't play any tracks from my cd.

Answer 2

Since you use your drive often to play CDs the lens may have a buildup. Try running a lens cleaning disc in the drive to see if it helps. It should be done periodically anyway. If nothing helps then the laser is probably failing. Sometimes original equipment is not always the longest lasting.

Answer 3

Restart the computer. See if it shows up contained in the computer self attempt contained in the "detecting IDE drives" section. If it does, then the priority is with homestead windows and could be a conflict or different situation. If it doesn't then it may be that the IDE cable has come loose or thepersistent mechanism is useless. you should close down, unplug the computer from the wall, open up the case and performance a glance for this. If each and every of the cable are in firmly then thepersistent has likely had it and also you'll desire a clean one.