My dvd writer dosn´t recognize cd´s

[Jpnumonic]

Suddenly my dvd writer won´t recognize any cds, he will only recognize the dvds
I have an optorite dvd-+ rw DD1205, and he has worked fine for the year i bouth it, but out of the bloom he won´t recognize any cds, so i format my computer and still he dosent´recognize them even outside of windows.

What can i do,

 

[ski]

See if cleaning the lens helps.
If not, then the drive is probably bad.

 

[cdogg]

Try the Autofix utility:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...b6-e8fa-45c4-a171-1b389cfacdad&displaylang=en

If that doesn't do it, then the drive could very well be the problem. I can't say I've heard of the brand Optorite, but drives are pretty cheap nowadays...

~cdogg
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