Unable to use CR-RW disks 1

[Ambatim]

Hi all,

I have Sony PCG-Z505RX laptop. It has a cd drive PCGA-CD5.
This drive is able to read only CD-R disks. Whenvever I use CD-RW it says device not ready.

Any idea where could be the problem, and its solution ??

Thanks in advance

Regards
Mallik Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[mudskipper]

Assuming that the discs are good, your drive is most likely failing (Although some drives just flat have issues with certain brand discs...might try it). I have seen several RW drives partially die like that. Most of them continue to work fine with CD-Rs for quite some time.

 

[ANFPS26]

It also depends on which software you used to make the disk. For instance, if you use Direct Cd, you have to install a UDF reader to get the CD-ROM to read it. I think Nero's drag and drop program has the same problem. If you use Easy CD Creator or Regular Nero and create a CD the normal way (Make a Data CD that can be read in most CD players) then it should work. The CD-ROM has to be a multi-read CD-ROM also. Old CD-ROM drives sometimes won't work. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[mudskipper]

Very good point, Nobrain! I am going off of the assumption that the discs were being used from start to finish utilizing the same software, and I hadn't even thought of that!

I had also assumed that the drive was a CDRW drive...however, now that I did a quick search on the model, it does not seem to be a burner. Sooooooo


Ambatim----if this drive is not a burner, then it is NOT failing...just does not want to read RW discs. *VERY* common for old drives (especially for a slower speed drive, and it appears that yours is 16X...definitely a bit older).

Sorry for the bad post earlier. I suppose that I should have looked into it a little bit first!