Hello hope someone can help me. my PC,OS. XP, problems, 1) ide\cd rom. Samsung CD-R/RW SW-240B, 2) ide\cd rom. Toshiba_DVD-ROM_SD-M1402. neither will recognise CD's or DVD's. when I try to burn they eject the disc's. the PC claims both drives are working properly and to check the troubleshooter, tried this but to no avail, (silver surfer limited with knowledge),they both worked last time I used them, Fishy1

One of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. Your CD drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary Channel)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

Like to thank you for the reply, have tried as you suggest, but no joy, have spent a lot of time trying to cure this problem so have decided to save up and buy a new one again thanks for the help Fishy1

You're very welcome
Thanks for posting back