Hi Folks,

My CD Rewriter appears to have developed a fault. When I put a CD in the machine makes a sound for a few seconds and the light flickers but then the noise stops and the light goes out. If I open up the icon on the desktop there is nothing there.

A hardware fault do you think?

Many thanks for your help.

Sounds like a failing drive. Do you have another to try?

Microsoft also offers these ideas:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321641/en-us

'fraid not. I know they are not expensive but are they easy to fit?

Kind regards.

If it is a standard tower then it's basically: unplug the old; remove a few screws and slide it out of the case; slide the new one in and replace a few screws; replug and play.

If it is a mini desktop or laptop the form and connections will be different (SCSI) but uninstalling and installing should be as easy although some laptops may be more difficult than others.

Originally Posted by jephree

If it is a standard tower then it's basically: unplug the old; remove a few screws and slide it out of the case; slide the new one in and replace a few screws; replug and play.

If it is a mini desktop or laptop the form and connections will be different (SCSI) but uninstalling and installing should be as easy although some laptops may be more difficult than others.

Thank you!