[bball1]

Hey, my LG DVD Burner wont read disks, so i cant burn anything

This happened a while ago, and i tried EVERYTHING but no luck!

It was working fine until one day it just stopped reading DVD's, and i believe CD's Also..Not sure though.

So Could someone Please Help ME!

Thanks!

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Hello bball1.... Welcome to GeeksToGo,

I'm sorry to hear about your issue. We will try to help you resolve this as soon as possible.
Please understand we are all volunteers and we are not here all the time. Sometimes it may be a extended amount of time to get back to you. If it has been more then 3 days please shoot me a PM and I will try to get back to you quickly then

Is the drive seen in My Computer?

[rshaffer61]

Hello bball1.... Welcome to GeeksToGo,

I'm sorry to hear about your issue. We will try to help you resolve this as soon as possible.
Please understand we are all volunteers and we are not here all the time. Sometimes it may be a extended amount of time to get back to you. If it has been more then 3 days please shoot me a PM and I will try to get back to you quickly then

Is the drive seen in My Computer?

[bball1]

Yes it is, It is my G: Drive, and when i right click on it and click "Eject" it Ejects

[rshaffer61]

One of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
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.

Thank's to Broni for the instructions

[bball1]

Hey, I tried steps 2,3,4

NO LUCK! it still doesn't work...

[rshaffer61]

And step 1 you didn't try it?

[bball1]

Just tried Step 1..No LUCK!

[rshaffer61]

Ok well sorry to say it sounds like your drive has failed. The only way to realistically try it is to try it in another system and see if the same thing happens.
You could also try a borrowed drive and see if it works. If so then you would get your answer that way.