re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 8:05 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jacob6601 (2174 messages posted) That is normal from some BIOSes, they will not allow xp to bypass them. If Nero and Record Now cannot read a disc, it is probably the player. Try reading discs through any means -- explorer, control panel, disc info (nero), etc. Try in safe mode also. You can download one or both of the bootable cds below and see if you can read cds with them. If you can, it is something in the xp install. If not, it is probably the read laser. It could be the controller, cable, etc., but I really doubt it. Last minute thought: Try booting from any cd from that player -- before a high level os is loaded. Puppy Linux = http://www.puppylinux.com/ Ultimate Boot CD = http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Written in response to: re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Neil Murphy: Friday, May 15, 2009 at 7:56 pm) Responses to this message: re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Neil Murphy: Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 6:39 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Neil Murphy: Sun, May 10, 2009, 3:35 pm) re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Special-K: Sun, May 10, 2009, 5:21 pm) re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Neil Murphy: Mon, May 11, 2009, 2:57 pm) re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Quasimodo: Mon, May 11, 2009, 9:03 am) re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Neil Murphy: Mon, May 11, 2009, 2:52 pm) re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Jacob6601: Mon, May 11, 2009, 8:39 pm) re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Neil Murphy: Fri, May 15, 2009, 7:56 pm) re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Jacob6601: Sat, May 16, 2009, 8:05 am) re: CD is missing from my DVD/CD burner (Neil Murphy: Sun, May 17, 2009, 6:39 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum