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BillyZ
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_ 		13. November 2004 @ 11:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a dvd rw drive that I use- lately i have been backing up many of my dvd's with DVD Shrink, that works fine. The problem is that last night I inserted an audio CD into the drive and it doesn't recognize it, it shows nothing- that the drive is empty, I tried a different CD, and still no~go, I repeated this process about 5 times then inserted a DVD which worked fine. I gave up. It has worked fine in the past, I use it to add songs to my HD so I can put them on my Ipod, never have I had a problem. I am using Windows XP Pro. Also I went to the device manager it shows its working properly. I searched for a driver update and that came back I have the most current. Can anyone help or offer some suggestions...any ideas will be greatly appreciated. thanks bill
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djscoop
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_ 		17. November 2004 @ 11:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you could always try deleting the driver from device manager, then restart your computer and let XP re-install it, and see if it works. If not, try installing it in another computer, to determine if its a hardware or software issue.
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djscoop
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_ 		17. November 2004 @ 11:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you could also see if the firmware needs updating on your drive. I doubt that would be the problem, but it couldn't hurt trying
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"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive" - Albert Einstein

For the best quality mp3s use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip your audio CDs and LAME to encode them. Follow this guide:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
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