P.C Drive help needed please.

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Bearing in mind i know next to bugger all about computers i need help but no complicated terminology please .

I brought a dvd R/RW some time ago and installed it alright(at least i think i have).When i look in Nero on drive tests ect it all comes up ,the name of the drive etc and in the control panel its all there.The problem is when i want to save photos on it it just says ;E:\is not accessible - the device is not ready.Any help more than welcome.

 

[Cian]

Eh? "Save photos on it" - you ARE burning them through Nero, right

 

[Cian]

You can't just dump them onto the disc through Explorer unless you're using InCD or another UDF programme.

 

[Tazman]

If its an internal one, it might be because the jumpers at the back of your main CD Drive and DVD drive conflict. There are seperate pins for master/slave setups, both are etched onto the drive housing.
Not nec the answer but it could be.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

I did follow what it said when installing about having this as a secondary drive etc.I did the pins accordingly

 

[Tazman]

I had a similar prob with one i was installing for a friend..the answer was to completely remove the jumper from the secondary drive, i know this conflicts what i've said previously but it did do the trick. Worth a go as it won't do any damage.
Also, silly thing, is the ribbon lead in securely?

It doesn't sound software related to me. But then we all live and learn!

 

[Rangdo]

I think I had a problem like this when I first used Nero. You have to select it as the drive to use for burning in one of the options menu's. Somewhere there is a drop-down menu where it lists all of your drives and you can select your dvd burner.

 

[Rangdo]

Try "Recorder" from the top menu then "Choose Recorder" or "Medium Info".

 

[Tazman]

doesn't nero automatically detect what type of drives you have? mine did. Unless i was just lucky

 

[Rangdo]

It detected it but didn't actually select it. When I went to the options it was there to be selected from the drop down menu but it didn't actually select it for me.

 

[re-al]

you can just "dump" the files onto the disc if you're using XP
sry ive never had a problem with installing CD drives
can you burn music and othe files onto discs with it?