trouble with a blank cd?
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This should be a CD-R.   Try buring a new one, but select a slower BURN speed.  If it comes up with 16X, then use 8X speed.   Always cut the speed in half. \n\nYou also might need to get a CD Drive cleaning kit.\n\nGood luck
262578
Will it recognises old cd's? Actually for these type of question you should tell what exactlly is happening and is the error you are getting?\n\nCheck whether it recognises other cd's. If yes then check the new cd is working or not. You can check that in your friends pc. If it is getting regonised in other systems then your cdrom might have gone means it'll have a thing called head. If that goes some time it'll recognise some cd's some time it wont.\n\nClean the head using head cleaner
918707
Download Nero 7 premium.\nMake Images of CD's and run them in Nero ImageDrive.\nThat will work just perfect.\ngood luck
975674
With XP the drivers identify themselves. Use the START->Control Panel->Add Hardware \nthe missing HW should be identified and insert the CD with the drivers or copy the drivers to a place on the disk and indntify that place.
938553
I'm no expert on how to fix computers, but if your CD is still jammed in there, look for the manual release. There should be a tiny hole on or near your CD tray; stick a pin or something slender in there and your tray should open.
736285
easy get a blank cd could be get from local electronic stores. then makes sure u pc can burn cd etc then see if u have any software if u do they would have help on how u can export music in the list then burn if not try download.com for free burners or just use Windows Media Player burner. \n\nOk, Miss. \n\nKnow can I get my Boy Scout Badge. LOL
897751
Try cleaning it with special CD Rom cleaning kits.  They are a CD that you insert and just push play.  This fixes my CD problems most of the time.  If this does not work take it to a technician.
842305
Have you tried running a Cleaning CD through your drive - it looks like an ordinary CD with a spiral of tiny brushes on it, some have music tracks to make it play for a few seconds, if it hasn't simply inserting it a couple of times will do the trick.
848770
No cds? Gonna be hard unless Dell Has a System Recovery Software installed on the system so look for that program. If not try the system restore feature for Windows in System Tools under accessories. If nothing, borrow a ORIGINAL copy of Windows XP Setup CD and reinstall windows. Laterz
63077
by finding someone who has the cd and burning it on to a blank cd
1101730
New blank cds or dvds should not be "recognized" by the os because they have nothing on them.  After you insert them, open your CD burning software program and see if you can detect there is a blank disc in the drive that it can write to. If it cant recognize them then either the dye or disc type cant be read by those drives or the software needs to be updated.  Writable cds are not like floppy disks and have to have data written to them permanently before they can become a mountable volume.
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Hi,\n\nBefore you try another CD, first try the CD on a different computer or drive, and if you are still getting the same problems, i suggest trying another CD..
692447
If your CD hasn't been scratched, your CD ROM is not properly detecting the CD.\nTry with the other CD ROM.
610290
You can go to Windows CD. Boot off the CD and select repair System. It should reinstall any missing files.\nAfter you do that you will want to do an automatic update to see if the files have been updated since the release of your CD.\nI am not sure if it will work but you could just try doing an Automatic Update and see if it installs the missing CD.
490950
I think the CD is damaged, it probably is not a problem with your computer. The fact that you successfully installed Win98 is a good indicator that it is not your computer. You need to obtain another disk of XP.
571689
Go into Device Manager, uninstall the cdrom, then reboot. If that doesn't work, reinstall the drivers from the disk that came with the burner, or OS. If you don't have these disks, then download the drivers from the manufacturer's website. What's happening is that you might have corrupted drivers that may need to be reinstalled, or, replaced with newer ones. :)
969842
Only thing I know is it may be a bad cd-r disk. I've had that problem. If you've tried multiple disks, I don't known what to tell you. Hope this helps!