(Solved)my dvd writer could not write or burn anything

[Samson]

Attached, as per your request, from XP Pro SP3.

[jraju]

hi, i have installed and there is no yellow in driver cd in management. so, the problem lies with indirect entries, obselete entries in the registry may be the cause. But i took care to delete all the connected entries of the original version from the registry , ie entries related to the opt 7561 dvd rw. but still the problem persists. apart from the generic drivers, the system takes the pnp device drivers from the cd dvd drive and if the Os is ide then it has the driver entries, in a separate folder called enum, ide, ie, hklm,system,class, and guide value in,enum folder, which has some established entries, other than the one at class folder guid entries.
                   your cdrom.inf tallies with my system , as otherwise, i may have drivers shown as error, yellow exclamation mark in the device manager.
                    sony site has some drivers for some of the version and optiarc , is a product of sony nec, they do not bother to supply the drivers. i searched sony site, but could not get any drivers. still working on this problem and hope to find the solution
             

[jraju]

Hi,
          Please see the link of hp with available drivers download. There is no specific mention of cd dvd drivers.
                Which of these downloads should i download for cd dvd drives. which drivers should be downloaded for original cd dvd drives that came with the notebook.
I could not just say which one, as it is included in drivers of hard disc or chipset or some hardware. Please let me know, so that i could try.
                  in the c:swsetup , i found numbered sp..... drivers, but which is related to cd drives, there was no special mention.
                   Would anybody will say,
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=3765005&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=1093

[Samson]

No specific drivers because DVD/ CD drivers are included in the OS.

J, I'm sure that you are looking at a hardware failure not a software issue 

[jraju]

But i did find cd specific drivers in hklm software microsoft in Enum folders like optiarc 7561 dvd rw ad in the laptop. is it included in windows xp OS. i doubt, samson.

[Samson]

But i did find cd specific drivers in hklm software microsoft in Enum folders like optiarc 7561 dvd rw ad in the laptop. is it included in windows xp OS. i doubt, samson.

Drivers? Are you sure, more likely to be a device ID from PnP.

Have you run Shane's Hardware ID? Then Google the device ID for drivers that others are using, my guess will be XP generic like you have. In XP vitually all DVD drives use OS drivers, I've never come across one that does n't.

You will find nothing on the Sony site, such as firmware updates or drivers as the replacement that you have is OEM, probably pulled from an old machine by the tech, so its history is unknown.

I admire your persistence, but think replacement is probably your only solution.

[jraju]

Hi, samson,
             please see the attaachment to get any clue on the error.
Pl see the enclosed files from dvddisaster progress. It scanned 327680 sectors of one radable cd having cdfs format. It stopped and showed read error from 309456 to last sectors as read error, unrecoverable. I scanned the same disk with VSO inspector, which scanned the same and showed 94.4 as good and 5.6 as bad sectors.
                Does that means the disk sensor problem. It shows the last round of the disc as red and in vso logs , shows read error. Ofcourse, sectors vary between programs.
                    How to check the sensor of the cd drive. Are there any tools to check the same.
                     My last resort is to replace the laptop cd drive with usb drive available readily .
                     Are there any limit to sensors  , I mean the number of readings . how could this get damaged. Pl boggins and samson

[Boggin]

Did you ever get this fixed ?

[jraju]

Hi, no . The problem remains. But , as an alternative, if at all i need dvd drive, i will go for usb cd dvd drive, which is popular.
                      It is just outside the laptop and no need to fix it after removing the defective.
                        The problem may be in the device itself

[Boggin]

It did sound like it was the actual disk drive.

It's just that I've been helping someone on another forum who is getting an I/O error when trying to burn anything with it and remembered you were having a similar problem.

It sounds like the burn laser has gone on this disk drive as well.

[jraju]

Hi, May be that is the reason for the last lap of the disc, showing in red....
                         Or it would be a problem of misalignment of disc with the surface, so the last lap, would not be read or write.
                            I?O error, is because of something connected with the software one uses or the speed of wrting...
                     i will mark this thread as solved, as i know the solution lies in replacing the drive or buying new usb cd dvd drive, which is Rs1500/-. But pendrive replaces these drives nowadays as even OS are installed using pendrive, with active enabled, rather than cd drive, which is unreliable and may get scratches soon after the initial use

[Boggin]

I think it was the Windows Burner tool that was being used to create a bootable ISO disk and that doesn't normally cause any problems.

Anyway, just thought I'd ask.

[jraju]

No, i mean the usb drive with command prompt

[Boggin]

Not with you - or are we talking at cross purposes ?

[jraju]

Hi, Thank you for showing the lens failure may be the cause for this.
              It reads the previous files written in cdfs format. There is also a conflict of cdfs and udf. I think the failure is hardware related , even when it reads.