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I WAS BURNING A CD USING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER AND CANCELLED THE BURN SESSION. SINCE THEN I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCESS AND CD INFO BUT DVDS ARE ACCESSIBLE. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT COULD BE WRONG.

try using some dedicated burning software instead of media player and test

I am not able to view any audio or data information for MY Computer but i am able to view acess DVD information

Uninstall the ide channels via devicemanager & then restart.

i did as you said and the problem still exist.

Use a RELIABLE burning app like Imgburn and try burning.

Which cd media have you used?

sonic digital media and media player. is it possible that the firmware my need to be updated?

use better media, and as we have said different specialised software

better media? What do you call better media? I cant even access the drive using "My Computer".

what happens? errors?

OK, then first things first.

What is displayed in the devicemanager?

The cd rom is identified sony dw-q58a and is said to working properly

Can you post a screenshot?

Did you get this problem resolved? I have the exact problem with my sony dw-q58a drive. I stopped it in the middle of burning a cd and it will not read any of my burnt cds or blank cds but will read movies.

What does that mean?

Hi All:
I just joined the "Broken Sony" club. Last night I burned and viewed a movie and when I tried to load a new game (on CD ROM), my drive couldn't read the CD. The last time I used it, it worked fine. I also tried another new game disk and a music CD. Same results. Tried all the tests and analyses and the DVD/CD drive is supposed to be A-Okay. I'm stumped. Any new developments out there? I may just break down and buy an external burner. Just another piece of junk to carry around (I travel a lot). I'll watch the forum to see if anyone comes up with a solution. I'll be home in a week (nice to break down 3000 miles from home) and then I'll decide what to do. Thanks for the opportunity to vent on the issue.

P.S. Just had a thought! Could XP SP3 be the problem??? If my memory serves me correctly, the last time I read/burned CDs was before I loaded SP3.

I doubt SP3 is the problem.

But boot into SAFE MODE and try to access these CDs.

I can still play dvd's on my drive but it will not read any other cds or blank cds.

Have you tried to boot from a bootable CD yet?

Thanks for the suggestion Chef, but the problem persists even in safe mode. I'll just load through my wireless network. I've done that before. It stinks I won't be able to use the drive for CDs when I'm on the road away from my network. I'll be in touch with Sony regarding the problem and if they have a solution (other than buying a new drive), I'll post it on this forum. Thanks again for trying.....