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Vista won't allow me to burn CD or DVD

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  1. RyanO
    Member

    Please help.
    I'm at the end of my patience with Vista.
    For the life of me I can't get it to burn a CD.

    It was all working fine up until a few days ago.
    I suspected it migth be virus related because it all started after downloading a movie.
    I scanned with Norton but it didn't pick up anything.
    When I tried to open the avi file I got a message telling me it was not a avi file but had an avi file extension. Since then I've had the problem.

    I can see the CD drive in Windows Explorer.
    I can read cds or dvds but it will not read a blank disc.

    I have tried uninstalling the CD drive that didn't help.
    I can't burn to disc from Windows Explorer or from Nero.
    Nero tells me something about logging on as Adminstrator but as far as I can see I am logged in as Adminstrator.
    One more thing. I cold have sworn the Cd drive was D: but now it comes up as F:???

    Any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks

    Posted 5 months ago #

  2. admin
    Brent Trahan

    First I'd try finding and removing that possible virus. Scan your computer using Windows Defender and Windows One Care's online virus scanner.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  3. RyanO
    Member

    Defender doesn't pick up anything.

    OneCare scan causes the computer to shut down and restart.

    I've tried a Norton scan but 8 hours later and its still running, that can't be right.

    FWIW I installed RegCure.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  4. admin
    Brent Trahan

    Seems like you do have a virus. I would let Norton scan for as long as it needs. Make sure it's up-to-date with it's virus definitions.

    I don't recommend any of those so called registry cleaners. They are all useless and most of them are viruses themselves.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  5. RyanO
    Member

    I ended up re-installing Vista and that seems have to cleared everything up.
    All the functionality that I had lost is back.
    Thanks

    Posted 5 months ago #

  6. reffer101
    Member

    I was having the same problem but in my case the registry Booster make it fine.

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