Windows 10: CD ROM writer/ reader

Hope I'm not beating a dead horse after all these years. It's an " old " Dell INSPIRON 560 / Windows 10 - updates current , with a 256 SSD put in years ago. Computer still works GOOD as a backup PC.Decided to use the DVD/CD Rom drive - HL-DT-ST DVD+- RW GH70N.....PROBLEM : it does not recognize " blanks or any previously burned cds/dvds which were made on this same drive. It does play all COMMERCIALLY PURCHASED cds/dvds. I have VLC installed to play the disks....This Drive did work previously with Windows 10 -writing & readingThere is NO update driver available.If an external drive is plu

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Cd Rom / Dvd Writer

Hi,

I have both Samsung CD ROM & LG DVD Writer(Both are internal). Since some days CD ROM is getting opened and trying to get closed all by its own.

I removed the power cord of CD ROM & again connected. This time it is not showing both the drives. It is showing only 1 drive and if i right click on that drive and select eject, both the drives are getting opened.

Is it anything related to virus? Do i need to install OS once again.

Pls Suggest

 

DVD Writer downgraded to a CD-Rom Drive

I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 Home. I recently did a clean install of windows 10. When I restarted windows my DVD Burner was downgraded to a CD-ROM. I can read CD ROMs, but I cannot burn a DVD or read a DVD. The DVD burner I have in my Alienware
X51 R2 has a plug and play DVD writer model GS40N. I get no error codes or yellow exclamation marks in device manager. Device manager says that the DVD writer is working properly. The device driver that it installs is from Microsoft driver date: 6/21/2006,
driver version: 10.0.10586.0. I would like to know how to get a Windows 10 driver for my DVD writer work correctly.

Thanks,

 

CD rom

Hi Eugenia,

There are numerous reasons for your CD ROM not to be recognized by your system like corrupted registry entries, outdated drivers, or hardware issue. To isolate such issue, we'd like to ask a few questions:

• Which build and version of Windows 10 is currently installed on your computer? To check, click the
  Start > Settings > System >
  About.

• Are you getting any error messages?
• Were there any changes made on your computer settings prior to this issue?

You can also follow the steps
here. The article lists all troubleshooting steps suitable for issues in recognizing CD drive.

We look forward to your response.