Windows 10: Unable to Burn CDs in Windows 10

Hi, I have a Dell Inspirion PC desktop. It suddenly refuses to burn Cds, despite it working before until now. I can't burn in both Itunes and Windows Media Player. The DVD/CD drive still works fine and picks up both DVDs and CD-Rs. When I burn a CD with Itunes, it now says "Attempt at burn failed" and spits out the disc. When I try to burn with Windows Media Player, it goes through "Preparing" and then says "Windows Media Player was unable to burn to the Disc.." and spits out the disc upon burning. However, sometimes on rare occasions, just by luck, Windows Media Player WILL burn one Cd, and then when I try to burn another one, the CD burning fails.

I am using blank CD-R discs and I have also used various brands of Blank CD-R discs, all suddenly don't work on my optical disc drive.


I also noticed Dell put up this Support Article very recently which is exactly the problem i've been having.


Here are some other solutions that I have tried have failed -


-I've verified the Disc and Drive has been found by Device Manager, they show up

-I've tried a different blank disc

-I've ran Dell Drive Diagnostics, reported fine and "running normally"

-Ran the Microsoft Fix it Troubleshooter, which was useless and not helpful at all

-Installed latest BIOs on my computer, didn't solve the problem

-Tried uninstalling/reinstalling the Optical drive, that hasn't fixed the issue

-Write/Burn disc in Windows built in Engine, all failed to burn


I have tried everything except a System Restore. And I don't want to do this, simply because I shouldn't need to do this. My PC is working fine other wise, it's just not burning discs anymore for whatever reason.



To be more specific my DVD/CD Drive is PLDS DVD+RW 8A5LH . It is built into the desktop. I can still rip and play CDs fine, it just won't let me burn.

I've tried to see if there are any conflicting softwares but there are none from what I have found.


Which makes me ask, how did this happen, and why is this happening? I've only had this PC for abit over 12 months so it should still be under warranty, but I was wondering if anyone else was having similar issues to me, and what they would know. if they had.


If all else fails, I could just get a external CD drive but what's the point of having the built in one to my desktop then? I would like to get it working to burning CDs again properly. Any help, besides the stuff i've already tried and copy/paste responses, would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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How to burn a document to a cd in windows 10

Hi Elaine,

To assist you better, answer the below questions

• Are you facing any difficulties to burn a document to a cd?
• Are you using any third party tool to burn a document to a cd?

I suggest you to follow below steps to burn cd and check if it helps.

• Insert CD/DVD.
• Open the CD/DVD drive in File explorer
  icon from the taskbar, copy and paste the required document to the
  CD/DVD drive.
• Click on Burn a Disc.
• Follow on the on screen instruction.

Hope the information was helpful. If you need further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

 

Burning CD, unable to view/save track listing

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Right-click and properties gives me more.

 

Burning photos to a CD Disc

Hi Jimmy,

We suggest that you use Windows Media Player to burn the images. Please follow the steps below:

• Open Windows Media Player.
• In the Player Library > Burn tab > select
  Burn options.
• Choose Audio CD or Data CD or DVD.
• Insert a blank disc into your CD or DVD burner. (Select the drive you want to use if your PC has more than one CD or DVD drive)
• Search for the items in your Player Library that you want to burn to the disc, and then drag them to the list pane (on the right side of the Player Library) to create a burn list.
• When you're finished with the list, select Start burn.

Note: If necessary, click the Clear list button to remove all items from the previous burn list.

Let us know how it goes.