hello,
I have a problem with my dvd-rw
I have a sony laptop vgn-fe550g
with a sony dvd rw dw-q58a.
so I was trying to burn a music cd from i-tunes, but I canceled it when it started burning. after that, it can only play and burn dvds but cannot read any music cds. I tried restarting it, updating and reinstall the dvdrw but nothing worked. when I put a music cd, it tried to read it for about a minute, then it stopped and ejected.
please help.

I have the same problem except I have a "LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1673S". I dont know if it was anything to do with iTunes though however for some reason one day my drive decided that it can only read DVD's. No CD's work in it at all wether it is a music cd or just a data cd for a computer game. :bawling:

Same thing for me on a Vaio FS940. Same model drive. Following a failed CD burn, DVDs work but CDs are not recognized. Frustrating suff. Will contact Sony support and see what they say.

I have an hl-dt-st dvdrrw gwa-4166b and I burned a music cd now it won't read anything but dvds and I can't find a solution!!! help please!!!

Same thing for me on a Vaio FS940. Same model drive. Following a failed CD burn, DVDs work but CDs are not recognized. Frustrating suff. Will contact Sony support and see what they say.

Sony chat support did not help at all. Using system restore to go to a restore point set the day before the problem started did not help. Would reloading the OS help? Or is this a hardware issue somehow? Anyone....????

Hi i have the same problem. Was burning a cd in itunes and now my dvd drive won't read cd's but will play dvd's. Similiar to the previous postings. I too tried the system restor with no luck.

If running XP have you tried to delete the DVD drive from device manager and rebooting so XP can install fresh drivers.

If it's still the same try deleting the upper and lower filters as discribed here

http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286887

But remember that if you dont know what you are doing in the reg, get someone that does.

colin.

At first, thanks for the ideas @ chandler68

I tried both, but it didn´t work.
Iam not sure, if I´ve the same problem. It is really strange:

Original DVDs, burned audio & data CD-Roms work

Burned Data-DVDs [Haven´t tried burned FilmDvDs yet], original audio & data CD-Roms don´t work:confused: :confused: :confused:

I would try the drive in an other PC but it´s a laptop Lenovo and you cant change the drives of this one.:bang:

I removed itunes from my laptop (Could be the same cause of the problem, like fuminaga02 described)

Every new idea is appreciated,
Varu