Can't write on my cd drive

For the last couple of weeks, I have been unable to write on my cd drive. I can read from them, just not write. I have tried different cd's, same problem. I have a HP Pavilion dv2500. It was loaded with Vista, but I hve since upgraded to Windows 7. Ideas?

Try to burn the CD/DVD using some other burning software/application. You may use the Nero Free Application:
http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php

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We have a 300gb Maxtor external hard drive. I had set
it up using the Windows laptop I use for work.
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this external drive. I just went back and set the
Security properties to allow Full Control for the
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