LightScribe DVD SuperMulti Drive / CD Burner

Dear Community:
My Drive all of a sudden does not want to read CD's or CD-R's. I was uploading previously burned CD-R's into my new computer and it was working fine. I got the the 5th CD-R in the middle of the rip it just stopped. I cancelled the Rip, ejected the disc and put is back in. Now when I put a Burned CD-R, the Drive makes a funny noise. I put in a DVD and it purrs like a kitten...It seems to read everything else. Help! :smileysad:
My system is Vista 64-bit.

First check the Device Manager and uninstall the dvd/crom disc drive driver and restart the computer. Then wait 2 minutes and try to do a test read or burn from a cd or dvd and if there's still issues or it's it's noisy, assuming that cables are in properly conencting to the disc drive i would say you may need to buy a new burner.
So I recommend a new Lightscribe drive from newegg.com
They go around $20-$35.

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