Yes, Nero is the cd burner software. I haven't always had this problem
though. CDs used to work ok in the drive. So is it something I have done to
stop the drive recognizing cd?

"sandy58" wrote:

> On Jul 3, 9:30 am, Muzza888 <Muzza...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > when I put a new cd (or any cd) into the cdrom drive, it does not recognize
> > the cd. (It is only a cdrom not a dvdrom and I am using windows xp.) The cd
> > drive icon still appears in my computer, but when i click on this, it comes
> > up with files that were created for burning to a blank cd a long time ago..
> > How can i get the computer to recognize a cd. I cannot insert the original
> > windows cds that came with the computer to reload any drivers/software
> > because the computer doesn't recognize the cd...
>
> "it comes up with files that were created for burning to a blank cd a
> long time ago".
> Sounds like an "image" CD-ROM. Do you have Nero or similar as Nero
> produces an Image cd/dvd.
>