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When trying to burn a CD, and having a blank CD-R in the DVD drive, I get "Windows can't read the disc in Drive D". I have tried other discs and DVDs but it seems Windows does not recognise a blank disc. I have another DVD drive and the same is true here as well. I have tried updating the drivers and disabling and re-enabling the drives but to no avail. CDs or DVDs with content are recognised however.
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I had the same problem in Windows 7 32-bit (suspect this would fix in Vista as well). After trying everything else under the sun went into Services (Search for programs and files, type "Services") and looked up "Shell Hardware Detection". Found that it was disabled (not sure how it got that way). Right clicked on it to get Properties. Changed Startup type to "Automatic", hit Apply and OK. Problem resolved without even having to reboot!
I am having the same issue. My LG DVD writer worked fine while under windows 7 (64 bit home). After upgrade to Windows 10, it can read any disc I drop in except a blank CD. It simply spins and spins and I am unable to burn to the cd. I have checked the fix mentioned above and that service is running and on auto already. I have tried uninstalling the device and reinstalling it. No change.
Anyone have any help to offer?
Thank you so much. I have spent days going through all the posts on the internet about this. Came across this 'fix' this morning and seconds later my drive was working. Forums really work as long as you put the effort in to try and resolve problems. Thank you.
it worked for me on windows 10, exactly the same problem resolved as you said, not even a reboot.
I had exactly the same problem. My laptop would read CDs and DVDs with media on them fine, but suddenly one day wouldn't recognise blank discs. I don't know how "shell hardware detection" had changed to disabled, but it had. Thank god I found your answer. It fixed my problem perfectly. Thank you very much.
