Did not where to put this question other than the laptop section.. I have a HP DV6516 laptop bought over a year ago.. I have dual booted it with XP SP3 and Vista Home Premium.. For the past few weeks I have been noticing that the DVD writer is unable to burn CDs. Initially I thought this was just a media issue, but after trying in branded CDs (Sony, Moser Baer) I found that it is not just a problem with the CD used. 
I have tried burning in XP and Vista, using imgburn, cdburnerxp pro, Roxio Creator Basic and also Alcohol 120%. All these softies identify the disc, and start the burning process normally, and proceed the same way upto 8 mins or so, when they show that the burning process has completed 100% and the CD ejects. But when I insert the burnt CD again in the drive, it is identified as empty.. Even to the naked eye, I am not able to see the difference in reflection that the portion of CD containing the data usually has.. DVDs are burnt perfectly alright..!!
So, it is almost sure to be a hardware problem, right..?? What can be done to resolve this..? Can the drive alone be removed and repaired or replaced..? Please let me know.. And TIA..! :hap2:
I have tried burning in XP and Vista, using imgburn, cdburnerxp pro, Roxio Creator Basic and also Alcohol 120%. All these softies identify the disc, and start the burning process normally, and proceed the same way upto 8 mins or so, when they show that the burning process has completed 100% and the CD ejects. But when I insert the burnt CD again in the drive, it is identified as empty.. Even to the naked eye, I am not able to see the difference in reflection that the portion of CD containing the data usually has.. DVDs are burnt perfectly alright..!!
So, it is almost sure to be a hardware problem, right..?? What can be done to resolve this..? Can the drive alone be removed and repaired or replaced..? Please let me know.. And TIA..! :hap2:
