If I understand you correctly you can use your CD-writer to read CD's but not to burn CD's. The first thing to do, in my opinion, is to try another burner.
Kees
"F" is my Sony CD-RW CRX225E drive.
My OE is 98SE
My Disc Detector is Creative Disc Detector version 1.53
The message is "The device is not ready".
Here is the chain of events.
I was performing routine manual backup on a CD and when finished the CD would not eject. After the initial panic attack subsided I restarted computer and,lo and behold, I was able to eject the CD.
I then inserted another CD to complete my project and, to my dismay, the above subject message appeared.
I was able to eject it but kept getting the same error message.
I then inserted one of my game CD's and it worked fine.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
DC

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