@EmmaLouise:
When you upgraded to Windows 7, did you do and upgrade install, or a new install from scratch? Upgrade installs rarely go well, and something in the upgrade may have messed up the drivers. There is also a frequent registry issue with some laptop DVD drives, that prevents them from working right. That problem can show up in different ways.
I'll do a look around and see if I can find any details on that possibility.
Tried both of those links and they both eventually led to the same thing after i had downloaded them and it said the target drive could not be found.
Well I am out of ideas, and if you want to do some looking round then use gt20n to search for the firmware.
I have looked on the MS website and according to that it is compatable:
Windows 7 Compatibility for LG ELECTRONICS GT20N Super Multi DVD Burner: LG ELECTRONICS. Drivers, Updates, Downloads
Does your drive look similar?
Does the drive show up in device manager? If not, it could be the registry problem.
Take a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cd_dvd_drive_problems
Emma I have a couple of questions.
1. How old is your system
2. How often to you burn CD's/Dvd's
Steve
Yeah it does look like that, and i think it would be compatible anyway as i asked the manufacturer before installing windows 7 in case it would cause problems. Thanks for all your help anyway.
Yeah it does show up in device manager
Only got this laptop November 2009 so its not even a year old, and i didnt burn that many before it stopped working, maybe about 20 at the most
I edited my post before I saw this. See this Microsoft link. It may help.
Your CD or DVD drive cannot read or write media
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