No my focus is to repair my CD ROM capability. The exchange between HP and myself did occur in windows, but only because naturally he knew nothing about Linux. I In Linux I have tried everything and CD ROM does not recognize blank media in either OS Any help appreciated <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Charlie Kravetz <<a href="mailto:cjk@teamcharliesangels.com">cjk@teamcharliesangels.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 06:45:30 -0700 "Allen Meyers" <<a href="mailto:texas.chef94@gmail.com">texas.chef94@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > In an effort to make burning a live CD a reality going to give this > one more shot. > 1. It does not recognize that there is a blank CD inserted > 2. It will play both a music CD as well as a data (computer based > learning CD) > In desperation I went to live chat on HP support and was fortunate > enough to get someone who understood English and was not outsourced > to India. What follows good bad or indifferent is what he outlined I > do and what I did (It still does not recognize blank media. > This exchange I am about to relate obviously will only be understood > by the really experienced user. I suredo not understand what I did.* > I do know it helped absolutely nothing* > *I cannot afford a new PC, but would it help to purchase an external > device as I do insist on being able to burn live CD or my fun in > Linux will come to an end.* > I reset BIOS, reinstall cd/dvd drivers for checking the issue. All > that was really done here was the assurance that yes was highlighted > to assure I was back to my default BIOS settings. > > Went to run typed in devmgmt.msc > Right click on CD/DVD drive icon listed under "CD-Rom/DVD-Rom" and > select "Un-install".Once the device is un-installed it may prompt you > to restart the notebook PC but I recomment not to restart the > notebook PC and continue performing the below steps: > Start Registry Editor Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then > click OK. Registry Editor starts. Delete the Upper Filters registry > entry > > 1. In Registry Editor, expand My Computer, and then expand > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > 2. Expand SYSTEM, and then expand Current Control Set. > 3. Expand Control, and then expand Class. > 4. Under Class, click {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. > 5. In the right pane (topic area), click Upper Filters. > Note An Upper Filters.bak registry entry may also appear. To delete > the UpperFilters registry entry, you must click Upper Filters and not > Upper Filters.bak. > 6. On the Edit menu, click Delete. > > 7. When you receive the following message, click Yes to confirm the > deletion of the Upper Filters registry entry: > Are you sure you want to delete this value? > > The Upper Filters registry entry is removed from the > {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} registry subkey. > Note Do not exit Registry Editor. You must have this program for the > next step. > Step 3: Delete the Lower Filters registry entry > 1. In Registry Editor, expand My Computer, and then expand > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. > 2. Expand SYSTEM, and then expand Current ControlSet. > 3. Expand Control, and then expand Class. > 4. Under Class, click {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. > 5. In the right pane (topic area), click Lower Filters. > Note An LowerFilters.bak registry entry may also appear. To delete the > LowerFilters registry entry, you must click LowerFilters and not Lower > Filters.bak. > 6. On the Edit menu, click Delete. > 7. When you receive the following message, click Yes to confirm the > deletion of the LowerFilters registry entry: > Are you sure you want to delete this value? > The Lower Filters registry entry is removed from the > {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} registry subkey. > 8. Exit Registry Editor. > Step 4: Restart the computer > </div></div>So you are burning the cd in Windows, right. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [<a href="http://counter.li.org/" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org/</a>] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [<a href="http://keepingdreams.com" target="_blank">http://keepingdreams.com</a>] -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Allen Meyers <a href="mailto:texas.chef94@gmail.com">texas.chef94@gmail.com</a>