Cd-rw

i tried to burn a cd using nero and it tells me to insert a blank cd-r, but i already had a cd-r in my burner. so then i tried a new cd-r and it said the same thing. i thought nero was acting up so i unistalled it and reinstalled it, but i kept getting the error message. i tried to play an audio cd in my burner, but to no avail it didnt work:( last i tried a game cd, and it still cant read it. it wont read any cds, i upgraded the firmware for it, but it still doesnt read any cds. does this mean my cd-rw drive is gone. if so im goign to have to get a new one, so wat do yall recommend, im thinking of even going ahead and upgrading to a dvd rewriter. wat are yalls suggestions on my current cd-rw and about upgrading to a dvd-rw?

I had that problem awhile back too, then I got a new CDRW and all is well.

i got $85 free at best buy, so im looking at possbily getting a dvd-rw from there. this is one i found and i was wondering if its any good? can some of you experts out there tell me if this is any good:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id...41&type=product


i also found this one taht seems pretty nice:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?j=...41&type=product

well you could try a firmware flash on the cd burner and still buy the dvd burner.If the cd burner is dead you can't hurt it any more and you will learn a little looking around cdfreaks forum spend a little time researching the dvd burner and buy a good one...mines a liteon sohw 812s @832s works like a charm..

ive already tried flashing the firmware, didnt work :(.

just get you a new upgraded one, the choices you picked work do the job

If you're gonna upgrade, get an NEC 2500A. You can get it for around $60-65. And you can hack it to burn dual layer dvd's