The drive does not play cds nor dvds. However, it burns both cds and dvds very well. What is wrong here? How do I fix it?

Your DVD drive may be set to a region code that is not compatible with the DVD disc.
For information on changing the DVD region code, please click on this link :-
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3559135-playing_dvds_from_other_regions

This problem is normal and exists with many CD/DVD drives.
On some of the drives, if you put in blank discs and try to open the disc in My Computer or Windows Explorer, Windows displays no contents or a blank disc. Whereas on other drives, you get the error message that you mentioned about incorrect function.

What software are you using to burn CDs or DVDs? Are you able to burn CDs but not DVDs or you can't burn both the discs? Did you try a CDs with a different make/manufacturer? Some drives refuse on some disc makes. Try another disc and another writing speed, or try the lowest writing speed available with your software.

Hope that helps,
Regards,
Raspal

Maybe its beacuse its not the right type of drive for your notebook. Did you maybe upgrade your program ? That happend to me before. i had to geta friend to help me fix it . Try downloading a dffernt version or getting a new program.

dear sir good day please test the cd on an other lab top so you will know the problem and i think it will come from the data cable of your cd thank you

It is a DVD ROM drive which stands for DVD Read Only Memory. In other words, this drive is meant to only PLAY DVDs and CDs but NOT save data to them.

To burn CDs you need a CD burner. Burners are of 3 types:

CD writer only burns and reads CDs.

Combo drive reads CDs and DVDs but only burns CDs.

Super drive burns and reads from CDs and DVDs.

As you go higher in functionality, the price also increases. Check your needs before you plan to buy one. Also compare prices of all the drives. Note: burn-able media costs are separate.

Do you get any kind of error when you try to play a dvd or burn cds to clarify it plays Music CDs ? and regular cds just not dvds ?

Hello there:
you might need to check to see the format of the dvd that you are trying to play ie dvdr vice dvd some devices will not play them if the format of the cd is wrong

it means that your dvd lens is already damage. change your dvd player.

There could be several things which are causing your CD burner not to act in the way it should.

I had a similar type problem after installing Windows XP, .Service Pack 3 onto my Sony VAIO model VGN-SZ330P.
The standard Windows burner kept saying there was no CD in the drive but it would play both CDs and DVDs.

I went looking for an alternative and now use IMGBURN which is a free lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application . You can find it at http://www.imgburn.com/.

I also installed CDBurnerXP which is another free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. You can find it at http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home

The above does not tell you why your burner is having problems (and they could be numerous), it will certainly get the burner doing everything you need.

not necessrilly some dvd rom drives play only dvds an cds but don't burn them. it may burn cds but there is a 90% chance your drive can't burn dvd's