CD-RW Drive Won't Read Certain Media

[HiTek21]

My Yamaha CRWF1 recently started acting strange lately and I hardly ever use the drive. It seems to read pressed CD media (games and other store bought apps fine) but if I put in a CDR disc that has been written on it attempts to search for data and stops.

The other day I wrote onto a CDRW disc and everything worked fine until i tried to add some more data onto it and it wouldn't see the CDRW disc, i ejected and inserted several times then it finally saw it. If I put in a fresh CDR disc it will detect it right away. Could this be a symptom of a dying drive or a dirty lens? I don't want to get rid of this CD Writer because I like that T@2 function even though it's not used very often it's just a nice option to have.

Edit: I forgot to meantion that it shows up fine in the Device Manager.

 

[unmerited]

I had the same problem with that drive on another system. I used one of those cd laser cleaners which took care of the problem. Don't know if this would help in your case.


unmerited

 

[elT]

Yup, cleaning it should probably help. If you can get your hands on that CD cleaner, it's cool. I however clean 'em manualy, best way arround.