Thanks for that, I did clean it and still nothing using the same disk (from a box set of the wire, which works fine in an external drive via usb)
Just for fun I loaded a CD from a Glen Miller golden greats box set; voila! it worked -
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633C TF20 (ATAPI)
Current Profile: CD-ROM
Disc Information:
Status: Complete
State of Last Session: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 341,671
Size: 699,742,208 bytes
Time: 75:57:46 (MM:SS:FF)
TOC Information:
Session 1... (LBA: 0 / 00:02:00)
....
Track Information:
Session 1...
...
So, bad disk? a bit bizarre, since they all worked fine in the other drive.... Or just the drive is sensitive??
Loaded a blank Verbatim DVD+R disk - and again it worked -
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633C TF20 (ATAPI)
Current Profile: DVD+R
Disc Information:
Status: Empty
State of Last Session: Empty
Erasable: No
Free Sectors: 2,295,104
Free Space: 4,700,372,992 bytes
Free Time: 510:03:29 (MM:SS:FF)
Next Writable Address: 0
Current Read Speed: 3.3x - 8x
Physical Format Information (ADIP):
Disc ID: MCC-004-00
Book Type: DVD+R
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,491,711
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0
Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Disc ID: MCC-004-00
Book Type: DVD+R
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,491,711
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0
Ho-hum It doesn't seem to be dead.... something positive to end 2011 on.
Happy 2012.
Thanks, Barry