"Please insert a Disc into drive" Error

[eXefinity]

Going back in the thread a little. If those two registry items did not exists, at that stage the DVD burners were not installed.
But obviously that was not the problem. But I do query why you are using two burning programs. IMo, perhaps the configurations on each are conflicting?Try and uninstall (I would go for imgburn) one of them and restart. I do know Ashampoo works 100% in Windows 7 - it is my default.

I had the programs uninstalled since yesterday. So yeah, probably that's why those registrys weren't present

ps. used two programs because coudln't find an option in ashampoo to burn 2 discs at the same time

 

[TrainableMan]

Well if one is working then it is quite possible the other one is now done for (needs replaced); it sounds like you burn a lot and they do wear out.

You can go back to disk management and set the drive letter back to normal for the one that does work.

Even when I have had 2 burners in one machine I've never even considered burning to both at same time; i just set it to two copies and burn one after the other.

 

[eXefinity]

Well if one is working then it is quite possible the other one is now done for (needs replaced); it sounds like you burn a lot and they do wear out.

You can go back to disk management and set the drive letter back to normal for the one that does work.

Even when I have had 2 burners in one machine I've never even considered burning to both at same time; i just set it to two copies and burn one after the other.

Well i had to make copies for 10 people,each copy contains 2 dvd's one video and one photos. so i used one burner for photos and one for video.

 

[eXefinity]

And it isn't likely that the burner went dead, I'll test it on another PC, and my first drive sometimes works sometimes doesn't. I would laugh if it wouldn't be so annoying..

 

[TrainableMan]

Well make sure it's firmware is up-to-date; sometimes a new box of media might not have the same identifying codes or whatever and the unit doesn't recognize it; problem is you said you tried media that you had already burned and was reading before but isn't working now either.

 

[eXefinity]

Well make sure it's firmware is up-to-date; sometimes a new box of media might not have the same identifying codes or whatever and the unit doesn't recognize it; problem is you said you tried media that you had already burned and was reading before but isn't working now either.

how can i check firmware? and where can i update it?

 

[TrainableMan]

Generally the manufacturer has a program you run if they ever released an update. You take the Make/model to the manufacturers website.

But even though having the latest firmware is a good idea, if it refuses to read DVDs that used to work in this drive then that isn't the issue.