First things first my problem started when there was a virtual bouncer virus on my machine, it caused 2 main problems which were: 1) My display properties were stuck in 16 colours and i was unable to change them. 2) Both my Cd drives stopped reading Rewritable CDs. They still read normal cds and cdrs and are still able to write to cdrs. Now i had tried installing the drivers for both the display properties and cd drives but nothing happened. So i decided to format the hard drive and reinstall the software. After doing this my display properties problem was fixed but i still had problems with the cd drives. The first Cd drive (Samsung cdrw/dvd sm-308b) stayed in the same condition. The second cd drive (Phillips cdrw cdd3610) stopped working altogether. I am urging anyone who has any helpful information please reply. Ps. the samsung cd rw still reads normal cds and cdrs it is also still able to write to cdrs. oh and it has stopped reading dvds aswell.

try reloading the cd drivers

hello goto device mager and remove the problen drives reboot try this link. how to run m.e well verion 5 http://www.burzurq.com/forum/trevtweak.html might allso try system restore to point befor you had problems.

i have tried both of above but nothing has happened. what is the difference between drivers and firmware, because i do not have the actual drivers for the cd drives i only have the latest firmware and a generic driver which works on all cd drives