My cdrw (LG CED 8120B) stops responding often. Sometimes it's after ejecting a cd, sometimes it is when you are trying to read a cd. The only kinds of updates I can find are firmware updates, and they say not to use them on Dell drives. This is not the drive that came installed in my system, but it is from another Dell system. For example...I just burnt a cd from Windows Media player. It started playing, and I stopped it. I went to eject the cd so that I could burn the next one, but it would not eject. Now, it is not responding at all. I will have to restart my system to get it to work again. It does this often, but not all the time and it's not just one thing that is causing it. Any ideas? Laughter makes the world go 'round, so stop your bitchin', you're slowin' it down!

Look for errors the event viewer. Start, run, eventvwr.msc

there are too many in there to see which it was. I will remember that next time though, to see what happened. I cannot remember what time it happened or anything like that. I always forget to check that! Thanks OMG don't judge me!

If you have that many errors in there, the problem goes beyond the CD. I'm not talking about anything other than a red error. Ignore the warnings for now.

Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7026 Date: 10/7/2008 Time: 1:16:59 PM User: N/A Computer: PEGASUS Description: The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: cdudf_xp ________________________________ The DgiVecp service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. ______________________________________ The Computer Browser service depends on the Workstation service which failed to start because of the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. _____________________________________ The Application Management service terminated with the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. _________________________________ The Zune Bus Enumerator Driver service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified. ________________________________ Those are the error messages that occurred around that time. They are all for the same time, actually, one right after another. The one about the computer browser service is actually on there a lot.... OMG don't judge me!

cdudf_xp Find that file and delete it.

If you have a spare power cable, try swapping the drive to it. If you don't have a spare, try swapping with a hard drive. If you are using a 'Y' power cable, try without it. They are famous for causing problems because of poor connections. It could just be a flaky drive.