I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S2071 MODEL number PSAA2U-04U019. RUNNING a matshita dvd-ram UJ-841S and the disk drive is HTS541080G9SA00 now here is my problem. It plays DVDs just fine without a hitch, but I cannot burn a disk of any kind. I cannot burn a DVD nor burn an IMAGE or music disk. It will not even read any other disk except a DVD or software disk. I have tried just about everything except throwing it out the window. The CD recording is enabled and if I try to burn anything I get D:\ is not accessible the request could not be performed because of an I/O device error . If I try to view images on a disk it comes up as D:\ is not accessible Incorrect function (when CD recording is not enabled) when it is enabled it shows nothing. I have tried reinstalling from the disk and nothing. All drivers are up to date. I'm running windows xp home version with sp3. If anyone can help It would be greatly appreciated.. I can't figure out what else to do and my window is looking pretty hungry for this laptop..

ThanksYou might not have Recording enabled.

To CHECK if it is enabled, or to enabled, follow the instructions below.

Go to My Computer and right-click on your DVD/CD drive, select properties. Then click on the recording tab and make sure "Enable CD recording on this device" has a tick in the box next to it.

This might work
http://www.tech-faq.com/io-device-error.shtmlMicrosoft also has an article addressing your problem.See below.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=891894


sorry everyone, but none of those helped. Yes the cd recording is enabled...Most burners use more than ONE laser...one for read and the other for burning...sounds llike the burning laser is shot.Ok that I can understand, but then why can't I view images on a disk or listen to cd's on a disk? that is what is really bugging me. I can live without burning anything for now, but since I model I get all my photos on a cd and can't view anything on it..one more thing to add.. I have no problem viewing a dvd on my laptop so I know it reads fine. It's aggravating...DVD RAM, or DVD ROM? DVD RAM is pretty rare, but in any case, none of them will record anything. They can only read.Never had a problem burning before, but either way I still can't read a cd of any kind except a dvd.Brand new Dual-Layer DVD burners are down to about 40 Bucks shipped from newegg.com...Update!!! I am now able to burn my movies and data disk Woo Hoo, but now I still cannot read them on the disk still. So that is my only problem left with this thing. I don't know what I did to fix the burning problem, I wish I did, so now I need help in figuring out how to view them on my laptop...

Thanks