I've been moaning and groaning this week. I think my DVD burner is burned out. It won't write no matter what I try. I got it to write one on 27th but not since. It still reads, but I depend on it to back up my files, especially now since I've got a little business going and my HD isn't large enough. I know, 222gigs is enough for most folks, but I'm working in graphics where one file can be 6 or 7 mgs. I'm looking at online storage until I can get an EHD.
It wouldn't write with Roxio on Wednesday and I thought it was the software because of an error message I got. Well, I created a mess when I tried to reinstall Roxio over the current install. I had a mess. Why would Dell send a program disk that contained something different that what was installed? I had to send up a prayer asking for help, and was impressed to boot into safe mode. From there I was able to do a system restore. But that didn't clear all the problems. I still had to uninstall Roxio completely and don't dare try to reinstall. So I have only Windows to write discs and I don't like Windows burning. So I don't really know if it's the software, the burner, or a combination.