Is my DVD Burner toast?

[Mockingbird]

So my mother were copying 10 discs (all of them clean with windex).

Now everything I copy anything, nero always so "unrecoverable read error at...". It doesn't matter how good the disc is.

[xendrome]

Try a different program, like Burn Aware Free, and try a different type/brand of media?

[Mockingbird]

Try a different program, like Burn Aware Free, and try a different type/brand of media?

I don't even get to that part. It shows disc error just by reading the original disc. I already test discs I know are perfect and it still show read error.

[tsupersonic]

Sounds toast - luckily it's a $15 part.

[FiB3R]

Try taking the drive apart and cleaning the lens. Also.... windex, not sure that's a good idea.

[Manarift]

Replace the drive just to be safe taking it apart to clean it voids warranty

[Hum]

toast ?! pass the butter !

[xendrome]

Oh so it's just reading the disc, try to image it in a different system?

[FiB3R]

Replace the drive just to be safe taking it apart to clean it voids warranty

1: It's broken, **** the warranty (that I'm pretty sure has long past)

2: If you buy a new one, you'll be throwing it in the bin anyway.

I can't tell you how many peoples Xbox's I've "repaired", just by cleaning the lens.

[Shadrack]

Windex is an intense solvent!

Don't use windex to clean CDs. That's a terrible idea. All you should ever need is a little water and a microfiber cloth. At most reduce IPA down to ~20-30% with distilled water and use that. IPA at 70+% (as it is sold) is also terrible to use without reduce with water on just about anything.

Windex is for cleaning glass.

[Mockingbird]

Try taking the drive apart and cleaning the lens. Also.... windex, not sure that's a good idea.

Thank you so much for that advice. There was a strand of hair that was stuck on the lens.

[FiB3R]

:)

[Robbie Ride]

The CD's are toast not the drive. Who cleans discs with Windex that's a sure why to destroy the data on the discs, you'd might as well just snap the discs and be done with it lol.

Think that's an epic FAIL!