D:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function.

D:\ is not accessible Incorrect Function

Gosh you guys are great! Suddenly my CD drive would not recognise empty CDs anymore, only if I formatted them wiht DLA first which I did not really want to do. Recorded CDs were no problem.
I already thought I have to buy a new PC and I looked in google and found you and the answer: going to the Drive letter in Windows Explorer and right clicking on it. Go to Properties; Click on Recording; Check "Enable CD recording on this drive". If it wasn't clicked before this will probably do it. FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Heaps

What do you mean going to the drive letter in IE???
I'm extremely confused. I'm suffering from the same problem.
But I have no idea how to go to the drive letter??!?!??!

Hi shamsaur, going to the drive letter means going into either "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer", where you see listed all your files, folders and also your Harddrive C:\, your CD-Rom Drive (usually D:\, but can be different) etc.

The "Drive Letter" is the letter identifying the hardware, in your case you need it to get to your CD-Rom drive.

By right clicking on it, you'll be able to access it's properties and follow instructions given above. Good luck.

Okay I have the same problem as all of you with Windows XP Professional, my CD drive can read, run and download from my CD’s. It just won’t allow me to Copy or move anything to a blank CD or even one that I wrote on previously, when I try that latter one I get the error message; “Files on this CD-ROM drive are Read-Only. You cannot copy or move files over to the CD-ROM Drive.”

This started about May of this year, 2007.

* Note* Over a year ago, I did have a full computer crash (Windows XP Home), so I wiped everything and set my computer with a new Windows XP Pro.

Also like Krymson, I right-clicked the drive under explorer and then to 'properties', however no 'recording' tab existed.

I tried uninstalling the Drive, which is LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-4832K.
Rebooted the comp detected it and still no use.

I tried what wlknaack said and installed and ran the Windows XP KB920918 Atapi.sys hotfix … still nothing!

(I have the Service Pack’s 1 – 2 –3 and also the SP2 Update).

I know the blank CD’s are good; I bought three different brands and got the same results on all of them.

So, am I missing something? An upgrade, or some kind of magical fix-all?
Or does my CD-ROM drive just need to be replaced?

Hello High Voltage,
When I had not yet found the fix which worked for me (as above) I had a temporary solution of formatting my new cds with DLA first. That's a pain, but maybe this works until you fix your system.... Lara

This problem has been driving me mad for a long time. Last week I finally discovered that the problem is Norton, not Windows as I had asumed.
Check out this link
(link deleted. I am not allowed to post links! Go to Symantec.com and search for "drive is not accessible. Incorrect function.")

After doing what it said there, I reactivated Norton Anti-virus and the problem was still fixed. I can access my floppy, CD and DVD drives again now.

Brian.

Hi Brian,
I don't use Norton but NOD and have done so since many years. This just shows that with PCs there are different causes for the same problem with different solutions, we computer folks just have to be so bloody smart to outwit these machines constantly Glad you fixed it!

Ugh!

Well I tried Brian’s advice and went to Symantec.com today, followed all of the directions, but sadly it didn’t work for me.

I also tried loading some other burning software (since I have always used Windows Media Player in the past).
First I tried iomega’s “Hotburn”, but my model of CD/DVD burner wasn’t recognized by their system, so that failed.
Next I tried Nero 6, with still no success.
So I resorted to trying Nero 7 and later Nero 8… No luck with either.

So I am a complete loss!

Someone mentioned that it may be a problem with my Windows XP Pro - something may have gotten distorted or deleted at sometime… etc.
I have the Master Disc, but not sure how to use it to check for that type of fix.

If my memory serves, I believe all of this started around last May when I renewed my Norton online. :suspiciou

Have you tried this from my first post: going to the Drive letter in Windows Explorer and right clicking on it. Go to Properties; Click on Recording; Check "Enable CD recording on this drive". If it wasn't clicked before this will probably do it.....
Or formatting your disks with DLA? That's cumbersome, but at least you can burn CDs...

I can't find anything in Properties that says anything about Recording

**Update**

Well off Yahoo answers I had someone recommend trying CDBurnerXP.
Which is programmed for that OS.
I loaded it and wow! It worked!!! I was shocked!
Best of all it was free!

It is missing some features I would like to have, but it’s working so I am not complaining.

I still get the same response when I try to access the CD’s by clicking the Drive icon on the computer, so nothing that way has changed, which I would still like to solve.

But going through the new burning software will keep me from pulling my hair out in the meantime. :grinthumb

I have an internal CD drive and an external DVD/CD drive. If I check "enable recording" on one of them, it gets unchecked on the other. I do have Nero with IN CD, which I've just updated, as well as Cyberlink DVD Suite and Photoshop Elements & Premiere. Turning off Norton autoprotect does not help. Any ideas? Software conflicts between the different programs that can burn CDs & DVDs? A Windows XP glitch?

Howdy, folks!

I've searched all over the web trying to solve a pc problem, and of all the forums this one seems to be the best. Great attitude, here.

I'm pretty ignorant with computers and not afraid to admit it. It's a love/hate thing. When everything is working I find it to be a wonderful tool. When something goes wrong I could cremate it.

I have a HP with Windows XP, SP2. I use it mostly for picture editing (Love digital cameras!), and storage, and editing live audio recordings (legally). And of course to surf the internet, and email.

Rick

Whoops!

Thought I was posting in the 'introductions'...maybe admin can move it?

Sorry,
Rick

I have the same problem but when I go to My Computer the D drive is not listed .I think I Uninstall the D drive What can I do to reinstall it . The laptop does not detect boot CD either. Help

D Drive has once again become 'not accessible incorrection function' . The same thing happened in Sept 2005. At that time , PC was under warrenty and they put a new drive.
I can read all and any disks. I just can't write to blanks and partially used disks.

I have tried all the usual corrections, ie: uninstalling and reinstalling drives. { I DO NOT have the availability to click enable CD recording on this drive.. { I tried both the Disk manager. and Device Mgr. NO LUCK
So I bought a new memorex drive . After installing it, ~~ imagine my surprise when it has exactly the same error as the factory one.
I called memorex support. They were as helpful as was possible. But, it all seems to boil down to the period of time when I last renewed Norton anri virus.
This is a great story, isn't it ???
However, here I am again, looking for some new help.
Any suggestions ~~ PLEASE !!

I'm experiencing the same problem for the past 30 mins. That's when I decided to do a google and got to this link. The problem with me is that, first of all, instead of showing my drive as a DVD-Ram drive, it says CD Drive. I burnt a DVD just before this problem occurred and the DVD burning was successful. But when I insert the DVD, it does not show anything. When I insert an old CD/DVD it is able to read it. But when I insert a blank disc, it is unable to recognize it (But when I start Ashampoo Burning Studio, it gives me the message that the inserted DVD-R is OK, although I haven't yet tried to burn a disc after the problem started). I also, like many others, haven't been able to find the recorder tab. The worst part is that I've purchased the writer just 2 days back. The media I'm using is TDK DVD-R. My Writer is LiteOn LH-20A1S and my OS is Win XP.

The quick test for an optical disk involves booting in to your install disk or any bootable optical disk. If your computer boots into the install disk your optical drive is probably good; if it doesn't boot into the install disk then the optical dirve is probably bad.

The first thing you can do is reboot your computer and make your way into its BIOS. While in the BIOS make sure the first boot device is your optical drive. Change nothing else. You then insert your install disk into the drive and save the changes you made in the BIOS and reboot. Your computer should boot into the install disk. If it doesn't boot into the disk then your optical drive is probably fubar. If it does boot into the install disk then your optical drive is probably good. Don't tell the install process to continue; when you get a chance just cancel the install and take the optical disk out and reboot your computer. If you don't have an install disk you'll need to create (or borrow) a bootable optical disk. Memtest can be made as a bootable optical disk.

The reason you do the boot test is to eleminate possible OS and driver problems.

zomfg finally!

i was looking round for ages, after buying 25 dvd-r's, as to fix the 'incorrect function' problem. After uninstalling-reinstalling-rebooting etc. i found your post. tried it and put the cd in...it worked! thanks. although if you can't find the recording tab i suggest updating drivers then putting your cd in. sorry if it doesn't help!