Hi, all!
I'm having problems which have just started today, and which seem similar to much that's been discussed here, so I just registered here to see if anyone can help with this.
The problem is that a DVD containing data which I burned some weeks ago, and which was being read by my DVD/CD drive (drive "E" on my system) with no problems yesterday, is now inaccesible. (I did, ofcourse, try cleaning it!) When I try to load it I get one of the the following three responses:

1) The DVD/CD drive (drive "E" on my system) makes some muted, little 'clunks" and then the computer freezes, leaving the 'egg-timer cursor' stuck on the screen. Task Manager doesn't recognise that anything is happening, so it can't be unfrozen by shutting a process down. After trying two or three times I can eject the disc and then escape from the frozen cursor situation.

2) A message pops up asking for a CD to be inserted into the drive, as if it was currently empty.

3) A message pops up stating "E:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function".

The third one is the most common. I thought the DVD might be damaged, so I tried a back-up copy of it, and it produced the same results.

Other DVDs, including data DVDs that I've previously burned, seem to be OK.

I did a "sytem restore" to a point well before yesterday, when these DVDs were being read with no problems, but the situation stayed the same.
I found this message-board and tried these suggestions:
<<goto start-->run-->services.msc and double click "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service" , its "startup type" should be set to "manual" , if it isnt alredy so then set it to manual and click "ok" and close the services window ,
goto "my computer" and right click the E: drive , click "properties" and goto "recording" tab and check "enable cd recording on this drive" and click "ok" ,
But this hasn't rectified the situation.
(The operating system is XP. Is there other stuff that I need to add?)
Thanks.

Similiar Problem

I've got two dvd/cd burner drives - both are lite-on dvd/cd combos, neither of them let me write a cd/dvd or even detect a blank cd/dvd. I dont have norton - I hate norton - was using a software called deep burner, downloaded CDburnerXP tonight and it doesn't help any. Anyway, let me describe my problem in a little more in depth.

If I put a cd that I didn't burn - (For instance my copy of windows xp pro) - into either drive, it works fine. If I put a cd/dvd that I have made into either drive, then the drive changes to "cd drive" in my computer and when I click on it it says "F: \ not accessible - incorrect function". I just updated the firmware for the drives tonight - still have the same problem - I've tried enabling cd burning on each drive (if I enable it on one drive it turns off on the other drive) - still the same problem. I'm going to try uninstalling both drives and letting windows reinstall them and see if that helps.

Didn't notice when it quit working unforunately, as I dont burn a lot of cds usually, but I think it was sometime after I downloaded some updates for windows from the windows update site.

If the uninstall/reinstall doesn't work, anyone got any suggestions? I'm pretty good at figuring hardware/software problems out, but some of this crap that pops up with windows xp is nothing short of mind boggling.

Thanks in Advance,

Sam

Well I've been having the same problem as most of you, and like some of you I don't have a recording tab either, but I found a solution to get one (if you know you have a burner).

This is my first post so I can't post links, but go to Microsoft's Support page and enter topic number "316529", it should read "CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device"

I'm still having problems with getting things to burn with Windows Media Player, but it's a step in the right direction for now.

However I can make data disks with Explorer now, maybe a reboot will get Windows Media Player working.

God.......

Marfoo, see if you can get your hands on a copy of Nero 6 (full retail version). There should be plenty of these around. So, if you don't need Blu-Ray support this older version will do you proud, instead of futzing around with the Windows Media Player or Windows Explorer. IMHO, the only use I've found for WMP is ripping CDs in WMA lossless format.

Nero is pretty bloated, not for me. The fact the the settings are incorrect in the registry obviously shows that the problem is deeper than Window Media Player and is a problem with Windows itself. Getting Nero wouldn't help if the Windows HAL is bad or the devices aren't correctly recognized and initialized.

Anyway, I got my problem solved, a combination of the registry tweak I posted and and an uninstall and reinstall via device manager and a reboot cleared it all up. My burner is now accessible through Explorer and Windows Media player as well as my Zune software (which was also having problems.

One thing I have learned recently, previously didn't realize that it could be an issue, is that you must make sure your DVD player can read the compatible media. Since there are two different types of DVD formatting (excluding Blu-ray). What I am referring to is the DVD-R(W), DVD+R(W), formatting.

For example if you have a DVD+RW drive, it will not read a DVD-R disc.

If you have one that is +/-, this should not be an issue. Just thought I would throw this into the mix.

Drive:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function

The Problem: My DVD +RW media (3 separate disks) on which I had backed up data, pictures and video on a Sony DVD RW drive was now giving me this error :
"d:\is not accessible. Incorrect function."

The changes since I could last read the DVD's was that the same DVD drive was now installed on a different machine. I was still using Win XP pro, however with SP3 instead of SP2 on my previous computer. I had also installed Nero ver. 7. However I am not sure if this has any bearing.

In addition, I also have a second brand new Pioneer DVD Dual Layer drive installed on this machine and it will not read the DVD's either. However it did not generate any error messages unlike the Sony and hence gave nothing for me to work on. The Pioneer however after a few re-tries did read one of my three DVD RW media but only the one with data files.

The Solution (which worked for me):
1) Find the 'My Computer' icon ( could be on your desktop or click 'Start' and you should then see it).

2) Right-Click 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'.

3) Click on the 'Hardware' tab then the 'Device Manager' button.

4) Under the list of devices, locate the DVD/CD ROM Drives and click on the '+' sign to expand it.

5) Right-click on the drive giving you the problem and select 'Properties'

6) Click on the 'Properties' tab .

7) You should see an " Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM Device' option, which is checked (enabled). Uncheck this setting to disable it.

8) Re-boot your PC when prompted.

After your PC boots- up and is ready, Try reading your DVD's . You should now be able to read them.

Actually once I did this and was able to read my DVD's I re-enabled the 'Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device' once more, rebooted and then was still able to read my DVD's.

ps. You can also access the Hardware properties of the DVD/CD drive via Windows Explorer. Simply locate the DVD drive in the right panel, right-click it and select 'Properties'. Then click on the 'Hardware' tab. Then click on the problem Drive and click on 'Properties' Then click on the 'Properties' tab and then on the 'Properties' button. You should now see the 'Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device' .

I hope this helps.

BMWX6

neddy21

Hi, My first post so I do not talk the talk. In laymans terms my cdrw/dvd integrated drive decided that it would read but not write a few days ago. The only things I did differently was download Audacity/Lame Vinyl to cd software and buy a new memory stick. Up came Error 39. I asked my daughter to sort it and she downloaded something from somewhere on the web which got rid of the Error 39 but when I tried to burn I got ..."not accessible. incorrect function". This is when I found Techspot, this great site.
I started to read and try -
Uninstalling & reinstalling did not work.
I checked I had the latest version of the driver
I do not have an "enable cd recording on this drive" in my driver properties
I checked the Event Viewer and found several MSFW Event 9's amoungst others, remedies for these seemed a bit to advanced for me.
I am tight, I am not going to buy a plug-in unit unless I am sure that it is at fault.
Reformating discs sounds a bore.
I ran my Windows Live One Care which did no good.
I know my processor is slow its an old machine, I will upgrade it.
I decided to go back to the begining, I searced the net again for Error 39 fixes. I found a "free error repair" site and typed in Error 39. I downloaded their repair. I can read and burn again. I did not have to register with them but I am going to see if the repair stays good. It was free.

A more recent addition. Had no trouble with photo transfer to CD until I installed HP Photomart Printer software. Wcely 's advice worked... so thanks for that!