CD Drive:/ not accessible – Incorrect Function
When you access the computer’s CD drive or DVD drive after you install a software or do some registry changes in Windows XP, you may receive the following error message:
Drive:/ not accessible - Incorrect Function
A quick Solution:
Right-Click on the CD drive with the problem
Select Properties
Go to Recording Tab
and then check the “Enable CD Recording On This Drive” box.
HOPE THIS SOLVES YOUR PROBLEM!
For more details or other problems regarding your CD drive please check microsoft help center like:
- CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device
- Error message when you access the CD drive or DVD drive after you upgrade to Windows XP
UPDATE Nov 2010 – Note that if you do not see the Recording tab in the CDROM burner properties tab in Windows XP, some processes that may help is listed below:
Process 1: You might not have the IMAPI CD-burning servive running-
Go to Start > Run > Type services.msc > Hit Enter
Check if your ” IMAPI CD-Burning Com Service” is started. If not Start it.
(More details: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324129&Product=winxp )
Nero may have taken over and disabled the IMAPI service.
Process 2: If the service is not running and your burner still doesn’t have the Record tab, then examine if your drive is properly recognized as a burner:
(More details: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316529&Product=winxp )
Process 3: Check if your PC has Easy CD Creator 5 Basic / Roxio installed. If, then uninstall that program, restart the PC and now the recording tab should appear.
thanxxx…………….. its working now…..
thanks it’s working . I have problem that my dvd writer is not working. when i try to access it
it gives a message that CD Drive:/ not accessible – Incorrect Function. thank u very much…….
I don’t know if you still would reply to my comments…but I am not seeing ‘Recording Tab’ on the properties dialog. Thanks..!
Please check the updates (UPDATE Nov 2010), if that helps!
Thank you I have been working on correcting this problem for a couple days with my web help from the manufacturer of my computer. This fixed the problem in 10 seconds
I am happy that my little finding helped you out from unnecessary headaches. It was same with me, I was not able to get a proper solution for this error for quite a number of days, so I thought posting the solution for anyone with the same error could be a good help.
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