This problem may occur if the CD recording program from Roxio Easy CD Creator is installed on the computer. I'm only looking at this error----> F:\is not accessible. Incorrect function. Roxio Easy CD Creator------>See if this programs lives in the add/remove program list.... I am assuming that your cd rom drive is in fact writable and you have used it before, and you have also used those blank cd before without a problem.

Of course I will outline the steps for you. I assume your 'alongside' means you are comfortable removing the offending drive from the computer. You seem to have done enough with computers that this will be a piece of cake for you. Keep a bare arm resting on the computer case to ground yourself as you work inside. If you do get frustrated simply walk away for a few minutes. When you remove the drive also bring the 80 wire ribbon cable with you (leave it connected to the drive as you remove it) Shut down the good computer and remove the power cable from the rear of the case. Remove left side panel Look for the existing 80 wire cable connecting the HDD to the mobo. Very close will be a second connector probably marked IDE2. Connect you ribbon cable here. I will give you a warning but these days it is hard to do this wrong. Be SURE the cable is connected with the coloured edge at pin #1 Now find a four pin power supply to hook into the faulty hard drive. Make sure the HDD is sat flat or standing on end so it cannot fall as you move about. Having decided the hard drive is connected to both the power and the IDE connector we are ready to move forward. Reconnect the power cord to the rear of the computer. Start the computer. Whatch and listen to assure everything is normal. Now we have the computer running smoothly. Right click on Start Click Explore Look down the left side. You will see your C:\ drive D:\ will probably show as your DVD player E:\ should be your old drive needing a format. Click on E:\ to be sure this is the one you wish to format. You will see the contents listed on the right side of the screen. If everything is as it should be then right click on E:\ (still on the left side of the screen) In the pop up menu you will see the option to Format... (Those 3 dots after the 'Format' always indicate another step before the action is started) Click Format... Now we have a new window which shows the capacity of the drive. The option to format in NTFS, allocation in byte size and a Volume label. I like to give my hard drives a name so I am not confused somewhere down the road. Mine is Derek-slick and my wife's is Pat-acer, I forget the others. Once you have made your selections (Please do not do the quick format, you are trying to eliminate problems so do the full format) click Start, then sit back and enjoy a coffee or whatever while it does it's magic. On completion shut down, remove the newly formatted drive and close the good computer. Now you should be able to put the clean drive in and hopefully install the operating system.

Thanks, dennisgli. Glad to hear from a happy F-P person. I haven't been able to see the model you have, or the one that replaced it. It doesn't seem to have a FD option any more, which is livable for us. The one in the appliance shop is just a titch bigger, which is actually a downside for us as we want to keep things as low profile as we can. I was impressed with the amount of fridge space, though. Particularly on the door... There were a few GW threads talking about both the freezer and the fridge not being able to get cold enough that scared me off of F-P when we were prepared to purchase. Now, I am rethinking it again and will do more research (ugh). ahoyhere - what people talk about on-line, and it resonates for me, is that when short people with a small arm research (or bad backs) try to bend into freezer drawers and pull large things out of the bottom, it can be difficult (or painful). This resonates with me, as someone with a short reach and bad back. In those cases, it is actually easier to open a bottom door and have full access via squating than having to bend over and reach down and in. I totally get your loathing of squating for the crisper drawers and we are sold on a bottom freezer for that reason. Surely we access the freezer less than the fridge. However, it doesn't negate the point that proper back mechanics (which matter to those of us with back pain) involve using the knees (squatting) versus bending over and using back muscles to lift ourselves and items up. Your Pininterest page is a lot of fun. Appliance eye candy, which I couldn't appreciate until this remodel. I took some repins for my own underused pininterest page. Thank you! By the way, we have one of those single induction burners that we purchased to use during the remodel - it sold us on getting an induction range. Just LOVE it. Ginny20 - I have no idea about whether Samsung's ice maker/water can be shut off. And I really, really do not want water on the door. I'm not loving that the Samsung CD sticks out so far past the cabinets, either. And, apparently the service and repair issues are nightmarish up here in Alaska. The appliance repair folks who used to repair them have dropped them because it is just so bad to work with them. I really don't want to treat a major appliance like a disposable item, which is basically what I'd have to do with Samsung. Take my chances that I get a good one - be prepared to take it to the dump if it breaks... I went out again and did the rounds. Fell in love with the Liebherr's looks again, as I do every time I see it. For sure, it would look the best. It's the thinnest, narrowest and most integrated look. It's also freaking pricey...and the freezer storage seems pretty slim. Thanks for the feedback, folks. I'm still not sure where this boat is going to land.

XP does not understand a DVD as DVDs were not invented when XP came on the market. So you are using third party software to play those. Perhaps you need to reset your file associations so you CDs are pointed to this same third party program. Go here to see how to set your file associations. What program are you using to play the DVDs? As a last resort I included a link below to new DVD player/burners. These are very easy to install if you fail to overcome this issue. Here is a link that might be useful: DVD burners around $20 and up