Parmiters for acer aspire 3680 laptop

You need to buy a replacement. Ebay would be my bet.

you would need a 2.5" sata hard drive. whatever size you prefer.

one reason may be that your writer may be old and the lense must have died.

another is that the lense require cleaning.

the last one is that you need to upgrade the drivers and firmware for your writer. if its sony, you will get here. otherwise you have to find out in google the required firmware.

http://sony.storagesupport.com/models/21

If all the above things dont work, replace it.

Are you sure you have a DVD writer and not just a DVD reader, CD writer?

i assume your d drive is cd or dvd rom.
you can edit your windows registry, follow this step from microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

Hi the drive in your notebook may be single layer support DVD writer and also check for proper operation of the software that you are using . GIve me more details I could help.

What do you mean by dvd writer? Are you talking about a dvd program? What exactly are you trying to do?

i would buy the cheapest one you can find.

Let me guess...you tried to install Roxio or another burner, and then it did not work, so you uninstalled it, but now your dvd drive has disappeared. You have tried to update the drivers, but you get a message showing that you have the latest driver, but alas, no dvd drive.

Use the restore point created just prior to installing the burner software and you will be fine. I have fixed 5 Acer 3680 laptops in the last two weeks with this problem. If you want to use Roxio or another burner software, go to the Acer webpage and link from them. Peace and good luck.