Dvd RW Burner stopped working after only having it for a year

Please Use WRITEX CD/DVD Lenses Cleaner to clean your CD/DVD Drive then check it.

GO INTO YOUR ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS AND DELETE THE APPLE UPDATE .... REBOOT ....AND TRY THAT ?!

ok i am not positive but it sounds like you need to format the disks first i would try that.

First try a system restore back to the last date which you remember that it worked. If that doesnt help, you must find out what cd/dvd burning software is in your computer. It may have been corrupted. Oddly enough, you don't need drivers for the CD/DVD drives. They aren't even recognized unless you have a good non-microsoft burning program. Find out what burning software you have--download Belarc Advisor, a free program (Google it) which not only tells you everything in your computer, with model and serial numbers for hardware and all of your software (with their unique codes), but will also inform you if you are missing any needed Windows updates. Once you know what you have, if it came with the computer, you have to seek an upgrade at the computer manufacturer's website, as it may be a special program not related to the burning software purchased from the software manufacturer---go to their website for upgrades.

DVD / CD-RW is usually a a combo drive
DVD PLAYER with CD BURNER

DVD-RW is a dvd rewritable drive

Its the burner... You'll need to replace it. you sound as if you know what you are doing so i doubth you are doing anything wrong.. Its the burner,,

Sounds like you are right. DVD burners are not too expensive these days. You might save yourself a lot of headache if you just replace it.

have you checked the web site for drivers update and which burning software are you using if you are using on board xp stop using this and got for nero burning if you are on xp sp1 and try and upgrade to xp sp2 or win 2000 sp4 and clean cd lense and try that if same resaults it's time to redo windows as you may have currupted dll files and change usb leads over if possable

It may be a dual laser type burner and the dvd laser has faulted, you can try using a cd/dvd cleaner to clean the laser. Otherwise try:- Go to my computer>properties>hardware>device manager and look down the list for your cd/dvd drives and click the '+' sign then highlight your dvd drive and right click to delete. Restart the pc and windows will find the drive again automatically and install the drivers

Try a different brand of DVD and use a lens cleaner it just may need a clean up.