If your drive is truly just a ROM drive, then all it can do is read. Most systems today ship with DVD-RW drives, but yours might be read-only. Some systems came with combo drives that would burn CDs but only read DVDs. If you find you can burn files onto CD but not DVD, that could be why.
If your system has a DVD-RW drive, it's not unusual for them to develop the strange problem that they can burn one type of disc but not the other. This is because of the optical system, which is like two systems in one package to handle the two kinds of media.
If the drive has been working properly and now just won't burn at all, make sure you have the settings correct in whatever burning software. Then replace the drive. New drives are so inexpensive now that if they stop working it's not worth any effort to try fixing them.
Right-click on Drive A. You will see the option to format the drive.
Click on Format. Depending on your operating system, you will see an option that reads either "Create a system disk" or "Create a MS Dos system disk." Click the box next to this option.
Click the "Start" button to begin formatting the disk.
Open the software that you use to burn or write files to the CD-rom or DVD drive.
Click on "Make a Data CD or DVD." Insert a blank CD-R or DVD-R disk into the drive.
Look for the option to "Make this disk bootable." You may have to scroll over the various icons displayed to find this option. Click on the option.
Burn the CD or DVD as usual. Once completed, this disk can be used to boot your computer.
When completed, you will have a bootable floppy disk.
For CD Rom or DVD disks
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