I have a Generic CRD-BP1700P CD-RW drive and recently it started exhibiting
problems. I am running XP SP1.

1. It doesn't read/show the contents of CD-R and CD-RW disks i have burned.
2. It burns CD-R disks ok but not CD-RW.

I never used to have these problems

Explorer lists the device as a CD-RW device with the properties showing a
recording tab.

Basically it always says the device is empty or not ready when there is a
CD-RW disk in there, even when that disk has data on it. I also cannot erase
a CD-RW with data on.

It's wierd that it doesn't list the contents of any disks in explorer.

Any ideas?