drumgod1

Yeah, the first part of the solution didn't work. If I boot the computer with a cd or dvd in the drive (not booting from it, of course), it reads the disc fine. I can switch out different cds/dvds with no issues. But, if I boot without anything in the drive, I get the "Prepare this blank disc" error when Vista comes up. I originally had Vista Ultimate on my laptop and never had this problem, but I had to downgrade to Vista Business for my companies licensing server. There is someone else at my company who has the same situation/problem. From all of the problems listed, and all of the different hardware that it has affected, it sounds to me like a Vista problem and not a hardware issue. Just my $.02. Mike