Thanks topgundcp. Reformatted drive and all backed up. Why couldn't Windows have put 'Please consider reformatting disc' instead of, to me, all that mumbo jumbo.
Anyway, thanks again.

Apparently it's FAT 32 and I wonder whether this is compatible with 10.

Hi folks, back again. I've just realised that backup to my external hard drive (Freecom HDD) hasn't worked since I upgraded to 10. It is shown on my list of drives but when run backup I get the...

Yippee! The drive is back. Uninstalled as suggested, restarted, and drive is there.
Thanks so much guys for all your help, made a 70 year old novice very happy. Now all I've got to do is remember...

I've got two of both ATA Channels 0 and 1. Should I uninstall all of them? I do not have any listing for an Unknown Device. If I uninstall the above and it does not cure the problem can I reinstall...

Unfortunately, the 'wow' was for finding out how to get Command Prompt Administrator. However, Rocky showed me how to use it but sadly, the path wasn't recognised so no further forward but at least...

Wow, that was easy. What exactly does that command do? Paranoid or what!

Thanks Dch48. There is no reference to any dvd drive in Device Manager. Please bear with me when I say I don't know how to run Command Prompt as Administrator. That's how limited my knowledge is....

Rocky, I've not installed any software since getting Windows 10. With 7, all I had to do was to insert a cd/dvd into the disc slot and it played. Also I could burn stuff to cd using WMP. Now nothing...

My computer man tells me I'm one of many who have had the same problem. Apparently it's a Windows 10 problem and he is trying to find a fix.

I must have, because I've played them in the past. I assume W M P will have the software.Forgive my ignorance, used to find my way round 7 easily, still learning on 10. The strange thing is that all...

Can't play c d's any more and device not recognized so burner either duff or not compatible with new O S. I can live without it for the time being. Thanks again for all the input.

Thanks Berton, I'll speak to my man. The p c isn't that old so he might sort it out for not a lot. All this to put a few nursery rhymes on a cd :)

It says Super Writemaster on the tray so I'm assuming there is/was a burner in there somewhere.
Can't find anything in File Explorer but I'm not sure what I was looking for, certainly 'burner' gives...

Thanks for that helpful reply. I assumed my pc (built by my local shop) came with a burner. I'll speak to the shop to clarify the position. Thanks once again.

It says ' Connect a burner and restart the player'. Does that mean that there isn't an integral burner in Media Player. I don't want to by a burner just to burn one cd.

When I open Media Player it asks me to connect an external burner. I thought you could burn to cds with Media Player, previous system Windows 7 Home.

Would you believe it, minutes after posting the screensaver kicked in and the pc shut down. Just by reading an old thread and disconnecting my controller. Result!

Hi folks, despite setting up my screensaver to show a slideshow of my pictures like I did in Windows 7 it will not start. Also the computer does not shut down even though I've set it to turn off...