CD/DVD drive won't burn DVD

[nacarver]

I'm new here so please bear with me. My problem is my DVD drive won't burn DVD disk anymore. It will read both CD/DVD and write only to CD. I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop, i purchased nine months back from Dell. I have never had a problem burning DVD disk before. It is a necessary tool in my field. I have not installed any new software, or made any hardware changes. One day last week my DVD drive froze so I stuck a pin in the little hole on drive door to open (OK maybe not the smartest thing). Every since, it will no longer burn to DVD. Please help. And thanks in advance.

[wadders]

you could try a system restore to a point before you stuck a pin in your drive... its worth a try.

the only other thing i could suggest is re install the drivers and/or burnung software

hope this helps