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Matt Fulford - 27 Nov 2003 18:14 GMT

I've just put a new Sony CDRW into my system running on
ME, but it is not recognised as a CDRW. The system knows
the drive is there but cannot read or write to/from the
drive! Can anyone give me any clues?!

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Jack E Martinelli - 28 Nov 2003 16:21 GMT

Did you install the driver, and any accompanying applications?

If not, boot to Safe Mode and remove any such drive in Device Manager.
Reboot to Normal Mode and direct the Hardware wizard to the driver CD,
when prompted for the driver.

When the drive is functioning correctly, install the acompanying apps.

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> I've just put a new Sony CDRW into my system running on
> ME, but it is not recognised as a CDRW. The system knows
> the drive is there but cannot read or write to/from the
> drive! Can anyone give me any clues?!

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Matt Fulford - 28 Nov 2003 16:29 GMT

I installed a CD burner app, but no driver CD came with
the hardware. The Sony website says that Windows drivers
will be used with the burner and will function correctly
with the drive.

Matt

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Jack E Martinelli - 28 Nov 2003 17:30 GMT

OK, now what does Device Manager report about the drive's status?

And you will still have to install some writing software to do so with
the drive.

Mike Richter's Primer
http://www.mrichter.com/cdr/primer/primer.htm
Andy McFadden's CD-R FAQ http://www.cdrfaq.org/

Roxio has some good information at http://www.roxio.com/en/support/.
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Leo Pozo's Complete CD and DVD Glossary:
http://www.cdpage.com/Compact_Disc_Glossary/glossarym.html

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> I installed a CD burner app, but no driver CD came with
> the hardware. The Sony website says that Windows drivers
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Matt Fulford - 28 Nov 2003 19:06 GMT

Device manager says the device is working properly. I have
installed burning software, but to no aveil.

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Jack E Martinelli - 29 Nov 2003 23:07 GMT

As I presume you mean "to no avail", what does the "burning" software
report about about the drive's status?

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> Device manager says the device is working properly. I have
> installed burning software, but to no aveil.
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