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wadesamdad - 27 Feb 2007 06:16 GMT

Just swapped CDRW drives and now new one will play music but won't write
files to the CD. Windows xp service pack 2. Old CDRW was slower but worked
fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Bob I - 27 Feb 2007 14:03 GMT

Did you remove them in Device Manager and allow them to reinstall yet?

> Just swapped CDRW drives and now new one will play music but won't write
> files to the CD. Windows xp service pack 2. Old CDRW was slower but worked
> fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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wadesamdad - 28 Feb 2007 05:14 GMT

I did not. Just removed and replaced and rebooted and figured XP would do
the rest. If the unit plays music CD's, doesn't this mean that XP found it
as new hardware and recognized it?

> Did you remove them in Device Manager and allow them to reinstall yet?
>
> > Just swapped CDRW drives and now new one will play music but won't write
> > files to the CD. Windows xp service pack 2. Old CDRW was slower but worked
> > fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Bob I - 28 Feb 2007 14:53 GMT

Windows isn't particularly bright. If you just switched them, then the
reduced functionality is the result of windows just using what was
already installed.

> I did not. Just removed and replaced and rebooted and figured XP would do
> the rest. If the unit plays music CD's, doesn't this mean that XP found it
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>>>files to the CD. Windows xp service pack 2. Old CDRW was slower but worked
>>>fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Jaymon - 27 Feb 2007 23:29 GMT

If the burning software came bundled with the original CDRW drive and you
replaced it with another as you say, you will not be able to use the old
drives burning app with the newer one..

What burning app are you using..?

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/features.php
May help to use the above free version, your call..
Cheers
j;-j

> Just swapped CDRW drives and now new one will play music but won't write
> files to the CD. Windows xp service pack 2. Old CDRW was slower but
> worked
> fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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wadesamdad - 28 Feb 2007 05:12 GMT

I was using MS CD Wizard for the burning software that comes with
XP.......not a 3rd party app.

> If the burning software came bundled with the original CDRW drive and you
> replaced it with another as you say, you will not be able to use the old
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> > worked
> > fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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Jaymon - 28 Feb 2007 16:03 GMT

Well, in "My Computer" do you have a recording tab showing in the drives
properties window, if so, check the box to "enable cd recording on this
drive"..

Also, type "services.msc" in the *run* box and make sure the IMAPI CD
burning service is set to "automatic" in it's properties and is showing as
"started", any change..?

The inbuilt XP CD burning ability is limited and has not been updated by MS
since 2003, the use of a third party burning app is a definite upgrade..
Cheers
j;-j

>I was using MS CD Wizard for the burning software that comes with
> XP.......not a 3rd party app.
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>> > worked
>> > fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated

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