I have a strange problem going on with one of my XP Pro machines (running service pack 2). I can put a CD into the drive and it will read it just fine. But when I put a blank CD in, it doesn’t seem to see it as a CD-R. Normally you would be able to right click on something and hit send to and you would see the CDRom in the list, but it is no longer there. Either that or you would get a pop up when you inserted the CD-R asking you what you want to do, I don’t get that pop-up anymore either.I have bought and installed a new CD-RW (Dynex DX-CDR100) and I am still having the same problem. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I would really appreciate any help I can get.
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Try:
See:
Are you trying to define two optical devices as capable of burning CDs? Linney has in the past made the argument that only one can be defined for writing; and I have never checked but usually he is correct.
See:
Are you trying to define two optical devices as capable of burning CDs? Linney has in the past made the argument that only one can be defined for writing; and I have never checked but usually he is correct.
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Bill, those links were not specific to the Recording Tab, just general missing CDRW drives.
It is using "?" and pointing to "Enable CD recording on this drive" under the Recording tab in Properties that states.......
"Indicates that you can copy files to the CD. You can only enable CD recording for one device at a time."
I have also experienced this switching of check boxes on numerous occasions. Maybe it is an XP burning thing and third party software circumvents it?
It is using "?" and pointing to "Enable CD recording on this drive" under the Recording tab in Properties that states.......
"Indicates that you can copy files to the CD. You can only enable CD recording for one device at a time."
I have also experienced this switching of check boxes on numerous occasions. Maybe it is an XP burning thing and third party software circumvents it?
Yet it offers a scrollbox option to allow different staging areas.
I always vote for you in terms of being right, but I have never honestly seen the suggestion you could not enable two native XP "burners"; assuming that the staging area was unique.
And honestly I have never tried, but what you suggest seems more than halfway reasonable: You can redirect the staging area, but you cannot have two.
But I honestly do not know.
Thanks linney,
Bill
I always vote for you in terms of being right, but I have never honestly seen the suggestion you could not enable two native XP "burners"; assuming that the staging area was unique.
And honestly I have never tried, but what you suggest seems more than halfway reasonable: You can redirect the staging area, but you cannot have two.
But I honestly do not know.
Thanks linney,
Bill
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