CD and DVD Problems
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From: Boris on 17 Mar 2010 10:37 Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote in news:hnpmjo$lu6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > On 3/16/2010 10:45 PM, Boris wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've got a Presicion 390 that I got used. I installed a new hard >> drive and a new install of XPSP3. The 390 came with a Sony CD-RW >> CRX217E and a Philips DVD+-DVD8801. Both show working properly in >> Device Manager. >> >> Also, If I enable CD recording in one of these drives, CD recording >> is disabled in the other. I can't keep CD recording enabled in both >> at the same time. >> >> Another problem exists with the DVD. Whenever I put a CD or DVD into >> the DVD, all it does is spit it back out. >> >> I have uninstalled the devices, and when I restart the machine, >> Windows finds and installs a set of four identical drivers for each, >> digitally signed by Microsoft. The drives are both the same, and >> Device Manager shows they are both running under UDMA2. >> >> Any ideas as to why: >> >> 1) the DVD keeps spitting out anything I put in it, blank or >> recorded? 2) I can only get one at time to keep the 'enable CD >> recording', and not both at the same time? >> >> Thanks much. > > Are you using Microsoft's built-in CD/DVD burning? Try CDBurnerXP > (free, and free is good, but you can make a donation) for trouble-free > burning with any brand of optical device... Ben Myers Hi, Ben, I have no problem burning with the CD-RW with the Windows built-in burning. I also use CDBurnerXP and ImgBurn. Burning is not the problem. It's 1) and 2) above.
From: Boris on 17 Mar 2010 11:20
Boris <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in news:Xns9D3E4D8A59860blahblahcom(a)188.40.43.213: > Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote in > news:hnpmjo$lu6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> On 3/16/2010 10:45 PM, Boris wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've got a Presicion 390 that I got used. I installed a new hard >>> drive and a new install of XPSP3. The 390 came with a Sony CD-RW >>> CRX217E and a Philips DVD+-DVD8801. Both show working properly in >>> Device Manager. >>> >>> Also, If I enable CD recording in one of these drives, CD recording >>> is disabled in the other. I can't keep CD recording enabled in both >>> at the same time. >>> >>> Another problem exists with the DVD. Whenever I put a CD or DVD >>> into the DVD, all it does is spit it back out. >>> >>> I have uninstalled the devices, and when I restart the machine, >>> Windows finds and installs a set of four identical drivers for each, >>> digitally signed by Microsoft. The drives are both the same, and >>> Device Manager shows they are both running under UDMA2. >>> >>> Any ideas as to why: >>> >>> 1) the DVD keeps spitting out anything I put in it, blank or >>> recorded? 2) I can only get one at time to keep the 'enable CD >>> recording', and not both at the same time? >>> >>> Thanks much. >> >> Are you using Microsoft's built-in CD/DVD burning? Try CDBurnerXP >> (free, and free is good, but you can make a donation) for >> trouble-free burning with any brand of optical device... Ben Myers > > Hi, Ben, > > I have no problem burning with the CD-RW with the Windows built-in > burning. I also use CDBurnerXP and ImgBurn. Burning is not the > problem. It's 1) and 2) above. I have no other burning programs on this machine yet (CDBurnerXP and ImgBurn are on other machines). Are you thinking that installing another burning program may provide better drivers? |