Any CD writer is, first of all, a CD-ROM drive. Win2k takes it only as a
CD-ROM drive thus regular CD driver is assigned to it, that is normal: you
don't need any special driver to use a CD-ROM drive.
CD-writer can only be recognized by CD mastering program, either a general
one like the popular Roxio Easy CD Creator or Nero, etc., or the
manufacturer provided specific CD-writing software which become rare and
rare nowadays, many manufacturer bundle ECD or Nero with their writer. These
CD-mastering programs use an installer which handle all driver and software
installation. You can not install it through device manager. If your
CD-Writer does not have any CD-mastering software bundled, you might have to
buy it by yourself to use your drive as a CD-writer.
Vince.
"Rajeev Kaula" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6f7b01c42f89$5d6bafe0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My machine has Windows 2000 workstation (sp4). I am trying
> to install the driver supplied by the manufacturer
> (Pacific Digital) for the CD burner. Every time I try to
> install the driver through the Device Manager, Windows
> gives the message "The selected location does not contain
> information about your hardware." Windows automatically
> assigns the regular CD driver to this CD burner. Any way
> to force Windows to use the manufacturer supplied driver??
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rajeev.
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