CD rewriter not recognised by XP

[Mike Clough]

I recently did a clean install of Windows XP (inc SP1) on
my computer. There were no problems during installation
and I ran the system for a couple of weeks without any
trouble at all. However, during that time I had no need to
use my CD rewriter, which is a Mirai CRD-BP1700P-M. When I
tried to burn an audio track to CD Windows Media Player
told me it could not find a recording device. In My
Computer the Mirai drive is listed as a CD-R, the same as
my Hitachi CD/DVD drive which is read-only.

I then installed Nero Burning Rom and had no problems
burning the audio track to CD. I have also used
Steinberg's Clean 4.0 to burn audio tracks.

Right clicking on the Mirai drive and going to Properties
showed that there was no Recording tab. I have since
restored the Recording tab using a registry hack, and
enabled CD writing for the drive, but it is still not
recognised as a device with removable storage by Windows.

I have uninstalled the device in Device Manager then
rebooted. Windows detected the drive but it is still not
recognised as a CD rewriter.

I had previously used this drive under Windows XP on
another computer and had no problems with Windows
recognising it.

 

[same]

I have the same situation like your.

I shut down pc and power sources. reconnect my cable on
my pc. then start the pc and hit F1 or F2 depend on your
pc. to see if BIOS recognized your drive.
Make sure all your connection is good.
Then the PC can recognized and install driver for it.

Good luck.