cd-rw drive windows xp

[jason]

When saving pictures from my pc to a cd all i normally do is right click on
the picutre i want to save and via the "send to" list i select my dvd/cd rw
drive. i then select and so on.... but for some reason that drive no longer
appears on the list even though i have a blank cd in it. Any help would be
appreciated.

many thanks

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Rightclick the drive icon in Explorer, then properties. Be sure the checkbox
for recording is checked.

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[jason]

I do apologise but i don't understand what you mean.

jason

 

[M.I.5¾]

I do apologise but i don't understand what you mean.

jason

Double click on 'My Computer'

Now right click on the icon representing your CD-RW drive.

A box should open up with a number of tabs along the top edge.

One of those tabs should say 'Recording': click on it.

There should now be a check box that says 'Enable recording for this drive'.
Make sure it is checked (it probably isn't).

Now click the OK button.

The 'Send To' menu should now have the CD drive as a destination.

If it hasn't, you can try unchecking the 'Enable recording for this drive'
and OK out. And then repeat the procedure re-enabling the recording and OK
out.

 

[jason]

Hi

I hope i'm not driving you insane but the only tabs i have are General,
Autoplay, Hardware and Sharing.

Jason

 

[Daave]

The answer can be found here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529/

If you are not comfortable with editing the registry (which can be
dangerous if one is not careful), find someone who is.

 

[jason]

Hi Daave

I followed it to the letter but no change. The drive still doesn't appear on
the "send to" list when i'm trying to save pictures, music etc.....

Jas

 

[Daave]

Sorry that didn't work.

What is the make and model of your DVD drive? Is it on the Windows XP
Hardware Compatibility List?:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx

Were you ever able to use this drive properly? If so, when did your
current problem begin?

If it were me, I would just use a program like the free CDBurnerXP:

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

You may also use this program to burn music CDs and video DVDs as well
as bootable disks. And you won't ever have to worry about the missing
tab!

 

[M.I.5¾]

Sorry that didn't work.

What is the make and model of your DVD drive? Is it on the Windows XP
Hardware Compatibility List?:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx

Were you ever able to use this drive properly? If so, when did your
current problem begin?

If it were me, I would just use a program like the free CDBurnerXP:

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

You may also use this program to burn music CDs and video DVDs as well as
bootable disks. And you won't ever have to worry about the missing tab!

To be honest, you would be better using a third party CD burning utility.
The Windows XP built in utility is very limited in its usability, and it
also writes CDs in a technically invalid format (though most current CD-ROM
drives don't seem to care, but many older ones do).