CD-RW & DVD-RW

[Guest]

My second question.....
I think I screwed up. I've just upgraded to Win XP by doing a full new
install. During the process, I installed a Video Editing package that
apparently also installed an application that takes over the process of
reading/writing/formating DVD-RW (and maybe CD-RW). I think this because
before I installed the program, Windows would read the data on my previously
inCD formatted DVD-RWs but would not write to the DVD.

I removed this program and now Windows treats both my CD-RW and DVD-RW
drives as CD-ROM drives.

Therefore, a couple of questions...
1. Does WIN XP natively support CD-RW and DVD-RW writing?
2. If so, how can I reinstall this function?

Thanks,
G

 

[dev]

/cottage/ said:

My second question.....
I think I screwed up. I've just upgraded to Win XP by doing a full new
install. During the process, I installed a Video Editing package that
apparently also installed an application that takes over the process of
reading/writing/formating DVD-RW (and maybe CD-RW). I think this because
before I installed the program, Windows would read the data on my previously
inCD formatted DVD-RWs but would not write to the DVD.

I removed this program and now Windows treats both my CD-RW and DVD-RW
drives as CD-ROM drives.

Therefore, a couple of questions...
1. Does WIN XP natively support CD-RW and DVD-RW writing?

No. See http://www.aumha.org/a/xpcd.htm

2. If so, how can I reinstall this function?

Install an appropriate utility for that job. Visit...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/expert/jones_02november25.mspx

 

[Guest]

Dev,
Thank-you for the lightning fast response! I'll install inCD immediately!

Thanks again,
G