CD Writer not recognised as recordable device

[Andrew McKechnie]

My XP Home system won't burn CD's, as Explorer doesn't
recognise the device as recordable. The drive is OK and
will burn CD's with Nero, but when I try with Explorer it
says it's not a recordable device. In 'My Computer' the
Properties box for the device doesn't display
a 'Recording' tab. It worked OK when I first had the PC,
so it's not a compatibility issue, and seems to be the
result of something I have done. I have found KB316529,
which refers to the problem and suggests changing a
registry setting. That has no effect, and the registry
value is as the article suggests. Does anyone have any
suggestion where to look next?
Andrew

 

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Look in the Nero help file to see if it disables the XP burner. I don't use Nero so you'll have to look yourself.

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
__________in response to__________
| My XP Home system won't burn CD's, as Explorer doesn't
| recognise the device as recordable. The drive is OK and
| will burn CD's with Nero, but when I try with Explorer it
| says it's not a recordable device. In 'My Computer' the
| Properties box for the device doesn't display
| a 'Recording' tab. It worked OK when I first had the PC,
| so it's not a compatibility issue, and seems to be the
| result of something I have done. I have found KB316529,
| which refers to the problem and suggests changing a
| registry setting. That has no effect, and the registry
| value is as the article suggests. Does anyone have any
| suggestion where to look next?
| Andrew

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324129#2

 

[Guest]

No joy with either of those I'm afraid. I had found the
article and checked that my CD writer (a Samsung) is on
the compatibility list. There is also a mention of a
proble with specific Samsung drives, but not drive, and
not my symptoms either.

So I'm struggling! My computer supplier says it'll be a
registry setting and I should format the disk and start
from scratch. That's rather a big stick, since I can use
Nero - I would just like the convenience of being able to
do it from Explorer.
Andrew

-----Original Message-----
Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;324129#2

XP burner. I don't use Nero so you'll have to look
yourself.

 

[Bob I]

If nothing is seen in the BIOS either the IDE port may have failed or
the cable came loose.

 

[Andrew McKechnie]

It is in the BIOS, and it works fine as a reader. It
also works fine as a writer when Nero is driving it.
It's just Windows Explorer that gets the wrong idea and
thinks it's a CD ROM. So anything to do with 'My
Computer' gets it wrong (e.g. no 'Recording' tab in
Properties), and when I try to drag and drop files onto
it with Explorer it says it's not a recordable device. I
can go straight back into Nero and it will write quite
happily. Andrew