CDR

[Rick]

Is there a link that could show me which CDR's are/are not
compatible with XP. I really have tried a pretty in depth
search and cannot find...any help would be appreciated

 

[Mike Mulligan]

Actually, the easiest (and the surest) way to find out is to ask the
manufacturer of the CD burner. The information is likely on their web site.

Mike Mulligan

 

[Rick]

Yes I understand this, I did however find a list in the
past, I assume that the problem may be that the burner
needs a firware update of some type, but HP charges for
this, so I wanted to make sure that it would work prior to
me telling this person to update...(I work in tech support)
I will search the HP site and see what they have

 

[Donald Link]

If you are planning on buying a new drive then all should be compatible with
xp. Besides most cdroms drives sold rewritable drives also. Get one on
sale and read the box completly. If you buy from a local computer store
such as Best Buy they will sometimes install it free.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Yes I understand this, I did however find a list in the
past, I assume that the problem may be that the burner
needs a firware update of some type, but HP charges for
this, so I wanted to make sure that it would work prior to
me telling this person to update...(I work in tech support)
I will search the HP site and see what they have

For HP drives there is quite good software available for free from their
site. By Veritas - RecordNow (a Lite but competent 'mastering' one for
CD-R) at
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/information_storage/support_doc/lpg40380.html
and DLA - a very good packet writing one for CD-RW
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/information_storage/software/dla_ver31_enu.exe