DVD Burn in XP?

[Kent McPherson]

I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly identifies
drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd party DVD burning
software to do this?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP does not have native DVD recording capabilities.
In order to record to a DVD, you'll have to install a third-party
DVD recording program, such as NERO:
http://www.nero.com/us/index.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
| thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly identifies
| drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd party DVD burning
| software to do this?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly
identifies drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd
party DVD burning software to do this?

Yes, I believe so.
You would always want to use burning software for this anyway - not packet
writing. Too many problems with CD packet writing, and I'm not even sure it
exists for DVD (don't quote me)

 

[V Green]

I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly identifies
drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd party DVD burning
software to do this?

Exactly correct.

Xp support is just "basic" stuff, and does not
extend to writing to DVD's.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Usually the DVD burner should bundle with the DVD burning software.
Pls check the CD that come with the DVD burner.

Peter

 

[Kent McPherson]

It did come with EZ CD & DVD Creator Basic. But when I installed it, my
drive letters disappeared. My primary hard drive is partitioned into 2
drives - C & D. I have a video drive - drive E. After the installation of
EZ, my E drive now was the 2 drive listed and my D drive was the 3rd drive.
I could not change the drive letters with the disk management utility in XP.
My backup program (DriveImage) showed the drive labels but no drive letters.
I tried uninstalling the EZ software but that didn't fix it. I had to go to
my last backup which was 3 days old which restored my drive letters. Thank
goodness for DriveImage!!