Windows XP dvd burning programs won't recognize dvd writers

[Biff]

I'm running Windows XP, AVG , Ad Aware and am having difficulty getting Nero, Img Burn and roxio to recognize 2 diffent Dvd drives 1-sony ddu1612 and 2-AOpen 9624 as writers. They both show up in Windows hardware and function as players.

 

[Ian]

Does Windows XP recognise it as a burner in the built-in burning application? Also, are you using the latest version of burning software - some older versions won't recognise new drives.

 

[Biff]

The drives in question are not brand new. The Nero program is version 6.3.0.3. Both are about the same age. I do not know how to test the Windows burning capability.

 

[Ian]

You should be able to drag files on your PC to the CD drive icon in Windows Explorer, and then right click on the CD icon and select "write files to CD".

Try reading this page, specifically under "Fix a Balky Burner" as that might help

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx

 

[Biff]

Thanks,
The information is for CD drives. Is the process the same for DVD drives?

 

[Ian]

My appologies, I thought it was for both CD's and DVD's - that will only work for CDs. I've not used Windows XP for some time, so I'm a bit out of touch.

Someone else here with Windows XP may be able to help some more.

Just before I upgraded to Vista, I used this software with my DVD burner:

http://cdburnerxp.se/ (despite it's name, it does DVDs).

It might be worth checking for the "recording" tab on the drive properties, as it could be the same for DVD's - although without access to XP I can't check.

 

[Abarbarian]

Bring up the window with all the icons for hdd and cd/dvd etc , sorry don't know what its called . Right click on the dvd drive icon >properties>Recording tab, and see if the "use this cd/dvd for recording box is ticked ".

 

[muckshifter]

XP's own burning program cannot burn DVDs ... CD's yes, DVD's no.

Windows XP doesn't contain built-in support for burning DVDs.

I too can recommend http://cdburnerxp.se/ ... or ... http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download