Nero not recognising my DVD drive

[Kwaj]

My machine is running WinXp. Recently put in a DVD-RW driver but my Nero
engine doesn't recognise that the drive is their, thus I am unable to back
up DVD's or make any CD compilations from MP3s.

Windows Media Player however sees it and I am able to make CD's using it.

How do I get Nero to see it? Any ideas?? It's a generic DVD-RW drive
(Justlink brand).

- Kwaj

 

[kony]

My machine is running WinXp. Recently put in a DVD-RW driver but my Nero
engine doesn't recognise that the drive is their, thus I am unable to back
up DVD's or make any CD compilations from MP3s.

Windows Media Player however sees it and I am able to make CD's using it.

How do I get Nero to see it? Any ideas?? It's a generic DVD-RW drive
(Justlink brand).

- Kwaj

Typically one updates nero, and if the update isn't recent
enough to recognize the drive then you can either wait for
the next patch, see if a newer version of Nero addresses it,
or use another program instead.

 

[Kwaj]

OK. Can you recommend any other programs besides Easy Cd Creator (which is
bloated). How's CDRwin these days

 

[old jon]

Hi Kwaj. Try alt.comp.Freeware to see what alternate software you can find.
You have checked in Device Manager to see you haven`t got any problems
there, haven`t you ?. ..J

 

[philo]

My machine is running WinXp. Recently put in a DVD-RW driver but my Nero
engine doesn't recognise that the drive is their, thus I am unable to back
up DVD's or make any CD compilations from MP3s.

Windows Media Player however sees it and I am able to make CD's using it.

How do I get Nero to see it? Any ideas?? It's a generic DVD-RW drive
(Justlink brand).

- Kwaj

update Nero to the latest version

 

[kony]

OK. Can you recommend any other programs besides Easy Cd Creator (which is
bloated). How's CDRwin these days

Is EZCD what came/comes bundled with those drives?
If so you may face similar situations trying to use any
other software, that there is a lag between entry of a drive
into the market and support by apps. Since you are familiar
with nero and chose to use it previous, I would look further
at getting it to work. I haven't used CDRwin in a long time
and so have no idea about it.

 

[Shep©]

OK. Can you recommend any other programs besides Easy Cd Creator (which is
bloated). How's CDRwin these days

http://www.burn4free.com/

HTH






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[William W. Plummer]

http://www.burn4free.com/

HTH

Be careful. I installed burn4free and another CD program. One of them
had a virus but avast detected it. Both freebies had hard to use
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[Shep©]

Be careful. I installed burn4free and another CD program. One of them
had a virus but avast detected it. Both freebies had hard to use
interfaces and I wasn't able to make them do what I needed. They are
fronts and try to make you pay for the version that works right.

Fortunately the free version I got a while ago did not contain
the,"Spyware/Adware" that they have now introduced.(I know they have
to pay for their time some how but that's not my way)

I now de-recommend ".Burn4free".

Cdmate,

I have trialed,"CDmate",
http://www.cd-mate.com/
and it's superb,but not free.As for interface,well that's up to the
user.We all get used to things done a certain way but have to re-learn
if a good bit of software doesn't do it as we have been,"Programmed"
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[Curious]

My machine is running WinXp. Recently put in a DVD-RW driver but my Nero
engine doesn't recognise that the drive is their, thus I am unable to back
up DVD's or make any CD compilations from MP3s.

Windows Media Player however sees it and I am able to make CD's using it.

Winxp burn function does not support DVD.

How do I get Nero to see it? Any ideas?? It's a generic DVD-RW drive
(Justlink brand).

You must have Nero 5. Update to 5.5.10.56 and see if the burner is
recognized:
http://www.nero.com/us/Update_Nero_Burning_ROM.html

If not recognized, you need to upgrade to Nero 6 that can be had for
around $30 (after rebate).

(Stay away from Easy CD/DVD Creator as it has bugs in DVD burning.)

Some free programs:

BurnAtOnce
http://www.burnatonce.com

DeepBurner
http://www.deepburner.com/

burn4free (sponsored by NavHelper)
http://www.burn4free.com

 

[Grant Robertson]

My machine is running WinXp. Recently put in a DVD-RW driver but my Nero
engine doesn't recognise that the drive is their,

I had this same problem. The tech who sold me the drive said it was
common w/ DVD burners. It has to do with the controllers & Windows Plug-
n-Play. Take out both drives, boot up then shut down. Install the DVD-RW
as master. Boot up then shutdown. Finally install your old CD-ROM as
slave and boot up.