On Sun, 14 May 2006 07:33:01 -0700, Terry
It's an MSI cd-r/rw
this is supposed to be the driver for xp.
They call it that, but it is NOT; it looks more like a firmware update
for the code within the drive itself. Hence the need for DOS mode; it
makes it easier to perform the low-level hardware access required.
Why do you need it?
An optical drive should need NO special "drivers" to work in XP. This
looks more like a fix for something that they did wrong in the
original firmware when they shipped the drive, and if it is a new
drive that doesn't work, warranty replacement is a better idea.
Don't install "updates" just because the vendor says you can.
A side-effect of changing the drive's firmware (i.e. the machine
software built into the device, as processed by the device itself) may
that the drive's identity changes. That could mean losing the "life"
assigned to "CD-ROM" and bring you one step closer to Windows
demanding you "activate" it again because the hardware changed "too
much" (i.e. > 4 out of 10 monitored devices changed)
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