windows cannot detect or enable DVD burner

[Guest]

I recently reformatted and reinstalled windows XP home and now it cannot
enable my Hewlett Packard DVD burner for some reason. Any suggestions?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Chris,

WinXP only supports CD burning natively, you need to reinstall whatever DVD
burning software was included with the system.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

I tried that but everytime I put the CD in, nothing comes up to install the
software. I tried right clicking on the CD rom drive and opening the CD and
clicking "setup" but still nothing. I also tried copying the files of the CD
onto my hard drive and clicked setup, still nothing.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Resolving problems with the Windows installer:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Installation

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Thanks for all of your help rick but none of this has worked either....

 

[glad]

I recently reformatted and reinstalled windows XP home and now
it cannot
enable my Hewlett Packard DVD burner for some reason. Any
suggestions?

Try to reinstall DVD driver.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

How does the drive look in Device Manager? Is it banged out with an
exclamation point?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Yves Leclerc]

DVD drivers are built into XP. No drivers to install, normally.