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More info?)
Just checking, the drive properties has a setting for recording.
"Desktop CD Recording."
also points to a drive for storing an image of the CD to be written. Any
chance it's pointing to a drive you
don't have write permission on at work (like a share) or one that is out of
free space?
Ken Latta
"bac" <bac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C5FAFE6-6345-492E-9C0F-58CFB6406E0A@microsoft.com...
> Hi! I'm having difficulties burning CDs and DVDs on my system. I have a
> new
> HP Pavilion 2720n, Windows XP, with a built in CD/DVD burner and separate
> CD
> drive. I first started out burning fine, but all of a sudden my drives
> disappeared and I can not seem to record any type of media, and if it does
> burn 'correctly', it won't show on my home DVD player! It's rather
> frustrating, as I have wasted about a dozen or more DVDs, and I have had
> the
> computer back to the retail service department twice in the last month for
> complete re-install of the entire system! Nobody seems to know what to
> do,
> and I'm getting the "oh no, she's back again" look from the service
> department!! I am using the pre-installed programs RecordNow and
> Intervideo
> DVD.
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Not if you have no DVD ROM drive. You need a DVD burner or DVD Rom drive
>> to
>> 'read' the data from a DVD.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Printing & Imaging
>>
>>
>>
>> "Syl" <Syl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:22D13F20-C870-4CE3-8E14-227F280022DD@microsoft.com...
>> >I have widows xp with a cd burner. Is it possible to copy a dvd to a cd
>> >or
>> >to
>> > my desktop. I don't have a dvd burner but wondered if there was a way
>> > to
>> > copy
>> > the dvd to my computer. Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Sorry if this is repated but I don't see my post on the forum.
>> >
>>
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