DVD Burn in XP?

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I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly identifies
drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd party DVD burning
software to do this?

 

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Windows XP does not have native DVD recording capabilities.
In order to record to a DVD, you'll have to install a third-party
DVD recording program, such as NERO:
http://www.nero.com/us/index.html

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"Kent McPherson" wrote:

| I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
| thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly identifies
| drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd party DVD burning
| software to do this?

 

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"Kent McPherson" <bigk@kentmcpherson.com> wrote in message
news:eDJaxgpkEHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
> thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly
identifies
> drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd party DVD burning
> software to do this?

Exactly correct.

Xp support is just "basic" stuff, and does not
extend to writing to DVD's.

>
>

 

[peter]

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Hi,

Usually the DVD burner should bundle with the DVD burning software.
Pls check the CD that come with the DVD burner.

Peter

"V Green" wrote:

>
> "Kent McPherson" <bigk@kentmcpherson.com> wrote in message
> news:eDJaxgpkEHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
> > thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly
> identifies
> > drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd party DVD burning
> > software to do this?
>
> Exactly correct.
>
> Xp support is just "basic" stuff, and does not
> extend to writing to DVD's.
>
> >
> >
>
>
>

 

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Kent McPherson wrote:
> I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
> thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly
> identifies drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd
> party DVD burning software to do this?

Yes, I believe so.
You would always want to use burning software for this anyway - not packet
writing. Too many problems with CD packet writing, and I'm not even sure it
exists for DVD (don't quote me)

 

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It did come with EZ CD & DVD Creator Basic. But when I installed it, my
drive letters disappeared. My primary hard drive is partitioned into 2
drives - C & D. I have a video drive - drive E. After the installation of
EZ, my E drive now was the 2 drive listed and my D drive was the 3rd drive.
I could not change the drive letters with the disk management utility in XP.
My backup program (DriveImage) showed the drive labels but no drive letters.
I tried uninstalling the EZ software but that didn't fix it. I had to go to
my last backup which was 3 days old which restored my drive letters. Thank
goodness for DriveImage!!

"Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Usually the DVD burner should bundle with the DVD burning software.
> Pls check the CD that come with the DVD burner.
>
> Peter
>
> "V Green" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Kent McPherson" <bigk@kentmcpherson.com> wrote in message
> > news:eDJaxgpkEHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > > I wanted to burn some files to a DVD for backup from XP Pro SP1 but XP
> > > thinks my DVD burner is a CD burner. My Device Manager properly
> > identifies
> > > drive as a Memorex DVD burner. Do I have to have 3rd party DVD
burning
> > > software to do this?
> >
> > Exactly correct.
> >
> > Xp support is just "basic" stuff, and does not
> > extend to writing to DVD's.
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >