PC reads CDRW drive as just CD

[Adam]

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I'm running windows 2000, and I replaced my CD drive with a CDRW, but the
machine is still reading it as CD and won't allow me to write anything. I
tried to update drivers, but it still won't recognize it as CDRW.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

 

[Guest]

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adam fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

> I'm running windows 2000, and I replaced my CD drive with a CDRW, but
> the machine is still reading it as CD and won't allow me to write
> anything. I tried to update drivers, but it still won't recognize it
> as CDRW.
>
> Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Have you actually installed any CD writing software?

The CD isn't just immediately a writable device in Win 2000 until you
add the CD creation software such as Nero etc.

http://www.nero.com/en/index.html



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[unicorn]

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windows 2k shows cd writers as a cd rom drive
if you want to write any thing on a cd-rw by your cd writer
you must use a cd burner software like Clone CD , Nero etc.

see the following link for details:
http://www.nero.com/en/nero-prog.html

Kind Regards,
Farzad Hayati.

"adam" <adam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3DBF01E0-AB13-4AFF-8CE5-4B3692AF7F09@microsoft.com...
> I'm running windows 2000, and I replaced my CD drive with a CDRW, but the
> machine is still reading it as CD and won't allow me to write anything. I
> tried to update drivers, but it still won't recognize it as CDRW.
>
> Any help is appreciated, thanks!