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More info?)
First, you need to make sure you have CD-RW (rewritable) media. Next, some
software somewhere needs to do the equivalent of a drive format. (Not familiar
with the details 'cause I do not use CD-RW.) After that, you can write to the
CD-RW pretty much the way you could do with an old-time floppy or a ZIP disk.
I'm not sure if CDBurnerXPPro handles CD-RW. But it sounds like you have
verified that the drive is functional as a CD burner. And you can read what was
burned onto the CD-R, right? ... Ben Myers
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:33:45 -0400, "MB_" <mel@prodigy.invalid.net> wrote:
>Ben:
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>I d/l that s-ware.
>I can burn files to the CD, but I can't make the CD such that I can save
>more files to it.
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>How do I do such a format with new s-ware??
>
>I checked its help index and there was nothing about formatting.
>Mel
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><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:432778ef.45783426@nntp.charter.net...
>> The Dell OEM version Sonic is SUPPOSED to work with all CDRWs installed on
>> Dell
>> systems. Just for fun, try CDBurnerXPPro and see if it works. The nice
>> thing
>> about CDBurnerXPPro, in addition to it being free, is that it is
>> vendor-agnostic.
>>
>> So darn many of these burning packages, whether store-bought or OEM, have
>> hard-coded limitations preventing their use with certain makes or models
>> of
>> drives. To be more accurate, they generally include a list of supported
>> drives,
>> and if your drive is not in the list, you are screwed... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:46:13 -0500, "MZB" <moo@noway.prudigy.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Ben:
>>>
>>>I have a SONY CDRW/DVD CRX835E.
>>>It came with SONIC software.
>>>
>>>Yes, recording is enabled.
>>>
>>>As I said , Dell is sending me a new drive. I just am wondering if the
>>>problem is the hardware.
>>>
>>>Maybe it is.
>>>
>>>Mel
>>>
>>>
>>><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>>>news:43275eb0.39063317@nntp.charter.net...
>>>> RSVP with the model of the drive in your notebook. Click the system
>>>> icon
>>>> in
>>>> Control Panel, then look at the list of devices in device manager.
>>>> There
>>>> is
>>>> some chance that you may not have gotten a RW drive.
>>>>
>>>> Forget the CD/DVD burning built into XP. Forget rewritable media that
>>>> can
>>>> wear
>>>> out at any time. If you don't have 3rd party CD burning software such
>>>> as
>>>> Sonic,
>>>> Nero, or Roxio, download the free CDBurnerXPPro and use it. Buy cheap
>>>> write-once blank CDs... Ben Myers
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:33:57 -0400, "MB_" <mel@prodigy.invalid.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have a new Inspiron 2200.
>>>>>
>>>>>All is working fine EXCEPT I cannot seem to write to a CD.
>>>>>
>>>>>My drive is supposed to be CDRW/DVD combo.
>>>>>
>>>>>The problem is that any CD I put in appears as Read Only, It will not
>>>>>let
>>>>>me
>>>>>format a new
>>>>>Rewritable CD and it won't write on CD's I have that were RW formatted
>>>>>on
>>>>>my
>>>>>Desktop. It keeps saying that the media is READ ONLY.
>>>>>
>>>>>I called Dell twice and they will be sending me a new drive.
>>>>>
>>>>>I am VERY hesitant to open the notebook and replace the drive. Is that a
>>>>>difficult task??
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there anything else I can try first?
>>>>>
>>>>>Mel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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