Hey Gang,

I'm going back to another reinstall of XP... I spoke too soon... Nero would
read the drive as a burner, but I couldn't do anything with the software and
it would lock up and freeze. I couldn't even get the task manager to unhang
teh program.

So, I'm doing another XP install/recovery with a full format. If that
doesn't do it, what other option is there? I borrowed a 3rd DVD burner from
a friend that is a USB hookup and that doesn't work either.

Why would XP suddenly not be able to recognize a DVD burner... even tho just
a few weeks ago it could?

"Wisconsin Help?" wrote:

> Hey Gang,
>
> Long time reader, first time poster....
>
> I normally would consider myself relatively computer saavy, however, I've
> got a problem that I haven't been able to fix... even after a complete and
> destructive WinXp Re-install.
>
> I have 2 DVD Burners, one an external DVD burner and the other is a brand
> new Sony DRU-190A that are both showing up as CD Drives in Windows Explorer.
> However, with Nero, they show up as DVD Burners/Drives.
>
> I am running Win Xp Media Center 2005 with a new, clean install. I need to
> fix this because I use the Media Center software to record shows during the
> week for work and from what I've been able to read, only Media Center can
> burn the recorded shows off of media center.
>
> Is there some way of getting these 2 drives to recognize correctly? I've
> already uninstalled the drives from the Device Manager and they still didn't
> come back correctly.
>
> Thanks all...