I was using mad dog external dvd burner before I formatted by computer. Ever since the format though my mad dog external burner doesnt seem to be working. When I plug it in it shows as dvd rom drive, when I put a dvd - r in there it tries to read it and then all of a sudden changed to a cd drive and even that is not accesable. Any help would be apprciated.

Hi Omar. Did you remember to reinstall the Roxio or Nero burner software after you formatted the hard drive? Or some other brand of DVD burning software. Also go to Mad Dog's site and see if there is a firmware update for your brand of DVD burner. http://www.mdmm.com/support/drivers.asp Take care, Linda

I have Sony's DVD architect that I was using before and was trying to use this time as well.

Ok I installed Roxio MYDVD Premier and updated the firmware but it'sstill not working. WHen there is no DVD + R in the drive it shows up as DVD-RAM DRIVE (H), as soon as I got a blank DVD in it changes to CD DRIVE (I). Any ideas ?