I installed XP and ever since I cannot burn CD's. In device manager i have playback but no recording tab. Whenever I try to burn, I get a message saying no device detected. I no longer have the original software but my cdrom is an Iomega. Please help!!!!

May or may not help: CD-ROM ACCESS IS MISSING AFTER YOU REMOVE EASY CD CREATOR: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314060 ------------------- CD-ROM Drive or DVD-ROM Drive Missing After You Install Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q320553 ---------------- How to Troubleshoot CD-ROM Problems in XP: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314096

I am assuming that you are using the CD burning software that came with the Iomega drive. I know that the Adaptec/Roxio software I had from Iomega had to be updated when I installed XP Pro on my PC. Try looking for an XP update on the Iomega site at this address: http://www.iomega.com/software/adaptec.html Hope this helps a bit. Trevor

Go to Start--Run--regedit, then hit enter. The registry key to look at is in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\CDBurning\Drives Windows sets the value for ordinary cdrom drives at 3. To get the drive recognized as a recorder, you edit the value to 1 if it is a cdr burner, or 2 if it is a cdrw burner. As soon as you adjust the registry entry, the recording tab will be available in the cd drive properties

I followed this and reset the value to 2 and my recording tab still isn't available.Any other suggesdtions? I went to Drivers Guide and downloaded an updated driver file and it will not open. Am I having some serious probelms?