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CDRW not working in XP

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Name: hornman03
Date: October 20, 2005 at 02:05:19 Pacific
OS: Win XP SP2
CPU/Ram: Pent III/512
Comment:

I just reformatted and installed Windows XP Professional on a HP Pavilion 8766C computer. It has 512 megs of RAM, Pentium III, 40 gig hard drive. All went well in the installation but I have one problem I am not able to resolve. The computer has a CDRW Mitsumi CR 4804TE that was working perfectly in ME. It will not work at all in XP. It is showing up in BIOS and in both Device Manager and in My Computer. In Device Manager it says the device is working properly.

I have done a firmware update. I just don't know what else I could try to make this device work.

Thanks for any and all suggestions.



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Name: Hornman02
Date: October 20, 2005 at 02:23:14 Pacific
Reply:

I forgot to mention that the CDRW is not showing up as a writer in Control Panel. Just as a CDrom. In fact in properties in Device Manager it is showing as tabs to set up DVD region etc.

I've uninstalled from Device Manager and when it is recognized and installed, I am back to where I am now.

I have Roxio EZ CD Credator 5.0 with XP updates installed.

Thanks again for any suggestions.


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Response Number 2
Name: tiyogi
Date: October 20, 2005 at 03:41:19 Pacific
Reply:

Have you tried running the "Diagnostic Program
Ver 1.47 for All Mitsumi CD-R/RW Drives" located on the page below? This is what I used to test my drives from mitsumi.

http://www.mitsumi.com/enduser/1_drivers.html

Hate to say it but I had 2 of these drives and they were just over 2 years old and both died. These drives tend not to last that long from what I have read and experienced.

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Response Number 3
Name: 13526
Date: October 20, 2005 at 05:27:51 Pacific
Reply:

Steve,
Go to My Computer
Right click your CDRW Icon
Properties
Recording Tab and see if
Enable CD recording on this drive is checked
Cheers de Peter


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Response Number 4
Name: Ghostman 1
Date: October 20, 2005 at 06:48:46 Pacific
Reply:

try another CD burning software,That one is buggy. Try Nero or something else.


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Response Number 5
Name: cherylrp
Date: October 20, 2005 at 07:19:47 Pacific
Reply:

Had similar thing with my DVDRW I went to Microsofts knowledge base and typed in DVDRW in your cas CDRW and it came up with different fixes to try. Good luck


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Response Number 6
Name: hornman03
Date: October 22, 2005 at 15:28:51 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have tried everything suggested but the drive is just not going to work in XP. Think I will be further ahead to buy a drive that is shown to be XP compatible.

Some older hardware just won't work work in XP. Companies have not continued to write drivers for the older equipment. It is only a 1x drive so it is time to put it to sleep.

Thanks again everybody!


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