switched CD drives with another computer

kelz · 07-14-2007, 05:18 PM

hi,

I recently bought a used computer and the CD drive was only a DVD drive. in my other computer, it was a CD-RW drive. they were both dells so I just popped out the drives and switched them, hooked them back up. they power up and work and CDs read and play fine and everything, but I still can't burn on the CD-RW drive in the new computer. my question is: is there some sort of software or driver support or something I need to download for this new CD-RW drive to be able to burn?

any help would be appreciated. thanks so much!

**BCCOMP** · 07-14-2007, 08:49 PM

CD-RW do need a burning program to work such as Nero, Roxio. If you have XP it does have a program built in. Right click on the file you want to burn>send to>then you should see your CD-RW Drive. The file will then be copied to XP's burning program and ask you if you want to burn them to CD. You just follow the wizard from this point on. You can save multiple files on one cd as XP does not "finish" the CD as some other programs due.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Bill

kelz · 07-14-2007, 10:04 PM

hi bill,

it actually does not work when I am trying to burn from itunes. it says there is no burning hardware or software detected. any ideas on that? I will try your method though.

**BCCOMP** · 07-14-2007, 10:27 PM

Kelz
You are going to need Burning software to burn from Itunes. Try to see if a word document will burn on the XP program, It should. The only thing you will be able to burn from Itunes is a compressed file that is in your itunes lib. folder. You can burn this folder using XP, but only Itunes will play it.
If you want to burn a music CD you will need burning software.
Thanks,
Bill

07-14-2007, 05:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
kelz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: southern california Posts: 10 OS: winxp	switched CD drives with another computer hi, I recently bought a used computer and the CD drive was only a DVD drive. in my other computer, it was a CD-RW drive. they were both dells so I just popped out the drives and switched them, hooked them back up. they power up and work and CDs read and play fine and everything, but I still can't burn on the CD-RW drive in the new computer. my question is: is there some sort of software or driver support or something I need to download for this new CD-RW drive to be able to burn? any help would be appreciated. thanks so much! Last edited by kelz; 07-14-2007 at 05:21 PM.

07-14-2007, 08:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,044 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: switched CD drives with another computer CD-RW do need a burning program to work such as Nero, Roxio. If you have XP it does have a program built in. Right click on the file you want to burn>send to>then you should see your CD-RW Drive. The file will then be copied to XP's burning program and ask you if you want to burn them to CD. You just follow the wizard from this point on. You can save multiple files on one cd as XP does not "finish" the CD as some other programs due. Hope this helps. Thanks, Bill

07-14-2007, 10:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
kelz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: southern california Posts: 10 OS: winxp	Re: switched CD drives with another computer hi bill, it actually does not work when I am trying to burn from itunes. it says there is no burning hardware or software detected. any ideas on that? I will try your method though.

07-14-2007, 10:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,044 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: switched CD drives with another computer Kelz You are going to need Burning software to burn from Itunes. Try to see if a word document will burn on the XP program, It should. The only thing you will be able to burn from Itunes is a compressed file that is in your itunes lib. folder. You can burn this folder using XP, but only Itunes will play it. If you want to burn a music CD you will need burning software. Thanks, Bill