Not clear on drivers for CD-RWs

sleemie · 03-15-2006, 08:01 AM

I occassionally have to wipe out systems and reinstall the operating system from scratch, but when I come across CD Burners I'm not quite sure how those are handled because you can't simply look up the drivers for that system on the manufacturers website normally like you can with NiCs and video cards and so forth. So, what's the best way to handle that? Can you simply install a third party burning program like nero for pretty much any situation, or do you need some drivers specific to that burner? Right now I've got an HP PC I need to wipe out, but I want to make sure I've got this covered before I do.

Thanx

**leroys1000** · 03-15-2006, 08:50 AM

The basic CD drivers are included in the operating system.
You will however need aftermarket software,such as nero
to get the full burning function.
Windows XP does include basic burning capability.

sleemie · 03-15-2006, 09:07 AM

Is nero the best way to go or is there something else that's more universally used? I'm assuming nero is free. I don't want to use anything that requires any kind of purchase or signing up for anything or something that will require any kind of intervention by the user such as having to visit certain sponsers to keep it free or anything like that.

**koala** · 03-15-2006, 09:43 AM

The latest version of Nero Ultra Edition costs about $80. There's a free trial version available here

These are free and will burn CDs & DVDs (audio, data, images, etc). Click on the links for reviews and downloads
DeepBurner
CDBurner XP Pro
BurnRight CD & DVD

03-15-2006, 08:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
sleemie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 156 OS: Windows XP	Not clear on drivers for CD-RWs I occassionally have to wipe out systems and reinstall the operating system from scratch, but when I come across CD Burners I'm not quite sure how those are handled because you can't simply look up the drivers for that system on the manufacturers website normally like you can with NiCs and video cards and so forth. So, what's the best way to handle that? Can you simply install a third party burning program like nero for pretty much any situation, or do you need some drivers specific to that burner? Right now I've got an HP PC I need to wipe out, but I want to make sure I've got this covered before I do. Thanx

03-15-2006, 08:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
leroys1000 Tech Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 770 OS: Windows XP	The basic CD drivers are included in the operating system. You will however need aftermarket software,such as nero to get the full burning function. Windows XP does include basic burning capability. __________________ There is a madness to my method.

03-15-2006, 09:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,355 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	The latest version of Nero Ultra Edition costs about $80. There's a free trial version available here These are free and will burn CDs & DVDs (audio, data, images, etc). Click on the links for reviews and downloads DeepBurner CDBurner XP Pro BurnRight CD & DVD __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

03-15-2006, 09:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
sleemie Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 156 OS: Windows XP	Is nero the best way to go or is there something else that's more universally used? I'm assuming nero is free. I don't want to use anything that requires any kind of purchase or signing up for anything or something that will require any kind of intervention by the user such as having to visit certain sponsers to keep it free or anything like that.