DVD-RW shows up as CD Drive in Windows Explorer (WinXp)

Hey Gang,

Long time reader, first time poster....

I normally would consider myself relatively computer saavy, however, I've
got a problem that I haven't been able to fix... even after a complete and
destructive WinXp Re-install.

I have 2 DVD Burners, one an external DVD burner and the other is a brand
new Sony DRU-190A that are both showing up as CD Drives in Windows Explorer.
However, with Nero, they show up as DVD Burners/Drives.

I am running Win Xp Media Center 2005 with a new, clean install. I need to
fix this because I use the Media Center software to record shows during the
week for work and from what I've been able to read, only Media Center can
burn the recorded shows off of media center.

Is there some way of getting these 2 drives to recognize correctly? I've
already uninstalled the drives from the Device Manager and they still didn't
come back correctly.

Thanks all...
.

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