Drag and Drop CD Recording to Explorer using LG GSA 4044b or 4081b

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From: traderv (traderv_at_comcast.net)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:28:10 -0400

LG Electronics replaced my GAS-4044B with GAS-4081B Multi DVD CD/DVD
Recorder.

New drive shows same problems as old. On CD recording, after dragging files
to Explorer and giving the "Write Files to CD" command, it doesn't
recognize the presence of the blank unformatted CD. says Recordable Disk not
present, etc. I am able to record from Nero and Drive Image onto unformatted
CD.

LG says CD must be formatted for drag-and drop recording with multi-format
writers on Windows XP, and that Microsoft is aware of the problem and will
have it fixed in the Longhorn release. Until then, I must use DirectCD for
Drag and Drop recording in Windows Explorer. Of course I have never
encountered this with any of the multitude of CD only writers that have used
or am using on this system.

Is anyone familiar with this problem? I am not pleased with that response
from LG. Their manuals for the 4044B and the 4081B say nothing about such
limitations for CD recording. They simply say that the devices support
WinXP, among others, with no limitations mentioned.

Any words of wisdom? Does XP have that problem in "multi format writers?"
Is LG just blowing smoke?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Format and Erase CD-RW in WinXP ?
    ... Right click Drive in explorer, ... Tick "Enable recording on this drive". ... assumed there was native capability to do those things in WinXP ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Cannot Erase CD-RW disc
    ... >explorer does not have this option. ... You may have installed third party software and it has turned off the ... Such a program should have Erase CD-RW ... check Enable Recording on the Recording page, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: DVD RAM Media
    ... > Have you looked at properties of the drive and see if there's a recording ... I am having a problem with my Toshiba DVD RAM ... > the drive, Explorer says it is write protected, hence I ... > drive w/o SP2 and did not have this problem. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: CD-RW Drive asks for blank cd when blank cd is already there
    ... > explorer to try to go to that drive. ... > In order for Lisa B to be able to do what she wants, ... Recording was enabled, under PROPERTIES|RECORDING tab for the drive. ... I right-clicked/dragged a file to it, and the prompt that "files were ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: CD-RW Drive asks for blank cd when blank cd is already there
    ... I just put a new - blank CD-RW disk in my drive. ... went to explorer and clicked on the drive. ... she will have to install a burning software package (Nero or ... > Recording was enabled, under PROPERTIES|RECORDING tab for the drive. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)