Re: CD-RW Drive asks for blank cd when blank cd is already there

Nothing?

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"NobodyMan" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:lopqe11ju03gb368324hac3ppoa9g8uipl@xxxxxxxxxx
> No, I'm not wrong. XP can write files just fine to a CDRW, without
> third party software.
>
> I do agree, thought, that without third party software, you can't use
> the CDRW like a big floppy drive. You are 100% correct there.
>
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:17:47 -0400, "Richard Urban [MVP]"
> <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>No, YOU are wrong!
>>
>>It is obvious that Lisa B is putting the CD into the drive and then using
>>explorer to try to go to that drive. That can't be done. The drive will
>>always show up as having no CD inserted.
>>
>>In order for Lisa B to be able to do what she wants, in the exact steps
>>she
>>is doing it, she will have to install a burning software package (Nero or
>>Roxio) and then format a blank CD for packet writing.
>>
>>After she does this she can insert the formatted "blank" CD in the drive
>>and
>>browse to the drive using Explorer. The drive will now indicate that a CD
>>is
>>present and that the CD has not yet been written to.
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>
>>Richard Urban
>>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>>Quote from: George Ankner
>>"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>
>>"NobodyMan" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:6i2oe1pdas0q4k95tjnbnmsejkhdd7h4d7@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:50:31 -0400, "Richard Urban [MVP]"
>>> <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>You have to install a burning software package such as Nero or Roxio
>>>>Easy
>>>>Media Creator.
>>>
>>> Wrong.
>>>
>>> XP can write files, by session, onto a CDRW with no problems.
>>>
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