RE: Unable to copy to DVD and CD burners using windows

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Well, now your system has evidently become unstable with both installed, it
was always recommended that when using third party burning app's to disable
the XP inbuilt burning app to avoid conflicts.. The inbuilt app to my
knowledge has never really been updated through Windows Update since it's
inception early on, so go figure.. See the links and investigate..
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php
I just use Nero & InCd, have had the inbuilt turned off for years now..
So, It is dated and unsupported as far as updates, has no ability to burn to
DVD's..

If you must have the CD Wiz, you might try this to see if it will work for
you...
Try reinstalling the MS generic cdrom drivers..
In my computer, tools, folder options, view tab, in advanced settings,
you'll need to first mark "show hidden files and folders", then uncheck the
box for "Hide extensions of known file types".. Now you can go to the
windows\INF folder and find "cdrom.inf" and right click it, select install
from the menu..
Remember to change back to your original settings in folder options..
Hope this can help..
Cheers
j;-j

"deertroy" wrote:

Why would I have to remove Nero inorder to use the CD wizard. My system
worked fine for the last two years with Nero installed and the CD wizard
worked fine. This problem just started?

"Jaymon" wrote:

If Nero is working try installing Nero's Incd app so you can use CD/DVD-RW
media like a floppy.. You should disable the inbuilt XP CD Wiz when using
Nero or third party burning apps.. There is no problem with your system..
If you must use the CD Wiz remove Nero, but you won't be able to burn DVD's,
your call..
Cheers
j;-j

"deertroy" wrote:

I can no longer copy anything to my DVD and CDRW burners using windows. They
have always worked fine. I can copy things using nero. When I try to use
windows I get a message saying decive "D" or "E" is inaccessible. I right
clicked each drive to enable the recording feature but the tab that says
recording is no longer there for my D drive. When I put a blank cd in and
right click the drive and choose properties it is showing the disk as being
full or all blue but with 0 bytes. I tried unistalling both devices through
device manager and restarting windows but this didn't work. I also
reinstalled the driver for my DVD burner but still nothing.
The only thing I can figure is that I ran a program called ccleaner some
time ago and some how deleted some necessary files or registry enteries but
I'm not sure this is the problem.
My question is: can I fix this without having to reinstall windows xp?
.

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