Re: No disc formatting option in my new Windows XP?

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the hindsight, but this laptop was a (new) gift from my now ex
husband. If I had bought it, there would be a few things I would have done
differently, that's for sure.

Cheers.

"Tony Luxton" wrote:

From the "shutting the stable door" dept: there's a lesson to be learned
here. It's a bit late for you now, but don't ever buy a machine without the
installation disks - if there aren't any, just walk away.

I appreciate that you're on a limited budget, but even if it was
second-hand, or sold at a discount, it should have had disks with it for all
the software that was on the HD.

Anyway, you've been given good advice by the others, so good luck!

Regards Tony.

"Another_newbie" <Anothernewbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks very much, I am searching tucows now for some shareware to replace
the Acer extras that are not included when my repair shop rang Acer for
the
XP download.
I can't afford a non-free package.
Thanks again.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Another_newbie wrote:
My laptop hard disc died, so I got it fixed at a computer shop, who
called Acer and got Windows XP reloaded onto the computer (I have a
rego no. stuck under the laptop).

Now I don't seem to be able to format any discs (such as CDs or
DVDs), or even play a DVD movie on the laptop.
The laptop used to burn, format and play CDs & DVDs.
I tried using help that explained step by step how to format, but
the selection just isn't there on the file menu. Only to erase a
disc.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Okay - so you had a hard disk crash and the 'repair shop' you took
it to contacted Acer for you and got the stuff to reinstall Windows
XP? And/Or they installed it themselves? Or they got the drive
replaced under warranty and Acer shipped it to them with the OS
installed? Or....?
What you are describing indicates that Windows XP was *all* that got
replaced as far as software on your new drive. Your old drive had
some third party software allowing you to do all that you are
stating. Play DVDs, write to DVDs, 'format' a CD or DVD... Other
than strictly writing and erasing CDs (and certain DVD-RAM drives)
- Windows XP does not natively do much in the way of writing to
CD/DVDs.
You need to determine what third party software you originally had
and install it or choose a new third party software to give you the
capabilities you describe. Ahead Nero, Roxio, Cyberlink, WinDVD -
some names to get you started.

Full function applications (some free) for CD/DVD burning would be:

CDBurnerXP Pro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

DeepBurner Free
http://www.deepburner.com/

ImgBurn (burn ISO images)
http://www.imgburn.com/

Final Burner
http://www.protectedsoft.com/products.php

Another Option would be to search the web with Pricewatch.com or
Dealsites.net and find deals on Products like Ahead Nero and/or Roxio.

Ahead Nero
http://www.nero.com/

Roxio Easy Media Creator
http://www.roxio.com/

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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