[Ham-Computers] Windows XP and CD/DVD-R/RW

[Jonathan Thawley, KC8CPW]

I use CDBurnerXP u can get it off www.filehippo.com for free it burns dvds, cds, blue ray, etc. The best part is that its free!
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-----Original Message-----
From: WA5CAB at cs.com
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:34:40 
To: <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Windows XP and CD/DVD-R/RW

Thanks.  But this is a fresh installation (about three weeks old) , and 
shortly after I re-installed Easy Media, it came up wanting to install all the 
latest updates.  Which I did.  DVD's did not exist a decade ago.  That's 
when I bought my first CD-RW drive, roughly.(not the one in the machine now)  
The DVD drive is a Plextor, made in either 2006 or 2007, before their quality 
went into the toilet.

What writer software do you use?  The only reason I asked whether XP had 
the native capability was that if it did, there'd be no reason for me not to 
use it.  I never use (and did not buy it for) any of the bells and whistles 
in Easy CD or Easy Media, only the write and read capability.

In a message dated 4/14/2010 8:30:52 PM Central Daylight Time, 
danki6x at earthlink.net writes: 
> Yep.  I don't use it, but you can basically "send to" or copy/paste files 
> to
> the CD/DVD drive (even with nothing in it) and XP keeps them in a temp
> location.  It reminds you once in a while that you have files to be 
> written.
> You can agree to write them when the message comes up or I think "right
> click" on the CD/DVD drive in Windows Explorer and choose "Write Files"
> after you put a writable disk in the drive.
> 
> I would check you CD/DVD writer vendor website for updated drivers or
> updated Roxio for the drive.  Actually, I would get a new drive since it
> sounds like you have had this one for 7-10 years.  May be the drive acting
> up.
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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