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bear359

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    confused about CD burner
    « on: October 09, 2008, 09:13:58 PM »
    My computer has CD and CD/DVD drives, when I click on properties, recording, I can only enable CD recording on one of the drives because it disables it on the other. I know that both used to be able to burn discs but now only one will burn discs, how can I set both drives to be able to record discs?
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    Re: confused about CD burner
    « Reply #1 on: October 10, 2008, 12:56:28 PM »
    What OS and PC make/model?
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      Re: confused about CD burner
      « Reply #2 on: October 10, 2008, 06:32:52 PM »
      I have a Dell XPS 400 with windows XP.
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        Re: confused about CD burner
        « Reply #3 on: October 10, 2008, 06:47:36 PM »
        If you unplug the flat cable on the CD drive ad reboot, does the DVD drive then become the burner? If so, why not just leave it that way?  ???
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        Re: confused about CD burner
        « Reply #4 on: October 10, 2008, 07:00:36 PM »
        I think the issue here is you are using strictly Windows for your burning purposes...
        There are FREE alternatives...my favorite CDBurnerXPro.
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          Re: confused about CD burner
          « Reply #5 on: October 10, 2008, 10:23:18 PM »
          I'm wondering since the "enable CD recording" box is unchecked on the CD drive and it is working if somehow the problem was was checking the box? If I leave the box unchecked on on the DVD drive would that fix the problem?
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            Re: confused about CD burner
            « Reply #6 on: October 10, 2008, 10:26:13 PM »
            Quote from: dslgeek on October 10, 2008, 06:47:36 PM
            If you unplug the flat cable on the CD drive ad reboot, does the DVD drive then become the burner? If so, why not just leave it that way?  ???

            Because I would rather have both drives working since they both will read discs and it's easier to copy them.
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              Re: confused about CD burner
              « Reply #7 on: October 16, 2008, 11:53:54 PM »
              I was able to find out that leaving the "drag & drop" box unchecked solved my problem. There was no problem with any programs or the drives, and it wasn't that I'm using windows, it was the settings.
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              Re: confused about CD burner
              « Reply #8 on: October 17, 2008, 03:59:57 PM »
              Yep...Windows settings.
              Other burning apps don't create this issue...
              Welcome to Windows.
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                Re: confused about CD burner
                « Reply #9 on: October 17, 2008, 05:52:27 PM »
                Quote from: patio on October 17, 2008, 03:59:57 PM
                Yep...Windows settings.
                Other burning apps don't create this issue...
                Welcome to Windows.

                Actually it was because someone in this forum suggested that I change them when I had a different problem, it wasn't windows that changed them.
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