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Nero and Windows XP


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Have any of you guys used Nero under Windows XP? I just downloaded the newest version, and it isn't reckognizing my CD Burner. I'm using an HP cd-writer (8200 series, external). Has anyone had the same problem? If so, how did you fix it.

 

Can anyone recommend an alternate burning software? I like Nero the best, but if I can't fix this, I'll need to get something else.

Guest Lethargic
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I use it with XP and I've had no problems. Do you have more than one burning programs? I do think I had to uninstall the standard burning program that came with the computer before using Nero because they conflicted.

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I use version 5.5 with XP, and have had no problems. The 8200 series is a few years old, IIRC, so maybe that's the issue. Is it a USB drive or parallel?

Guest razazteca
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I have the 9100 series and that is at least 3 years old. Have tried looking for new drivers or a flash updated for the drive?

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It's connects via USB, and I did download new drivers of HP.com, but Windows won't let me update them!

Guest DrTom
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How is it preventing you from updating them? If it's some kind of digital signature thing, one click usually gets you past that.

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It just tells me that the existing drivers are more suitable for the burner than the new ones I downloaded.

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I had problems with Nero...Im not really technical, so all I know is that it didnt work, thus ending with deletion.

Guest DrTom
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If you can borrow a CD-R drive from someone for a day, try that one and see if you get the same problems. I know several people who have gotten Nero 5.5 to work flawlessly with XP, but we all have internal drives that are fairly new.

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Well, I'm on a laptop, so I can't go for an internal drive. I don't know anyone else with an external.

 

I think I'll just partition my drive and put windows 2000 on there just for burning. It's a waste, I know... but Nero really is the best burning software, and the HP software I downloaded sucks balls.

Guest TheGame2705
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Windows Update has a fix for a bug that causes CD burner problems on some machines using XP. Download it and then try.

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Guest JMTapes
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I use it with XP and I've had no problems. Do you have more than one burning programs? I do think I had to uninstall the standard burning program that came with the computer before using Nero because they conflicted.

I didn't have to do this. Nero had no problems with Roxio, which was already on there. -JM

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