No burning devices found

superdave1984 · 05-19-2008, 09:31 AM

Well this is confusing. Not sure if it should be in the Windows or hardware forum, but here goes.
Had to reinstall XP Pro. Now the DVD burner isn't recognized as a burner. Still reads disks fine, just won't burn. Roxio and Nero both give me the same error. Now the weird part. I can take the drive and put it in a different PC and it burns fine. ????????????I have taken it out, swapped IDE cables, reset the CMOS (grasping at straws here) , uninstalled, reinstalled. Uninstalled both burning programs multiple times. I know for a fact it worked fine before the format/reinstall of XP. And I don't have another DVD burner I can put in here to test.
Its a Memorex 8x CD/DVD/RW

EricB · 05-19-2008, 09:36 AM

try uninstalling the secondary ide drivers and reboot the computer. corrupt files also can cause this issue

superdave1984 · 05-19-2008, 02:37 PM

Still not working. Sort of. I can burn CD's using Windows Media Player, but not using Roxio or Nero.

05-19-2008, 09:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
superdave1984 Repeat Offender Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Union City, TN Posts: 1,790	No burning devices found Well this is confusing. Not sure if it should be in the Windows or hardware forum, but here goes. Had to reinstall XP Pro. Now the DVD burner isn't recognized as a burner. Still reads disks fine, just won't burn. Roxio and Nero both give me the same error. Now the weird part. I can take the drive and put it in a different PC and it burns fine. ????????????I have taken it out, swapped IDE cables, reset the CMOS (grasping at straws here) , uninstalled, reinstalled. Uninstalled both burning programs multiple times. I know for a fact it worked fine before the format/reinstall of XP. And I don't have another DVD burner I can put in here to test. Its a Memorex 8x CD/DVD/RW __________________

05-19-2008, 09:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
EricB Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 10,752	Re: No burning devices found try uninstalling the secondary ide drivers and reboot the computer. corrupt files also can cause this issue __________________ The Ultimate Hard Drive Utility PowerMax 4.23. (It now has the ability to clean a Boot Sector virus on the quick erase option.) The best browser Netscape 8 Have you accidently delete something? Look here (trial. the better one) and here(free) Last edited by EricB; 05-19-2008 at 09:49 AM.

05-19-2008, 02:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
superdave1984 Repeat Offender Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Union City, TN Posts: 1,790	Re: No burning devices found Still not working. Sort of. I can burn CD's using Windows Media Player, but not using Roxio or Nero. __________________

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