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140727 2003-05-02 04:56:00 I installed XP on my laptop recently. It took a bit of fiddling as I am running a USB 2 PCMCIA card, with a burner and an ext HDD attached.

It has run fine for a few weeks, but today, after unplugging my burner and then reattaching it, XP decided that it was a CD-r, not a CD-rw.

I have tried unistalling the drivers, and unplugging and plugging in the burner.
XP recognised it automatically as a burner at first, then changed its mind and detected it as a CD-r. Once it was all set up, it was showing it as a CD-r again.

One of the other guys in my office is having the same problems, so it seems to be a common issue.

Anyone got any suggestions/solutions?

Thanks
vanman (959)
140728 2003-05-03 01:16:00 Does it really matter? Can it still burn R's, and RW's? somebody (208)
140729 2003-05-03 02:03:00 Sorry I'll try that again.

Xp thinks that my CD-RW is a plain CD-rom.

If I try and reinstall the drivers, it registers my burner as just that, getting the type, make and model right, but then changes its mind, decides it is just a normal CD-rom, and installs it as that,

Any ides?
vanman (959)
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