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134755 2003-04-10 02:12:00 When I brought my 720a it had XP installed - XP wouldn't support any of the games and other software that I had so we re-formatted intp Fat32 and loaded ME - does anyone know how I can get ME to recognise the HP's cd writer - HP themselves are no help what so ever.

Cheers
Shaun
Nomad1 (3546)
134756 2003-04-10 02:17:00 Is it being recognised in the BIOS?

I would have thought that ME would recognise most peripherals.

My HP PC's tended to use the Cable Select option on the IDE bus, and I wonder if this is an issue. All drives were set to cable select, but were also quite happy under Master (HDD) and Slave (CD-RW). Check the jumpers on the devices themselves?
godfather (25)
134757 2003-04-10 02:23:00 Thanks - I haven't checked the bios settings.
The fault came to my notice when I tried to use Nero to copy a cd.
And because the 720a was purpose built for XP - no-one else has had any ideas either.
Will try your suggestions when I get home.
Thanks
Nomad1 (3546)
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