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| Thread ID: 82105 | 2007-08-16 02:17:00 | Updating driver for Acer Atapi 6x4x32 Drive | Krad (7878) | Press F1 |
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| 581502 | 2007-08-16 02:17:00 | I've been trying to get an updated driver for my Acer Atapi 6x4x32 CD-R/RW drive so that I can use it with Ghost 2003. The Acer site is impossible to contact so is there any way to find a suitable update? Any suggestions welcome. | Krad (7878) | ||
| 581503 | 2007-08-16 02:22:00 | I take it u mean a DOS driver, since it shouldn't need one for windows. Whats the EXACT model of this burner? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 581504 | 2007-08-16 04:39:00 | The drive has worked well since new in 2000 when it came with the PC Company computer. All it has on the front of the drive is Acer and 6x4x32 so I do not know the actual model. When I used Norton Ghost 2003 (which is part of Systemworks 2004) it image copied 5 cd's and stopped with no error message. The next attempt used just 2 discs before stopping. I contacted Symantec and they said to update the driver but I've had no success - can't even get a contact to email from Acer Aust/NZ site. What is a Dos driver? Thanks for your reply. Regards - Krad. |
Krad (7878) | ||
| 581505 | 2007-08-16 06:55:00 | So does XP or whatever version of Windows still detect this burner. If it does, I dont think it has anything to do with the driver for this burner. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 581506 | 2007-08-16 07:33:00 | I think you mean updating the firmware for the CD-RW device. Your drive does not appear on the list of tested devices for Ghost 2003 - see here (service1.symantec.com) I had the same problem using an Acer CD-RW and couldn't get Ghost 2003 to span the CDs when saving the image directly. The only way I solved it was to save the image to a separate partition (one that is not being ghosted) and not use CDs at all. I could of then written the saved image to spanned CDs in a separate stage using your standard CD writing software, but thought it was easier to just leave the images on the spare partition. A separate hard drive is better (safer) for storing your saved images, and it is much faster restoring from them as well. |
Jen (38) | ||
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