Thanks Jorge, Bios recognizes the CD and you can actually copy a disc,can't drag and drop,and when hitting icon in "My computer" it says "disk is not accessible."I plan on trying the remove and re install method soon.Got some work in so I am too busy to mess with it today. al Al Leatherman Al's TV 224 Rt. 46 Mine Hill, NJ. 07803 973-361-5796 WWW.ALS-TV.NET ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Camboni" <geo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: GURUS! Sony CD-R/RW CRX220A1 Win98 Deviceno ready > > > What happens at bios level? if bios finds a CD rom, you need no drivers > at all for Windows..... Better start by the beginning, if you are able to run > the CD from DOS (with the win98 start up disk, for instance) then you > have a win98 problem, but check it first at bios level. > > Jorge > > At 10:30 a.m. 13/01/04 -0500, you wrote: > >Thanks Gary, > > But it doesn't recognize the CD from "My computer" al > > > >Al Leatherman > >Al's TV > >224 Rt. 46 > >Mine Hill, NJ. 07803 > >973-361-5796 > >WWW.ALS-TV.NET > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:58 AM > >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: GURUS! Sony CD-R/RW CRX220A1 Win98 Deviceno > >ready > > > > > > > Al, since you can read from the CD burner (I understand this to be the > > > case), I am thinking that possibly your Roxio Easy CD Creator is either > > > not set up properly or or you are not doing something correctly. > > > > > > Are you using Easy CD Creator to burn with or are you using Direct CD? > > > If you are using Direct CD, you need to format the blank CDR disc before > > > you can use it. Then once formatted, you should be able to drag and drop > > > files in your Windows File Manager directly from any folder onto the CDR > > > disc. If you are using EAsy CD Creator, you need to go into the program > > > and tell it what files you want to copy to the CDR disc. I haven't used > > > Roxio in a long time because I find that Nero is so much better. There > > > might be a setup option in Roxio to make it detect your CD burner, not > > > sure about that. Make sure Roxio is detecting the burner before you try > > > to burn. > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > > Now a question for anyone who may know: Can Roxio Easy CD Creator 6.0 > > > and Nero 5.xx or 6.0 co-exist on the same system without interfering > > > with one- another? Back in the days of EZCD Creator 3.5 and 4.0, EZCD > > > didn't appreciate any other burning software being installed on the > > > system at the same time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > > > > McCartney Electronics > > > Guelph Ontario Canada > > > Est. 1984 > > > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Al L wrote: > > > > > > > > Gary, > > > > I have Roxio,also have Nero disc,and have Sony disc. Not all at > >once! > > > > Thanks. al > > > > > > > > Al Leatherman > > > > Al's TV > > > > 224 Rt. 46 > > > > Mine Hill, NJ. 07803 > > > > 973-361-5796 > > > > WWW.ALS-TV.NET > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 3:28 PM > > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: GURUS! Sony CD-R/RW CRX220A1 Win98 Device > >no > > > > ready > > > > > > > > > Al, what CD burning software are you using? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > > > > > > > > McCartney Electronics > > > > > Guelph Ontario Canada > > > > > Est. 1984 > > > > > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Al L wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 2:53 PM > > > > > > Subject: GURUS! Sony CD-R/RW CRX220A1 Win98 Device no ready > > > > > > > > > > > > > Appreciate any help: On software provided,I can use CD to install > > > > > > stuff,but > > > > > > > when I want to call up from "my computer" or burn backup, it says > > > > "Device > > > > > > is > > > > > > > not Accessible,Device not ready" > > > > > > > Girl friends HP Pavilion, and my MSI have same problem.I think > >I > > > > need > > > > > > > proper ATAPI drivers or perhaps win 98 conflict? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Al Leatherman > > > > > > > Al's TV > > > > > > > 224 Rt. 46 > > > > > > > Mine Hill, NJ. 07803 > > > > > > > 973-361-5796 > > > > > > > WWW.ALS-TV.NET > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- > > > > > > Jokes, complaints, off topics, general chat. Everything other than > > > > repair > > > > > > help problems can be found at this new list. 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