DVD Writer Installation Problem

hilo_3

I have just fitted a new Pioneer 110-D as Master and my old CD writer as slave.

My Dell 5100 shows the Pioneer as a CD Rom drive but the model as Pioneer-RW DVR 110-D. It is using driver cdrom.sys. It will read but not write any dvd's

I downloaded latest firmware from Pioneer and got a confirmation that the firmware was updated from 1.37 to 1.41. However the 110-d is still showing as a CD Rom drive and using driver cdrom.sys. I have tried to update the drivers within XP but it says no updated drivers are available

I have also moved the CD Writer to master and the Pioneer to slave but this has not made any difference.

Any advice would be welcomed

albertross_2

Have you got any DVD writing software with it (Nero etc), or just bought a bare drive?

http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/dvdcdburning.shtml

hilo_3

Many thanks for the replies. I have Nero so I am alright for DVD writing software.

I have brought the drive to another computer and will try it on that one tomorrow.

dooby95's advice looks excellent. I am not back with the original computer until Monday but will try the advice given then.

hilo_3

does anyone know where dooby95's reply has gone...I need it to sort out my drive

T4i

Does nero pick the pioneer up?



If I click on my Lite-On DVD writer in device manager under drivers I get this:-

cdrom.sys
imapi.sys
PxHelp20.sys
redbook.sys
storprop.dll

All under System32/drivers.

hilo_3

It only shows as a cd rom drive

wonderfullife_2

Hi
Start up Neros InfoTool, look at Drive and ASPI and see what they are saying about your drive.

Just a suggestion.

T4i

Weird!!

The shop that sold the drive to you aint made a mistake have they? Saying that the firmware upgrade wouldnt have worked if the pioneer wasn't actualy a Pioneer 110-D.

Stumbled!

What version of Nero have you installed?



Download this and copy it to your C:\Program Files\Nero folder.

hilo_3

dooby95's reply said xp only thinks my drive is read only and not recordable. He told me how to fix it.

I think that's where the problem is but his post has been removed for some reason.

Does anyone know how to fix it?