1nanaof7 wrote:
> I began this whole thing, because I want/need to backup my pictures and
> document files.
> I have Windows XP, apparently when I upgraded to 'xp' from
> 'me'....several years ago, the CD burner was rendered unusable. It is
> what was installed into my Dell computer when I bought it. The name is:
> Roxio Easy CD Creator 5. I have been all over the internet trying to
> find out how to fix this problem.
> Did find a site that told me how to see if the firmware version for the
> CD recorder is current, after following their instructions to find this
> out, it said to check with the manufacturer to verify that it is
> current. The version is 'xp01'
> however, after visiting the website's of; Roxio, Dell, Microsoft, &
> Samsung and typing my question into their search window, I got no
> results. I have searched google as well, with no results.
> Can anyone tell me what I might need to do to solve this perplexing
> problem.
>
>
If you upgraded from ME to XP then you should make sure the drivers for
the CD/DVD are xp compatible. If you have a Dell laptop, they should
provide the drivers for XP that fit your PC for that CD Drive.
Microsoft only offers generic drivers. Roxio might have a generic
driver but its not their drive either. So Dell is your best bet. Not
sure where Samsung got into this unless its a Samsung drive.

Can you read CD's on the unit? If so then it probably works.
You might want to remove Roxio and reinstall it if you have it on your
OEM discs that came with the system. I caution that whatever was given
to you was ME compatible and of course may not be XP compatible.
But I've used older versions of Roxio before and they all seem to work.
If all else fails, download a freeware version of a CD burner software.
http://cdburnerxp.se/

If all this fails, then give more detail about your hardware and what
you have done. The only item I know is you have XP and Roxio. I
really don't know what PC or make or model, xp version, SP level etc you
have, and details like that can help anyone reading these messages. Be
factual. Don't need 10 pages, but more info is better than less.

Good luck.