princessyin

hey was wondering whether you can still install a cd rewriter into another computer without any sort of installation disc which came with the drive originally or don't cd rewriter come with any sort of installation disc in the first?

thanx in advance

lightning101

You don't need any drivers for a CDWRITER to be recognised in windows.


You will however need software for burning cd's.

E.G. Nero.

Windows XP can do it but its ****.

princessyin

so no installation should come with a cd rewriter usually and if i put it into the comp the comp should automatically recognise it as a cdrewriter drive, i'm guessing right?

lightning101

The cumputer has a BIOS chip which recognises thedrive before windows is even loaded to memory - that is where the detection is done.

princessyin

ok thanx, sounds asthough someone knows what they're talking about, unlike some...

messiah

if you're deperate for the drivers you should be able to download them from the manufacturers website.

lightning101

Remember the above is a WIndows definition.


If you want to boot them using DOS or any command line interface - use a bootable disk with the manufacturers driver on it and a batch file that loads the driver into memory.