HELP! Sony Nero DVD + /- R Rewritable Drive

[megamania]

Several years ago I accidently fried my CD burner. After talking to several folks I was convinced to buy a DVD / CD burner. The salesrep (oh how I hope he did not take me for a ride) strongly suggested this external burner.

I have 0 computer skills and I have just opened up the box and went oh **** as there are many cables and the such. I know by reading the instructions I should be okay but any hints or warnings or things I should be aware of before I attempt this?

 

[Aurora]

Trial and error Mega. Trial and error. LOL Read the instructions, you'll do fine.
The best DVD burning utility that I know of is DVD Shrink. You can download it for free. Don't spend money on other ones. At least, that has been my experience.

 

[megamania]

Plugged in, powered up and Installed. However the %#$@* computer still insists on attempting to burn using the damaged burner.

 

[trancejeremy]

Hmmmm, maybe you should take out the damaged burner? But really, shouldn't it give you a choice? Most burning programs list my regular cd-rom as an option, even though it's not a cd-r (I also have a dvd/cd-r combo, although internal). Is the new one recognized at all in Windows?

 

[Aeson]

Nero should give you a choice. Find out what drive letter the new one has. It's hard to give advice on a message board.

 

[megamania]

Hmmmm, maybe you should take out the damaged burner? But really, shouldn't it give you a choice? Most burning programs list my regular cd-rom as an option, even though it's not a cd-r (I also have a dvd/cd-r combo, although internal). Is the new one recognized at all in Windows?

It is good for Windows XP which I have.

 

[megamania]

Nero should give you a choice. Find out what drive letter the new one has. It's hard to give advice on a message board.

It took me about 20 minites but I looked where to switch from one drive to another. Basically I understand what needs to be done but can not locate the area to adjust or there are additional links or areas I need to deal with.

 

[megamania]

Forgot to mention- I got it to work. I have made a classic rock CD, a Heavy Metal CD and a 80's pop CD. However, I can not seem to put in new music as of yet. I'll look into that next.