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brogney
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_ 		26. March 2007 @ 01:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have 2 dvd rw drives on my pc.(sony dvd rw dw-d22a and an LG
GSA-1467B.(windows XP). Both have been working fine until yesterday when i booted up, both drives now show up in 'My Computer' as CD drives not DVD RW drives! I cannot write to the drives!
I have tried the usual:
1) uninstall the drivers and then let xp install them again (still show as Cd drives)
2) disconnect the drives, reboot, connect the drives, reboot (still show as CD drives)

I use Ashampoo Buring studio.

Anybody help?
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reddwarf3
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_ 		28. March 2007 @ 17:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Dude, I feel for you, only when I have put in a blank DVD in the burner, it shows as a CD drive.
I cant burn anymore, what's really weird is that I have an external LG also, and the computer won't recocnize the blank I put in it. Makes me wonder if it is not the burners, but some kind of deep internal computer something. If you find out something, please, please let me know...thanks.
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