XP and CD Burner Question

[Saltin]

Hello.
I have a Plextor CD-RW in my new rig. I run Windows XP pro on it.
I am having an issue with CD Burning that completely baffles me. I have installed XP about a million times on a bunch of different rigs at work, and often those rigs have a burner. When I attempt to use the native Burning feature of XP on those rigs, everything went well.
On my box though, it's a different story.
1) The burner is recognized as a Plextor CD-R
2) The proper services are running
3) I am logged in as Admin
4) Drivers, etc seem to be fine

The problem is, XP wont let me burn CD's. No errors , no nothing, it just refuses to acknowledge my CD burner can actually burn. When you right click a folder and select send to, my burner does not show up there ( it should). In the left hand pane on the my computer window, there is not option to "burn file/folder" to disc...

Im stumped. I could find nothing in the KB. Plextor's site says my drive should work "very well" with XP. I tried un-installing the drive and having it re-detected..... any ideas?
Thanks!

 

[Saltin]

Beuller?...............

 

[monopoly]

Is this a SCSI machine? If it is, then try this: as soon as u Un-Install the CD from the Device Manager, Shut-Down the machine. Go into the box and Remove the 50 pin SCSI cable to the Cd Drive. Re-Start the machine without the CD Connected. This will re-fresh the SCSI Card and relate the settings to the OS.

As soon as the machine finishes booting, Shut it dowun again and hook the Cable back. Restart, and all should be well. The same procedure should work for an IDE drive as well.

Good Luck

 

[jsouth]

Check the CD-rw's properties. If you can see the recording tap and the Enable recording shoul be checked. If not, meaning the native driver of recording software (Roxio) may not install properly. You may need to update windowsXP's software or drivers at windows update site.