as suggested above, you may need to update the Nero 5 (is rather old, i use the version 7)
you can try afree dvd burning soft :
http://www.burn4free.com/
http://www.freedownloadsce
http://www.thefreecountry.
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Browse All TopicsI am working on a Dell Optiplex GX 330, running XP Pro, which came with a DVD rom drive. SATA 0 and SATA1 are HD and DVDROM.
I purchased a Dell PBDS CDRWDVD DH-48C2s DVD rom.CDRW combo and placed it on SATA2.
I have an older version of Nero Burning, 5.5.10.58 (last update dated spring 2004)
Windows XP OS writes to this drive just fine, using it's native write utility. But Nero doesn't seem to recognize it.
Nero's Info tool sees it as E-Drive, and also recognizes it's write properties.
But in Nero itself, when I choose recorder, the only thing that I can get to show up is a seperate CDRW/ USB that I use from time to time. This Internal SATA drive is not recognized.
Again, Windows CD Write functions work fine. And it it is fully visible and recognized by the OS, and by the Info Tool program, why not by Nero burning.
BIOS is at latest available for this machine.
I realize this is an older version of Nero . . . but still. Shouldn't it recognize drive?
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as suggested above, you may need to update the Nero 5 (is rather old, i use the version 7)
you can try afree dvd burning soft :
http://www.burn4free.com/
http://www.freedownloadsce
http://www.thefreecountry.
That was it. I had been to Nero site, but only found an update. I figured that I had the latest update and still had the problem. Silly me. This answer was gold, because I had been looking all over for the answer. Well . . . . obviously not ALL over <g>
From the Nero website:
Nero BurnRights Installer (Nero 6 and Nero 5 only) - Since Windows 2000 and Windows XP do not grant access to low level drivers for users without administrative rights it's not possible for them to burn CDs with Nero.
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by: dbruntonPosted on 2008-04-08 at 00:52:27ID: 21303222
Possibly this might answer the question
pport-faq. html?s=sub &t=Nero%20 5
http://www.nero.com/ena/su