re: cd burner not detected in xp pro
Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 7:51 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tiffany
(9 messages posted)
Yes I am saying that. I guess I don't believe in upgrading when something still works,
lol...and it works just fine, I really don't need anything better. I don't have more
then one device connected to my parallel port, I HAD my printer and burner connected
together and they worked fine that way with 98 but I have figured out that they wont
with XP. I also know the difference between USB and SCSI and all that, Ouch, I may
be female but I'm not stupid. lol
Thanks for your response :-)
On Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at 3:04 pm, Bob Harris wrote:
>Some of us may be having a hard time with the concept: Are you saying that the
CD
>burner is connected via a parallel port (i.e., LPT1, also known as a printer port)?
> That is unusual, to say the least, and all I can suggest is never connect more
than
>one item to a parallel port at one time. I have tried to use so-called pass-through
>hardware that claim to chain parallel devices as if they were SCSI devices, but
they
>never worked for me.
>
>However, if you mean USB (1.1 or 2.0) or firewire or SCSI, please repost with more
>info. Those are how modern CD burners connect to a PC, with USB 2.0 probably being
>the most popular today. (I happen to have firewire and that is equally good as
USB
>2.0. USB 1.1 is very slow, in comparison. SCSI is great, but such hardware is
usually
>over-priced.)
>
>Finally, have you verified that this hardware is XP compatible? Not all harware
>that worked under 98/ME is supposed to work under XP. Check with Microsoft and/or
>HP.
>
>Good luck.
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