On 29 Jul 2005 at 6:40, Phil Daley wrote: > At 7/29/2005 06:28 AM, dhbailey wrote: > > >Wow -- I never knew that! When I installed WinXPpro(SP1 which I > have >since upgraded to service pack 2) on my desktop, I had a CDrw > drive and >a DVDrom drive. They both worked excellently after I > installed WinXP >and required no extra drivers to be installed. Then > I took them both >out and replaced them with a single DVD+-RW drive, > and it records all >matter of media except dual-layer DVDs, since it > isn't designed for >that, all without any installation disk, all > without any problems. > > From my experience with WinXP I would say > that support for optical >drives is great. > > I agree. Everybody here (like 250 people) have both CDRW and DVD > drives all working perfectly. > > We mostly use HP computers, perhaps it's a DELL problem?
Well, you won't encounter the problems unless you persist in using your optical drives like removable disks, i.e., the way you could in all previous versions of Windows. Here's the scenario that reveals the problems: Use commandline XCOPY to backup files to a CD-R. Try it once. It will work. Try it 3 times, and chances are that 1 of those attempts will hang and never finish. And you won't be able to shut down your PC without pulling the plug. Dell and Microsoft know it's a problem. It's inherent in the design of WinXP and can't be fixed. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
