My DVD drive is not recognised by burning software

[touson]

Hi,

I have recently bought a DVD/CD burner (_NEC DVD+RW ND-1000A) and have no problem burning DVD's with it. I have used DVD complete, Ulead DVD workshop and they both work fine. However my trouble begins when I try to burn normal CD's with the burner.

I have tried using Nero, Nero Express, EZ CD Creator, NTI 6, but none of these programs recognise the burner I have ? After reading up on various forums I am starting to understand about the necessity of the ASPI layer and the ATAPI layer and have found various sites I can download these drivers from. I installed the Adaptec ASPI 4.7 driver on my machine but, again, the burner was not recognised ? I have not had a chance to test different versions of the ASPI or ATAPI drivers yet, but I am guessing I will get the same result.

Does anyone else have the same burner and is experiencing the same problems ? Does anyone know what else I can try to get my DVD/CD burner to burn normal CD's ?

It's driving me crazy and any help anyone can give would be appreciated.

Thanks people.

Chris

[Ian]

Nero, Easy CD and NTI don't require an ASPI layer to be installed anymore.

Anyway, your drive is supported by Easy CD Creator. Make sure you have the right version:

http://rpp.roxio.com/drives/?page=suppo ... ives&ltr=N

It's also supported by NTI's software. Again, make sure you're using the latest version.

http://www.ntius.com/default.asp?p=support/supdrives

Download the latest trial version of Nero 6 and see if your drive is supported.

http://www.nero.com

[touson]

Thanks for the tip, i'll give it a go and post a reply to let you know how I got on.

Thanks

Chris