I need some more DVD burner help, please...

[Dave N]

A few days ago I posted for some help choosing a DVD burner and got lots of suggestions to buy from newegg.com. So, last week I ordered two of these:



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131031



They didn't come with any software or documentation -- just the drive wrapped in bubble wrap. I installed one, thinking that Windows would recognize it, or at worst I would have to go to Sony's website and download a driver. I'm using Win2000 Pro, and the drive popped up under the device manager, which lists it as a "Sony DW-Q120A", but it has the question mark and the drive does not show up under My Computer. I spent about an hour at work on Friday searching the web for a driver, but found absolutely nothing. I can't find this drive listed anywhere on any of Sony's websites.



Can anyone help?

 

[AL-53]

that drive is a OEM drive meaning it is made for computer manufacturers..and not retail sales..so best bet would try to find a drive at sony's site with same specs or close to...try that driver...but it should be accepted no problem...I have never loaded drivers for my burners...anyways try to get a burner close to your specs and try it..



Al

 

[Dave N]

Thanks -- I'll try loading a Sony driver tomorrow.

 

[atticdog]

you also need some burning software like nero

 

[Dave N]

I dropped this into a WinXP machine today and it worked fine. I guess 2000 doesn't support it natively. I found some DVD drives on the Sony website, but the "download driver" link just took me to a page that said Windows had all the drivers it needed already to run their DVD burners. We'll probably just upgrade this machine to XP. I work at a university, so the institutional license is dirt cheap.



Next time I'll know better than to buy an "OEM" product! If I would have bought a boxed drive, it probably would have come with a driver CD and some cheap program for burning DVDs.



One more thing, if anyone cares to answer... We will only be using the DVD burner for data backups. Do I still need a program like Nero for this? We wanted the DVD burner because DVDs have a larger capacity than CDs.