Recognize burner drive

I am running Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Media Player Ver. 11. Today
when I went to burn a CD the window above the burn list which normally shows
the presence of the blank disc I have inserted NOW shows a picture of a
device and says that I need to connect to a burner and restart Windows Media
Player. Nothing has changed on my computer since last used to burn a cd. I
tested the drive with other burning software and it works fine. How to I get
Windows Media Player to see by burner/drive again?

"Patricia" wrote:

> I am running Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Media Player Ver. 11. Today
> when I went to burn a CD the window above the burn list which normally shows
> the presence of the blank disc I have inserted NOW shows a picture of a
> device and says that I need to connect to a burner and restart Windows Media
> Player. Nothing has changed on my computer since last used to burn a cd. I
> tested the drive with other burning software and it works fine. How to I get
> Windows Media Player to see by burner/drive again?

I am having the same problem and have been unable to get any help from MSoft.

Exact same situation as yours. I know this does not help you but if you get
an answer please let me know. I will do the same.

I am having the SAME problem. I have opened up my computer and done
everything I can think of to get it going. Still unable to burn a CD!! Anyone
have any suggestions??

"Patricia" wrote:

> I am running Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Media Player Ver. 11. Today
> when I went to burn a CD the window above the burn list which normally shows
> the presence of the blank disc I have inserted NOW shows a picture of a
> device and says that I need to connect to a burner and restart Windows Media
> Player. Nothing has changed on my computer since last used to burn a cd. I
> tested the drive with other burning software and it works fine. How to I get
> Windows Media Player to see by burner/drive again?

I have had Roxio on my laptop along with Windows Media without any problems
but have uninstalled it as I have recently suffered the same problem but it
has not helped. I can still burn to disc using other applications
(Nero/Roxio) and I have tried some of the fixes from "googling" the problem
including uninstalling iTunes, rolling back to Media v10 but none have
helped. I have a feeling the last Windows update may have something to do
with it - if that can be removed I'm going to try that next. I'll post back
if it helps.

I just started having the same problem. Other burning software works. WMP
just stopped regonizing the drive that used to work fine. The drive
"properties" shows a "recording" tab. I can't believe this is such a common
issue that nobody knows how to fix. !!



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"Patricia" wrote:

> I am running Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Media Player Ver. 11. Today
> when I went to burn a CD the window above the burn list which normally shows
> the presence of the blank disc I have inserted NOW shows a picture of a
> device and says that I need to connect to a burner and restart Windows Media
> Player. Nothing has changed on my computer since last used to burn a cd. I
> tested the drive with other burning software and it works fine. How to I get
> Windows Media Player to see by burner/drive again?