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installing dvd/cd rewriter to laptop.
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Hey,
I've just brought a laptop off ebay and it has a separate cd rewriter and dvd player included. I was wondering how i install this so it can be used and if i need any software for it to work? I tried connecting it to the laptop and installing it manually by 'adding new hardware' in the control panel but doesn't find the cd/dvd player. The light flashes on the thing when it is plugged in so i know it can't be broken but if i load a disk nothing happens.
Oh yeh connected it to my desktop pc and it installs itself automatically on there so can't work out what is going on. My desktop has xp and my laptop windows 2000 pro, will this make a difference?
Thanks
I've just brought a laptop off ebay and it has a separate cd rewriter and dvd player included. I was wondering how i install this so it can be used and if i need any software for it to work? I tried connecting it to the laptop and installing it manually by 'adding new hardware' in the control panel but doesn't find the cd/dvd player. The light flashes on the thing when it is plugged in so i know it can't be broken but if i load a disk nothing happens.
Oh yeh connected it to my desktop pc and it installs itself automatically on there so can't work out what is going on. My desktop has xp and my laptop windows 2000 pro, will this make a difference?
Thanks
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If you want to do more complex burning rather than using the windows option you will need a program like Nero or Roxio.
Windows 2000 pro dont always detect the drivers as XP Does
Have you considerd upgrading?
And yeah just look at the label or something and it should tell you and you can go to the site or just google!
Might help if you shared the make and model of the laptop / drive with everyone since there's at least 2 type of connectors it could be USB 2 or maybe PCMCIA connector?
Its USB!
Its a dell latitude l400 and yeh it is usb. Il try and search online like you suggest and see if that works, thanks.
No we mean the model of the external device?
edit - beaten to it
Ok the make and model of the device is matshita ujda720 cdrw/dvd. I have been messing around with it for ages now, thanks for offering to help cause id never have figured it out.
The drivers are a bit hard to find on the net as Matshita are apart of the Panasonic division so any support is a bit scarce.
Attached are the firmware and driver files i ahve found, there wasn't alot of information on the site so it will be hit or miss if it is compatible or not.
Firmware
Driver
To install the driver, right click My Computer - Hardware tab - Device manager. Right click the Device and select properties - driver tab and select update driver, point the directory to where you saved the sys file.
I did think the file may be a bit dodgy. Contacting the person you bought it off is the best idea, as he/she should have a software disk that came with the drive, they shouldn't of sold it without. However i have emailed Panasonic for you, it will prob take a few days for a reply but they should direct me or send me the correct files.
Sorry there aint much else i can do, drivers seem a bit scarce, not sure if anyone else on this board is able to get them
Thank you so much for all of your help, everyhting you have done has helped beleive me. I have emailed the person i got it off so just waiting for a reply. I apprciate you emailing panasonic for me and hopefully i will get it sorted in the next few days.