CDwr Drive / Drivers questions

Hi all,

I have an HP Pavilion 8668c with a CDwr drive that is not working. I
am getting "output from device" errors and Cd drive getting ready
messages, but it never works.

The burner used to work, and I think the problem is related to a
recent computer crash. I think I might need a driver, but I'm not
sure. I'm am not very good at this sort of thing. If I need a
driver, could you walk me through that process? How do you know which
one? Where do you get them? How do you load?

Thanks,

Mike

Mike,

At minimum, a CD-RW device should be able to read CDs just like a CD-ROM drive,
without need for any special drivers. Make sure you can read with it first.

To burn CDs, you need CD burning software... Ben Myers

On 10 Oct 2003 12:02:09 -0700, (Mike P) wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have an HP Pavilion 8668c with a CDwr drive that is not working. I
>am getting "output from device" errors and Cd drive getting ready
>messages, but it never works.
>
>The burner used to work, and I think the problem is related to a
>recent computer crash. I think I might need a driver, but I'm not
>sure. I'm am not very good at this sort of thing. If I need a
>driver, could you walk me through that process? How do you know which
>one? Where do you get them? How do you load?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>

On 10 Oct 2003 12:02:09 -0700, (Mike P) wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have an HP Pavilion 8668c with a CDwr drive that is not working. I
>am getting "output from device" errors and Cd drive getting ready
>messages, but it never works.


I think the root of your problems is the AOL software is causing all
these problems. Complaining about it to AOL won't get you anywhere.
Look at this:

http://www.sebring.net/board/sub03.html

http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc/crash.html


AOL SOFTWARE IS GARBAGE. IT CAUSES ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS TO PERFECTLY
RUNNING COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

Sheesh.....

It seems that most of you can't even realize that this software is
trouble.

>From: Nunnayabidniz lid
>Date: 10/10/2003 7:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <>
>
>On 10 Oct 2003 12:02:09 -0700, (Mike P) wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have an HP Pavilion 8668c with a CDwr drive that is not working. I
>>am getting "output from device" errors and Cd drive getting ready
>>messages, but it never works.
>
>
>I think the root of your problems is the AOL software is causing all
>these problems. Complaining about it to AOL won't get you anywhere.
>Look at this:
>
>http://www.sebring.net/board/sub03.html
>
>http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc/crash.html
>
>
>AOL SOFTWARE IS GARBAGE. IT CAUSES ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS TO PERFECTLY
>RUNNING COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
>
>Sheesh.....
>
>It seems that most of you can't even realize that this software is
>trouble.
>
>

Gee, I've been running AOL since 1996, on 5 different machines, AOL versions
2.5 thru 8, Windows 3.1 thru 98SE, and it hasn't caused me any of the problems
you're inferring.

On 11 Oct 2003 00:01:17 GMT, ospam (ChrisJ9876)
wrote:

>>From: Nunnayabidniz lid
>>Date: 10/10/2003 7:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>>Message-id: <>
>>
>>On 10 Oct 2003 12:02:09 -0700, (Mike P) wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I have an HP Pavilion 8668c with a CDwr drive that is not working. I
>>>am getting "output from device" errors and Cd drive getting ready
>>>messages, but it never works.
>>
>>
>>I think the root of your problems is the AOL software is causing all
>>these problems. Complaining about it to AOL won't get you anywhere.
>>Look at this:
>>
>>http://www.sebring.net/board/sub03.html
>>
>>http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc/crash.html
>>
>>
>>AOL SOFTWARE IS GARBAGE. IT CAUSES ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS TO PERFECTLY
>>RUNNING COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
>>
>>Sheesh.....
>>
>>It seems that most of you can't even realize that this software is
>>trouble.
>>
>>
>
>Gee, I've been running AOL since 1996, on 5 different machines, AOL versions
>2.5 thru 8, Windows 3.1 thru 98SE, and it hasn't caused me any of the problems
>you're inferring.

Well, it is getting worse and worse. You never know until the problems
get worst. AOL's software is getting more bloated and more
problematic.

Were you referring to AOL 8.0 (UGH!) or AOL 9.0 (double UGH!) ???

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 05:25:48 GMT, Nunnayabidniz
<> wrote:

>On 11 Oct 2003 00:01:17 GMT, ospam (ChrisJ9876)
>wrote:
>
>>>From: Nunnayabidniz lid
>>>Date: 10/10/2003 7:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>>>Message-id: <>
>>>
>>>On 10 Oct 2003 12:02:09 -0700, (Mike P) wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>I have an HP Pavilion 8668c with a CDwr drive that is not working. I
>>>>am getting "output from device" errors and Cd drive getting ready
>>>>messages, but it never works.
>>>
>>>
>>>I think the root of your problems is the AOL software is causing all
>>>these problems. Complaining about it to AOL won't get you anywhere.
>>>Look at this:
>>>
>>>http://www.sebring.net/board/sub03.html
>>>
>>>http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc/crash.html
>>>
>>>
>>>AOL SOFTWARE IS GARBAGE. IT CAUSES ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS TO PERFECTLY
>>>RUNNING COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
>>>
>>>Sheesh.....
>>>
>>>It seems that most of you can't even realize that this software is
>>>trouble.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Gee, I've been running AOL since 1996, on 5 different machines, AOL versions
>>2.5 thru 8, Windows 3.1 thru 98SE, and it hasn't caused me any of the problems
>>you're inferring.
>
>Well, it is getting worse and worse. You never know until the problems
>get worst. AOL's software is getting more bloated and more
>problematic.

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:57:10 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net
(Ben Myers) wrote:

>Were you referring to AOL 8.0 (UGH!) or AOL 9.0 (double UGH!) ???

Yes. That is what I am referring to.

I thought so!

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 04:18:45 GMT, Nunnayabidniz
<> wrote:

>On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:57:10 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net
>(Ben Myers) wrote:
>
>>Were you referring to AOL 8.0 (UGH!) or AOL 9.0 (double UGH!) ???
>
>Yes. That is what I am referring to.