"How can i find out the make of my cd-rw to update the drivers without taking it out of the machine?"
For most OS, there are no "DRIVERS" that need updating specific to the CDRW. The CD function is natively supported in OSes such as Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and a few others. DOS and Windows 3.x needed a DOS real mode driver, but there are definitely no updates there.
Maybe you meant something else?
Bob
How can i find out the make of my cd-rw to update the drivers without taking it out of the machine? Thanx

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