Only 2 versions of Windows might see it as a CDRW. All others see such as drive as "USB Optical Storage."
To use the drive I add software such as you find at http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
Bob
Does somebody know how to deal with this problem? I have a BENQ external cd-rw usb device and the notebook recognizes it as an USB Optical Storage. I tried it in a desktop and it does the same thing. I cant even install the driver because it does not found the device or because windows looks for a driver of a USB data storage.
Thank you in advance

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