How to determine what kind of CD-R burner (the manufacturer) I have

But if said drive is a few years old, it doesn't matter. These drives are best given a CD Len Cleaner pass, then replaced. What's sad is that at 14.95 for the CD lens cleaner, I've actually bought a new CDRW for a desktop!

To squeak by, try a lower recording speed and if you find your CDR make, see if updated FIRMWARE is available.

In closing, a CDR is almost ancient history with the last CDR drive I owned was some 8 years ago.

Bob

Hey man, I have a solution that may be work. Try using a software like SiSoft Sandra V x.x, this program will evaluate and check your CD-R Burner in short time. Then the program will tell you the manufacturer of that CD-R burner. If it doesn't try with other program related.

Hope I can help
Respectfully
Me.

The absolute best way is to look at the decal/label found on most CD drives themselves physically. The 2nd best way is to review what the "device manager" reports for CD installed, however that may not always be true. Another way is to verify during boot-up what the boot status display is showing for IDE devices, obviously look for the CDs. If you have your bill when ordering the system it *may* provide similar info, but that's a long shot. Goto: www.belarc.com get the advisor pgm. load it and see what it reports. Hope this helps...

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Go to Start>Settings>Control Panel. Double click the System icon. Then click on the "Device manager" tab,and expand the the CD ROM( You will get the manufacturer and the model number).If this doesnot work try "Nero Ping" from www.nero.com (Win9 or Nero Info tool(Win XP)