RW DVD tagged as CDROM and using CDROM Drivers

Reinstall your third party DVD burning software.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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Acer sent me here for Tech Support, and I have an additional problem.

I need to use the DVD for a data back up drive, and their backup/repair
software is not able to use the drive because the driver XP has installed is
for generic CD rom.

Is there a way to get a third party driver that will work for this? I am
using the ACER PowerDVD software to play a DVD movie with the drive, which is
working, but I cannot use the drive outside of this application at all
including with their back up software.

Then it seems you'll have to go out and get some. Don't forget, XP won't
read video DVDs without an MP2 decoder as well.

Until they're installed, all it will do is read a data DVD.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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Then it seems you'll have to go out and get some. Don't forget, XP won't
read video DVDs without an MP2 decoder as well.

Until they're installed, all it will do is read a data DVD.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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I think he is trying to tell you that XP does not support DVD. You need to
have 3rd party DVD player and 3rd party packet writing and DVD burning
software for it to be recognized. Might need a firmware update also if it is
a older system.

I can't. I was not given any CD's when I bought the computer.

The problem appears to be that XP keeps giving the drive an ID as a generic
CD-ROM.

I am looking for manual editing instructions for hacking the system
automatic installation ID's to set this up the way it is supposed to be,
because Windows for some reason keeps identifying the drive as not a
CDROM/DVD, but a generic CD-ROM for driver installation.

And that is the only driver it installs.