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bbtcs45tqgigjm1oqn2cgo7snb78su200v@4ax.com>,
letterman@invalid.com writes:
>On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:31:18 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
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G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Didn't anything come with the drive? (The commonest is a version of
>>Nero, with more recent drives a version crippled so that it will only
>>work with that drive, though that shouldn't matter). If not:
>
>No, it was a used drive I got at a computer recycler company.
>I downloaded the drivers and the drive works, just dont have any
>burning software.
If you mean works _as a reader_, I'm surprised you needed any drivers;
support for CD-ROM drives is intrinsic to '9x (even '95). The drivers
you mention may be DOS ones (have they added a line each to
\autoexec.bat and \config.sys?), which will be slowing down your boot
time a tiny fraction (probably unnoticeable), but won't (I _think_ do
any harm (and will give you CD access in a true DOS boot).
>>
>>Last time I downloaded it, burn4free was compatible with '9x; it doesn't
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>If it don't say anymore, it's a coin toss !!!!
>Seems a lot of sites are doing that now. Many say "for Windows".
>Which means nothing...... But if it DID work for 98 it still might,
>or I'll see if there is an older version available.
Give it a try; only 4.13M. (I know if you're still on download that's
still significant.) If it turns out not to be, ask: I'm sure I've got an
installer somewhere (if not two or three) that _is_ '9x-compatible.
"Other burning softwares are available" - ISTR a name something like
tinyburn, for example, which is even smaller (I think I tried it and it
didn't work for me, but if I did, I didn't pursue it, already having
both Adaptec/Roxio and burn4free).
You should also be able to find Nero at least - possibly Adaptec/Roxio -
at a computer fair; if the seller has older versions, they'd probably be
glad to offload them. But burn4free does look like it will do everything
one could want, even audio CDs.
>
>>(If you do go to that page, make sure you download the right thing -
>>there are lots of download links on the page, to other things. You want
>>the big VV Download Now! blue button in the middle _near_ - though _not_
>>_at_ - the top. I'd probably also download the FAQ - and possibly the
>>ASPI file linked from it - and a few of the bits linked from Tutorial.)
>>--
>
>What is an ASPI file?
I can't remember (if I ever knew) what ASPI stands for, but it's
something to do with access to CD-ROM drives; I think it may be to do
with them really being SCSI drives underneath their (E)IDE interface,
but I may be quite wrong about that. Anyway, the ASPI driver that's
built into '9x _may_ not work with burn4free and your drive; if you try
it without, and it (b4f) seems to run fine but can't see the drive or
something, get and implement the ASPI file it mentions (it's only a few
hundred K - possibly less than that - IIRR). (If it's not where the
links say it is any more, again, ask.)
>
>Thanks for the help. I'll give it a try !
>
>LM
Do tell us how you get on.
(Are you going to get broadband? If you're on a "Market 3" exchange,
then PlusNet is competitive - 5.99 a month I think - and still has a UK
24h helpline, unlike some of the others; if you use them, mention
jpgilliver, as I get a reward for recommending. Other ISPs are
available, of course.)
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