Artec DVDRW/CDRW

[moebius]

hey guys,

i bought this cd drive off a friend, and i cant find the drivers anywhere online. windows xp detects it as only a dvd drive and not a burner. my friend didn't have the cd driver with him so i need to download it.

does anyone know where i can find the drivers? the model is: Artec VPP8D24Q

thanks for all your help :D

[stdPikachu]

Technically, it shouldn't need anny drivers. Do you already have burning software installed? It might need an ASPI layer to be recognised by the OS.

[moebius]

can you elaborate please because i'm not sure what an ASPI layer is. how would i go about sorting this out? i have Nero burning rom software installed, but at the moment it only gives the option of Image Recording, and not actual DVD-RW or CD-RW burning option.

[Fireblade]

You can download the Adaptec ASPI drivers here (http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/drivers_by_product.jsp?sess=no&language=English+UK&cat=/Product/ASPI-4.70)... and you'll find the Artec drivers page here (http://www.artecusa.com/tech-support-download.html) ;) BTW... it wasn't hard t' find the Artec website... and subsequently the drivers page... in Google :rolleyes:

But... are you absolutely sure it's a DVD-Writer you've bought, and not just a plain vanilla DVD-ROM drive :confused: That would certainly explain why NERO asin't recognising it as a writer?

[moebius]

sweet...thank you very much. it was the ASPI drivers. its sorted now.

thanks for all your help dudes :D

[Fireblade]

Good, good, good :D