Ok, i have just purchased a new cdrw. I removed my old cd-rom because it was toast and installed the new drive. I hooked up the new drive using the same connections from the old cd-rom. It is recognized sort of. My problem is, it won't install the software from the disk that came with it. The software says that it found the new drive but then it quits. Any help would be greatly appreciated. :hdspin:

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Let us know how you go.

Originally posted by springfling
Ok, i have just purchased a new cdrw. I removed my old cd-rom because it was toast and installed the new drive. I hooked up the new drive using the same connections from the old cd-rom. It is recognized sort of. My problem is, it won't install the software from the disk that came with it. The software says that it found the new drive but then it quits. Any help would be greatly appreciated. :hdspin:

I think you mean that Windows detected the drive? If that is the "software" you are talking about, then that is all there is to it.
Look in Device Manager under CDROM/DVDdrives and if
the PCRW1208(K) is listed, you should be fine.
Just remember to enable DMA.

Then all you have to do is install either the Easy CD Creator and DirectCD burning software that came with it, or try other software.