How do I uninstall my DVDR drive please?

[Heather Positive Thinker]

A techi on another site has said I should uninstall my DVDR and then use the hardware wizard reinstall it - how on earth do you do that? (This is all following on from me being unable to copy My Documents onto the DVDS)

Oh and how do I know what software Im using for burning DVDs please? How do I find that?

[Genealogy Printers]

If you uninstall your DVD drive Windows will automatically put it back in again when you restart. This procedure is usually carried out if the disk drive driver is suspected as being corrupt.

To uninstall your DVD drive, go to Start, Control, System, Hardware, Device Manager, open the little + sign by the side of your DVD drive if you have more than one, left click it to highlight it, right click it to select Uninstall, restart your PC. and Windows will put it back in again.

[Heather Positive Thinker]

Many thanks Ron, I followed your instructions heart in mouth but it all did come back on again :o

Sadly, it doesnt seem to have made any difference though :(

Son just rushed in and I asked him about it and he says that I shouldnt try burning through windows - I need a software program to do it.

I thought I must have a software program for doing it?

[Guest]

s this your new Dell Heather ??? give them a ring .

[Heather Positive Thinker]

Val, son reckons I should get an external HD or something - this is one - anyone know if this is good value and do I just transfer my documents to it as I go along?

Seagate Expansion 500GB External USB Desktop Hard Drive

Customer rating on Seagate Expansion 500GB External USB Desktop Hard Drive: 5 out of 5 stars ( 9 customer ratings )
£49.99 Free Delivery

RRP: £89.99 | You save: £40.00 (44%)

Val, I think its getting on for a year old or more now, isnt it? doesnt time fly.

[Guest]

I bought myself one and even that has problems when I try to do backups ?
I have the Western Digital Passport one which Dave recommended it holds tons of stuff got it on Amazon nice size too for carrying if you want to take it anywhere.

[Cloggie]

Val, son reckons I should get an external HD or something - this is one - anyone know if this is good value and do I just transfer my documents to it as I go along?

Seagate Expansion 500GB External USB Desktop Hard Drive

Customer rating on Seagate Expansion 500GB External USB Desktop Hard Drive: 5 out of 5 stars ( 9 customer ratings )
£49.99 Free Delivery

RRP: £89.99 | You save: £40.00 (44%)

Val, I think its getting on for a year old or more now, isnt it? doesnt time fly.

I actually bought a Seagate External Desktop Hard Drive the other day, only mine is the 1 TB version. Just plugged it in and the PC recognised it right away. It appears in My Computer or Windows Explorer as any other drive would, and you can just drag and drop or copy and paste to it. You can also set your automatic backups to go to that drive just like you would to any other drive.
It took about half an hour to copy all my photos, music and family tree files to it.

I think £49.99 sounds like good value. The 1 TB one cost me 89 euros, which is about £75. I think they were selling the 500 GB one for 69 euros, which is about £59.

[Genealogy Printers]

Depends on how much data and how often you back up as to your choice of dvd or external hard drive. Yes i would suggest you get some decent burning software, just Google there's plenty of it about.

[Heather Positive Thinker]

Thsnks people. Ron, when I look at the programs on my computer it has one called Roxio Creator DE- is that burning program?

Can you google for free burning software then?

[dave pusey]

Nero is the defacto standard for burning CDs/DVDs.

If you want a free program, try CDBurnerXP: Introduction and News as it seems to be the most popular one out there.

[Heather Positive Thinker]

Thanks Dave - is that Roxio Creator DE not much cop? It came with the puter.

[Genealogy Printers]

You can Google for anything, just type in the Google search box "cd burning software"