Burning cds/dvds with xp

[uscuba2_2001]

I reformatted my hard drive. When I re installed everything, I installed the dell roxio software. Now I can not burn cd/dvds with out using using Roxio's software (drag to disc etc) and more importantly it will not finalize the disc. If I unstalled the Roxio Software my drives do not realize that there is a blank disc or allow me to format it. I know you burn cd/dvds Nativity on xp (if I am remembering right). I am trying to figure out how to burn cds/dvds with out using Roxio. Basically, get rid of this roxio burning software crap.

[Bob_180_Bob]

Hi,
Have a look at this windows site:-
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/expert/jones_02november25.mspx

Why don't you just try another program like Nero?

http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php

[dramsey64]

Have you tried right clicking on your CD/DVD drive and selecting "Disable Drag-To-Disc for this drive".

[donkey_pasta]

Uninstall Roxio.

When you put the disc in and go to My Computer, does it recognize the disc?

Download and install CDBurnerXP: http://filehippo.com/download_cdburnerxp/