Internal DVD Burners

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Well, check your burning speed. Are you burning it on ‘maximum’? If so, try a slower speed, like 24x or something. You can also see if Roxio will allow you to burn a CD image to your desktop first. Once you have the CD image on your desktop, you could then try burning it to the CD. Or, you could skip Roxio altogether. If you just want to burn a data CD, all you have to do is go to My Computer and open the CD. Now that that’s open in your window, go to the folder that has your data in it and open it in a separate window. Drag and drop the information you want onto your CD. Now, on the left-hand side of the CD window, there should be an option to burn the data to the CD. See if that works. You could also try reinstalling Roxio, or get a different program.

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Well it depends, like the one guy said, there are molex splitters if you need another molex, and there are molex to SATA adapters if you need SATA. However, you’ll also need either an IDE connector or SATA connector to connect to your motherboard. If your motherboard is really old it might not any SATA ports on it. Most motherboards, old and new, will have IDE ports. The first thing you need to do is determine which connections you need for the CD Drive. Look on google images for “4-pin Molex” and you’ll see what it looks like. If that’s what your drive has, then type in “IDE connector” and see if that’s the other connection for your drive. And if those don’t look like your drive type in “SATA port” so you can see what that looks like. I’ve linked images of all four types in the sources. After you’ve decided which one the CD Drive needs, then you’ll have a couple choices. If it needs a SATA Port your best bet is to go in and switch it out. There are a few ways to get a SATA port on a computer/motherboard that doesn’t have one, such as a PCI card, but it’ll just cost more money and it can be very inconvenient. If it’s a 4-pin molex connection, and you’re just out of those connections (i.e. Using them for other stuff) just get a splitter and voila. If it’s an IDE connection, you should definitely have one of those slots on your motherboard, and if your CD Drive didn’t come with a cord be sure to check the one in your computer as they usually have more than one connection on each cord. And if you need SATA power, you probably don’t have that connection on your power supply if the power supply came with the computer, unless it’s only a couple years old. Most older computers and some newer computers won’t have a SATA power cord included with the power supply. This means you just need to buy a 4-pin molex to SATA adapter. Your best bet would just be to take the thing back and trade it in for a CD Drive you can use. That way you don’t have to spend any more money.

Hope that helped!

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Download Nero Burner
it’s compatible with Windows XP