My computer has an internal CD and DVD rewriteable drive, yet when I want to
save the movie to a CD, the error box "a recordable CD drive was not
detected" appears. I've went through the troubleshooting list and have tried
other new blank CD-R and CD-RW as well as DVD-R, and the drive is connected
properly b/c a DVD movie and an audio CD works in the drive. Same error
message still pops up.

Arrgghh!!! What is wrong? =(

Have same problem as you and did the same as you to correct, then this
morning with a clearer head noticed that the drive letter to detect the
recordable device was a very small j which is not my drive at all. I am now
trying to find a way to have it recognize the proper drive. I don't know if
this is part of your problem or not but its worth a look, and any help I can
get on how to change to the proper drive would be great. Good luck in
solving your problem.
--
flames


"gamette" wrote:

> My computer has an internal CD and DVD rewriteable drive, yet when I want to
> save the movie to a CD, the error box "a recordable CD drive was not
> detected" appears. I've went through the troubleshooting list and have tried
> other new blank CD-R and CD-RW as well as DVD-R, and the drive is connected
> properly b/c a DVD movie and an audio CD works in the drive. Same error
> message still pops up.
>
> Arrgghh!!! What is wrong? =(

Here's a possibility:
Open "My Computer" and right click on the DVD Drive.
Click "Properties"
Under the "Recording" tab make sure there is a checkmark next to "Enable CD
recording on this drive"
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"flames" <flames@moviemakertalk.com> wrote in message
news:E6020C77-2F87-4978-B902-1245449ED005@microsoft.com...
> Have same problem as you and did the same as you to correct, then this
> morning with a clearer head noticed that the drive letter to detect the
> recordable device was a very small j which is not my drive at all. I am
> now
> trying to find a way to have it recognize the proper drive. I don't know
> if
> this is part of your problem or not but its worth a look, and any help I
> can
> get on how to change to the proper drive would be great. Good luck in
> solving your problem.
> --
> flames
>
>
> "gamette" wrote:
>
>> My computer has an internal CD and DVD rewriteable drive, yet when I want
>> to
>> save the movie to a CD, the error box "a recordable CD drive was not
>> detected" appears. I've went through the troubleshooting list and have
>> tried
>> other new blank CD-R and CD-RW as well as DVD-R, and the drive is
>> connected
>> properly b/c a DVD movie and an audio CD works in the drive. Same error
>> message still pops up.
>>
>> Arrgghh!!! What is wrong? =(

Thanks wojo! I enabled that "Enable CD recording..." option before but
didn't realize that it was an option and not a default setting. It recorded
the movie on a CD but not a DVD. Why is that? Thank you for your help.
Appreciate it!

"Wojo" wrote:

> Here's a possibility:
> Open "My Computer" and right click on the DVD Drive.
> Click "Properties"
> Under the "Recording" tab make sure there is a checkmark next to "Enable CD
> recording on this drive"
> --
> Wojo's Place:
> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojo's_Place/
> Also Please visit.....
> http://www.remember-christopher.dost...m/christopher/
>
>
>
> "flames" <flames@moviemakertalk.com> wrote in message
> news:E6020C77-2F87-4978-B902-1245449ED005@microsoft.com...
> > Have same problem as you and did the same as you to correct, then this
> > morning with a clearer head noticed that the drive letter to detect the
> > recordable device was a very small j which is not my drive at all. I am
> > now
> > trying to find a way to have it recognize the proper drive. I don't know
> > if
> > this is part of your problem or not but its worth a look, and any help I
> > can
> > get on how to change to the proper drive would be great. Good luck in
> > solving your problem.
> > --
> > flames
> >
> >
> > "gamette" wrote:
> >
> >> My computer has an internal CD and DVD rewriteable drive, yet when I want
> >> to
> >> save the movie to a CD, the error box "a recordable CD drive was not
> >> detected" appears. I've went through the troubleshooting list and have
> >> tried
> >> other new blank CD-R and CD-RW as well as DVD-R, and the drive is
> >> connected
> >> properly b/c a DVD movie and an audio CD works in the drive. Same error
> >> message still pops up.
> >>
> >> Arrgghh!!! What is wrong? =(
>
>
>

No problem.
I have seen that checkbox get inadvertently unchecked during some program
installations for no reason that I can ascertain. Glad it worked for you.
-Wojo

"gamette" <gamette@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news0FC4C37-95E8-4E8F-A3E1-04CFD8945BEA@microsoft.com...
> Thanks wojo! I enabled that "Enable CD recording..." option before but
> didn't realize that it was an option and not a default setting. It
> recorded
> the movie on a CD but not a DVD. Why is that? Thank you for your help.
> Appreciate it!
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> Here's a possibility:
>> Open "My Computer" and right click on the DVD Drive.
>> Click "Properties"
>> Under the "Recording" tab make sure there is a checkmark next to "Enable
>> CD
>> recording on this drive"
>> --
>> Wojo's Place:
>> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojo's_Place/
>> Also Please visit.....
>> http://www.remember-christopher.dost...m/christopher/
>>
>>
>>
>> "flames" <flames@moviemakertalk.com> wrote in message
>> news:E6020C77-2F87-4978-B902-1245449ED005@microsoft.com...
>> > Have same problem as you and did the same as you to correct, then this
>> > morning with a clearer head noticed that the drive letter to detect the
>> > recordable device was a very small j which is not my drive at all. I am
>> > now
>> > trying to find a way to have it recognize the proper drive. I don't
>> > know
>> > if
>> > this is part of your problem or not but its worth a look, and any help
>> > I
>> > can
>> > get on how to change to the proper drive would be great. Good luck in
>> > solving your problem.
>> > --
>> > flames
>> >
>> >
>> > "gamette" wrote:
>> >
>> >> My computer has an internal CD and DVD rewriteable drive, yet when I
>> >> want
>> >> to
>> >> save the movie to a CD, the error box "a recordable CD drive was not
>> >> detected" appears. I've went through the troubleshooting list and
>> >> have
>> >> tried
>> >> other new blank CD-R and CD-RW as well as DVD-R, and the drive is
>> >> connected
>> >> properly b/c a DVD movie and an audio CD works in the drive. Same
>> >> error
>> >> message still pops up.
>> >>
>> >> Arrgghh!!! What is wrong? =(
>>
>>
>>