Need a CDRW/DVD Driver for my T60 1952 A97

[slaterlp]

Hi all,

Can someone please help me locate the correct driver for my T60? XPPro SP3

When I look in device manager, it says I have a HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4247N

Manufacture is labled as Stanbard CDROM drivers.? The Driver is Microsoft 01/07/2001 5.1.2535.0

My T60 was manufactured in 2007. So it seems strange that it is using a driver 6 years older than the device.

The CDRW/DVD player is the Thinkpad in the Ultrabay. Marked as CDRW DVD. Made for Lenovo by Hitatchi. Model Gcc4247N

I have trouble writing CDs. When I use record now and try and burn an image it fails to write anything at all and ruins the CDR.

I get more success with the Microsoft CDBURN.EXE in dos (windows rescource kit)

So I want to upgarde the driver to a later version or even the correct version.

I can find ANY CDRW/DVD drivers on the lenovo site and google search reveals others have the same problem find a driver for this.

So what driver do I look for. What do I need?


Thanks in advance and in hope.

[ZaZ]

The Driver is Microsoft 01/07/2001 5.1.2535.0

You shouldn't need anything better. Also saying something doesn't work is not very illuminating. Are you getting any error messages? Maybe as a place to start try some different discs or software. CDBurnerXP is free and works well for the basics. ImgBurn is another. I might also suggest if you have DLA installed on your machine and you're not using it, dump it. It's a known troublemaker with regards to burning.

[slaterlp]

Yes i think i have DLA as the CDplayer is seen in My computer as
Drive D:.

Specifically, I am trying to create a bootable CD for a memory tester. (windaig and Memtest86+) Both are ISO files downloaded from good sites.

I started using the SONIC software that came with my T60.

It has a button called Makebootable in the DATA DISC area.

I follow the instructions, browse to the ISO file and hit the red button to record the CD as instructed. The process starts and reports to have finished. it opens the CD door.

When i look on the CD, there is nothing there. It has written 0KB and the CD can not be used after that.

The CDs I am using are TDK Gold CDR.80 700mb upto 52x.

I also tried to use FREE EASY Burner downloaded from internet reputable site. Got same results. Appears to work but writes nothing and prevents anything else being written to the cd used. one more wasted CD.

i also tried Goldhawk CDRWIN. It tells me there is no CD writer supported in my system.

So far the only way I have had any success is using the CDburn.exe tool from the W2K server rescource kit. Downloaded from microsoft. It runs, burns the CD image and makes it bootable, but ends with an error, and says it cannot eject the CD. And being a DOS command line util its not very for a novice like me to use.

I will your suggested download and see what happens, but I think there must be something else going on.

What do you think?

[ZaZ]

What do you think?

Dump DLA. Try ImgBurn.

[slaterlp]

OK will try and dump DLA. Can you tell me how to uninstall this component or is it part of an application?

[ZaZ]

Should be on the installed programs list in either Programs and Features for Vista, or Add/Remove Programs for XP. You should be able to remove it there.

[slaterlp]

Hi thanks for that.

OK got rid of DLA and have downloaded various CDburners inc the one you suggested. Will try again over weekend.

Am going to buy some RW cds as using CDr only means that I dont get another shot.

So I have two questions.

1) According to the Help files inh Sonic record now, Every CD has to be formatted. but I have read elsewhere that CDs cant be formatted or do not need to be. Can you answet that?

2)How do you write protect a CDRW (can you?)?

You probably gathered I am new to writing to CDs.

Thanks

[slaterlp]

Guess its all in the software.

Imgburn is a great tool and solved my problem.

[sktn77a]

Yeah, frequently software conflics can cause this problem. I don't have any problem with record now but I do clean installs roughly every year (yeah, on all 8 computers)!