# CD burner computer help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-computer-help/266183>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-computer-help/266183 "2004-09-26T18:40:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Creosote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Mr\_Creosote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Creosote)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-computer-help/266183/1 "2004-09-26T18:40:58Z")

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My hard drive recently died, and I have since got a new one. Unfortunately my CD rewriter (TEAC W516EB) no longer burns CDs.

My CD burner software is Easy CD Creator, which claims that there is no CD writer connected. Do I need new drivers for the CD writer?

The drive definitely reads CDs fine so I don’t think there is anything fundamentally wrong with the drive itself. I am using Windows ME.

Would be great if someone could point me in the right direction.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-burner-computer-help/266183/2 "2004-09-26T18:50:31Z")

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You need to update the software so it can recognize the burning portion of drive.

I’m not sure what version you have, so you can start here…

[http://roxio.com/en/support/software\_updates.jhtml](http://roxio.com/en/support/software_updates.jhtml)