# Getting the CDR to work on Windows XP **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-cdr-to-work-on-windows-xp/295661 "2005-03-22T00:59:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-cdr-to-work-on-windows-xp/295661/1 "2005-03-22T00:59:42Z")
Mine works just fine. I go to my computer and see all the options under “Devices with removable storage.” But when I go into My Computer on my mom’s pc, there is nothing listed, even though there is a CD-rom player. The CDR light goes on upon inserting a CD. Then does the computer light, so the hardware is communicating. I am stumped. This should be an easy task (BTW, on WIN98, when putting a cd in it automatically appeared on the screen, yet it does not even on mine). I have a giant XP book that I will start reading. until then, give me options, please. Also, whenever I try to save a picture, it always, always, tries to save it as a bitmap. How do I fix that? No more stupid questions. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-cdr-to-work-on-windows-xp/295661/2 "2005-03-22T01:43:18Z")
No help, but I figured I’d throw my own question in here: I have an iso image that I want to burn to a CD using the XP CD burner. I can burn the .iso file but it doesn’t “unpack” the files. Anyone know how to do this? ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-cdr-to-work-on-windows-xp/295661/3 "2005-03-22T04:27:35Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > No help, but I figured I’d throw my own question in here: I have an iso image that I want to burn to a CD using the XP CD burner. I can burn the .iso file but it doesn’t “unpack” the files. > > Anyone know how to do this? You’ll need either a third-party application such as [Nero](http://www.nero.com), or a Windows add-in for ISO burning. XP doesn’t support ISO burning natively. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-cdr-to-work-on-windows-xp/295661/4 "2005-03-22T13:37:30Z")
> [@Road Rash](#): > > Mine works just fine. I go to my computer and see all the options under “Devices with removable storage.” But when I go into My Computer on my mom’s pc, there is nothing listed, even though there is a CD-rom player. The CDR light goes on upon inserting a CD. Then does the computer light, so the hardware is communicating. > > I am stumped. This should be an easy task (BTW, on WIN98, when putting a cd in it automatically appeared on the screen, yet it does not even on mine). I have a giant XP book that I will start reading. until then, give me options, please. > > Also, whenever I try to save a picture, it always, always, tries to save it as a bitmap. How do I fix that? > > No more stupid questions. About the images being saved as .BMP, I presume you mean from Internet Explorer? If so, try clearing your cache (Tools -\> Internet Options -\> Delete Files). I have no idea why image format is tied into the temporary files, but that process usually fixes it for me. And about the CD issue, I don’t know but here are a few WAGs and things you can examine: [ul] [li]Did you check the drive’s status in Device Manager? Is it even there? If it’s there but there’s a driver problem, see if you can get Windows to auto-detect the drive again or set it to a generic drive.[/li][li]Did you check your BIOS settings? Maybe the IDE/SCSI settings are messed up.[/li][li]Did you check the internal cable connections? Maybe the cables aren’t connected all the way, causing the lights to function but nothing else.[/li][/ul] Sorry if that doesn’t help.