How do I know which drivers are bad?

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bluemoon

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How do i know which drives are bad?
How do I know if I should un-install certain drivers before downloading new ones?
For instance, I do know there is probably some bad drivers with my Windows CD and DVD Maker b/c i cant burn music or photos or even make a DVD. My computer is not recognizing my burner.
Thanks...
 

My Computer

System One

You shouldn't need drivers for your CD/DVD Burner, the one that Vista has is more than ok... unless of course you are talking about a very old ROM you just installed and vista can't even recognize it... we are getting ahead of ourselves here though.

I think you may be missing plugins for your CD/DVD ROM and/or program and this is why you can't burn.

Why don't you start by posting your system specs and telling us what, exactly you want to do.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Q9650 w/CM V8 Cooler...
    Motherboard
    EVGA 780i SLI FTW... Latest Bios & Drivers
    Memory
    Corsair Dominator 8GB (4 x 2GB) PC2-8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX260
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Def Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22" LCD Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Velociraptor 160GB
    Samsung Sata 750GB
    Maxtor External 160GB
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750w Silencer
    Case
    Thermaltake Speedo Advance
    Cooling
    Air Cooled... See CPU
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G7
    Internet Speed
    Comcast 6MB Broadband
    Other Info
    Linksys WRT54G router

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
Hi,

To post system specs-click USER CP at the top of this page, click Edit System Spec ( on the left of the page, 2nd down ), Type your Specs, Save Changes (at bottom of page).

Or, click system specs at the bottom of one of your posts and click Update Your System Spec (in blue)

SPEC.2009-02-27_205007.jpg

Hope it helps

SIW2
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
bluemoon said:
Okay, I'll post my system specs but when i go to COMPUTER whch ones do I copy and paste back on here?
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i would look in your bios at systen start up and make sure the drives are there and what DMA Mode they are in
if they are a older set of dvd/cd drives than they need to be set to UDMA4 or 5 mode or they wont be able to read the info from th Motherboard should be able to adjust them in cmos settings on bios
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home made BY MFE (Mudfish Enterprises)
    CPU
    AMD athlon dual core 6000+ w/direct connect /hyper transport
    Motherboard
    MSI K9N SLI V2
    Memory
    6gigs 2 sticks at 2 gigs each 2 sticks &1 gig each
    Graphics Card(s)
    Navidia GeForce 9500 gt 1 gb ddr232 bit
    Sound Card
    24 bit 6channel Fion
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer E151H
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x`900
    Hard Drives
    2 sata WD at 500 gigs each and 1 externsl at 320 gigs
    1 sata WD @ 260gigs
    1 sataWD @ 120 gigs
    Case
    Super case black
    Keyboard
    Logitech classic 200
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Optical mouse 3000
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Uverse Fiber optic 18mb
    Other Info
    plus a boston accustic surround sound systeme to blast my radio station MFE @ at www.tmts.org.uk
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