cd burning

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i recently purchased this computer from a pawn shop and soon discovered that
i cannot burn cd's. i am really new at the whole computer thing so bare with
me please. my computer is a HP Pavilion Mx 50, Model# 511w,
Serial#KR21000383,Product# P7513A-ABA, Software Build# 21NABCDE3, Hardware
BOM# 101, Software BOM# NA26, Service ID# 101 206, How come I can't burn
CD's? Is there something I can download for free to burn CD's. Any help is
appreciated. Please dont be critical with your responses. and please use
Laymens terms. Thanks
 
All the info you furnished is of little use. The main issue is - is your
CD-Rom a burner or just a CD player. You may have to open your case
and find the brandname and Model # and look it up to find out. If it is
just a CD-Rom, you can check at eBay for there are many burners there
you can replace it with and they start bidding at $1.00
 
Kellie said:
i recently purchased this computer from a pawn shop and soon discovered
that i cannot burn cd's. i am really new at the whole computer thing so
bare with me please. my computer is a HP Pavilion Mx 50, Model# 511w...
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The above is a good start providing your computer info, such as this below:

HP Pavilion 511W-B Celeron 1.2GHz / 40GB / 128MB / WinXP Desktop

Plus what media *software* you have on your machine, such as Windows Media
Player, etc., for handling media files. Do you have a CD-RW [recorder]
drive on this computer? You may only have a CD *player* on your machine.
[Check your hardware list under My Computer.]

How come I can't burn CD's? Is there something I can download for free
to burn CD's. Any help is appreciated. Please dont be critical with
your responses. and please use Laymens terms. Thanks
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What have you tried to do so far, that didn't work? What program did you
use? Without knowledge of what is on your computer [i.e. hardware/software]
I suspect your CD drive is a CD ROM drive, which only *plays* CDs. If that
is the case, you could have someone replace it with a CDRW, or if you have
an open bay, just add a CDRW drive.
bj
 
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