DVDR

[Tony]

Just recently installed Pioneer DVD-R. The drive is
invisible, after restarting computer, all I have to do is
to go to "Add Hardware", as soon as the computer finishes
search for installed hadrware, the drive becames visible,
is not that I can't do this every time time computer is
restarted, but it is annoying.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Did you install the software that came with the DVD-R. Such players are not
natively supported by XP.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

And my response should have read such drives are not natively supported by
XP though players also require additional software as well for the purposes
of playing movie DVDs.

 

[Tony]

Yes I belive so, it came with Ulead Suite, disk did not
have any drivers, exept for win 98 drivers

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

I think you should contact the manufacturer of the drive. They know it
can't function without the proper software. While XP has a built in CD
burning function, that is not DVD-R and XP's integrated function does not
natively support DVD writing, that requires third party software.