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External burner reader with drivers?

largo79 Posted messages 43 Status Member -  
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Hello, I am writing this message to get a bit more information about an external CD/DVD drive. I would like to know if I need to install the drivers for the external drive on my PC or not, if I will need to copy something to a CD-ROM one day.

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    fabul Posted messages 42175 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 070
     

    Hello,

    It’s normally Plug & Play.

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    1. largo79 Posted messages 43 Status Member
       

      What is plug & play?

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      1. fabul Posted messages 42175 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 070 > largo79 Posted messages 43 Status Member
         

        https://www.google.com/search?q=plug+%26+play+traduction

        "Ready to use" would be the most accurate translation of "plug & play," I believe, even if it's not word-for-word.

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      2. brucine Posted messages 24966 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179 > fabul Posted messages 42175 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         

        Hello,

        Those with a negative view say that Windows is more like Plug and Pray.

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  2. .eric Posted messages 1386 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   86
     

    Hello

    Yes, drivers are needed in the PC, especially if it's a burner.

    It occasionally happens that a seller has mistakenly provided only a drive; drivers can do nothing in that case.

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    1. largo79 Posted messages 43 Status Member
       

      thank you for your reply.

      i have three cd-roms but two of them are the same.

      besides, i don't have a drive on my pc. that's why i bought an external drive that also burns, etc.

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  3. .eric Posted messages 1386 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   86
     

    Hello

    If you can read at least one of the CD-ROMs, it means the drive is already functioning with the available drivers or those installed by Windows, sometimes it does everything right.

    But as long as you haven't bought a disk that the drive can burn, your seller should tell you which ones to buy for your model, and you should try to burn, we're not fortune tellers.

    With Windows and PCs, you can only tell if it has worked before.

    And like the last person who asked the question in 2020, their seller was mistaken, they only had a drive that had to be replaced. That's why we're not too definitive before you've actually tested the burning.

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    1. largo79 Posted messages 43 Status Member
       

      ok. Two days ago, I played an audio CD.

      But one thing to know about my central PC is that I don't have a drive on it.

      That's why I bought an external burner to be able to read audio files but also to be able to burn CDs.

      To be able to burn, you need to have a program on your PC.

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    2. brucine Posted messages 24966 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
       

      Hello,

      If there were specific types of discs for each brand of burner, we would know about it; the only uncertainty is whether the specific drive is capable of recording RW or dual-layer discs.

      Except of course for Blu-ray players or other types of home or car audio systems.

      The driver is, like for any other device, only useful if it is not integrated into Windows by default.

      The ability to burn different types of content (audio, data, cloning...) depends on the burning software used, but it may be that a particular drive does not read certain types of audio or video files, which should be checked at the time of purchase.

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  4. .eric Posted messages 1386 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   86
     

    Hello

    Well, here's the trap. I have this tutorial from 12/9/2024, so not too old, which still says that Windows already has everything needed to burn if you have a burner, of course.

    But I’ve had a burner for at least 3 years without ever trying to burn a CD or DVD; I’m one of those who haven't used this physical medium on PC for far too long now.

    https://fr.windowsnoticias.com/comment-graver-un-cd-sous-windows-10/

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