It means you have a NEC brand DVD burner that did accept either -R or +R disks.
The model number is ND-6500A.
If you can't get it to burn a CD then I suspect your need a new drive.

"SmileyGirl" wrote in message
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|
| Hi Richard,
| Here is the number I got after following all your directions.
| NEC DVD+-RWND-6500A I don't know what that means, so I appreciate
| your help.
|
| Smiley Girl
|
| Richard in AZ;3132464 Wrote:
| If you have been able to copy to CDs with this drive before, then it is
| a CD-RW or a DVD-RW drive.
| If you hold the "logo" key (the one with the MS flag on it) and press
| the "Pause/Break" key you will
| get the "Systems Window"
| click on the "hardware" tab, then the "device manager" button. You
| will see a list of your
| hardware. Click the + sign in front of CD drives and you will see the
| make and model of your CD
| drive(s). This will confirm if it is a CD burner drive, or at least if
| Windows recognizes it as a
| burner drive.
|
| Unfortunately, CD and DVD burner drives use to different "laser-mirror"
| subsystems to read a disk
| and to burn a disk. One of these subsystems could be out-of-alignment
| or burned out. In that case,
| a new DVD-RW* drive would be required. You should be able to get one
| for under $40 and they are
| easy to install and should not require any setup. (*CD-RW drives are
| generally not available in
| stores)
|
| "SmileyGirl" wrote in message
| ...
| |
| | I have been able to copy before, and I tried copying a different
| file
| | and it would still not copy. How do I check to see if I have the
| the
| | cd-wr drive? This has all happened since the IE7 installation.
| Thanks
| | to all of you.
| |
| |
| | Richard in AZ;3132367 Wrote:
| | "Hula Baloo" wrote in message
| | ...
| | | wrote:
| | | On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:33:24 -0400, Hula Baloo
| | | wrote:
| | |
| | | SmileyGirl wrote:
| | | I am trying to copy some files to a CD, and the error message
| comes
| | up
| | | that I need to insert a new CD (which I had done) and it will
| not
| | copy.
| | | I have spent hours trying to find directons on how to do this.
| When
| | I
| | | play an audio CD, it will work. My only other thought is perhaps
| a
| | new
| | | CD can be "old"? I'm really a novice on repairing the PC. Also,
| I
| | have
| | | defragged, done 5 different scans, deleted cookies and files and
| | that
| | | didn't fix the problem. Any suggestions? Smiley Gilrl
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | | Get ahold of a package like Nero or Roxio. The native Windows
| | | support for CD/DVD burning is very limited. If you don't do
| that,
| | you
| | | could try compressing your files, but that could be a hassle
| for
| | you.
| | | If your drive will burn DVDs, you could put the data on a DVD;
| they
| | hold
| | | about 7 times as much data as a DVD. The price of Nero and
| Roxio
| | are
| | | well worth it. You can buy a version that's one less than the
| | current
| | | one (e.g. Roxio 9 while Roxio 10 is out) on Amazon.com for
| around
| | $20,
| | | well worth the cost. I just bought Roxio 9 that way for $15
| plus
| | $3.75
| | | shipping, and it works well with both XP and Vista.
| | |
| | | Why not Google for free burners ? - plenty out there .
| | |
| | | Nothing wrong with downloading a free burner IF you know what
| | you're
| | | doing. My preference is a "store bought" program because I'm sure
| I
| | | know what I'm getting, I'm 98% sure I won't pick up malware, and
| I
| | know
| | | what kind of support I can expect. This is especially true when
| I'm
| | | giving advice to an acknowledged novice.
| |
| | What everyone is failing to comment on is:
| | Does She have a CD-RW drive?
| | If so, is the RW part of the drive working.
| | It sound like the drive does not recognize a blank CD.
| | Having a paid, or free, burner software will do nothing if the drive
| is
| | not a RW drive or is
| | defective.
| |
| |
| |
| |
| | --
| | SmileyGirl
|
|
|
|
| --
| SmileyGirl