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Philips CDD4201 Drivers for Win-XP

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by an_it_guy

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Hi,
I have a PhilipsCDD4201 CD-RW drive, which came bundled with Gateway desktop & Win98. I recently upgraded the OS to XP-Pro and now I am unable to use the writer.
I dont know what drivers should be used & what CD-writing program should be used to write CDs.
Thnx for all the help.

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by hollomere

Hi there,

You can try these drivers (www2.driverguide.com/uploads/uploads11/16379.html) as the HP8200/1 is the same model as the Philips. It might (should) work....

I recommend using Nero 5.5.10.7. I don't have a Philips CDRW but Nero is really easy, powerful and I've never had a failure with the CD's. If you can't get that you can always try the CDRW software built in to WinXp

Hope this helps,

Andy

by thechas

You should not need any device drivers for ANY CD drives in XP.
Even in Windows 98, the driver duties for ALL CD drives is handled by the IDE buss driver for the chip-set on your motherboard.

For CD-RW drives, the driver function is handled by the CD Creation software package.

If your version of XP is the version prior to Service Pack 1, you do NEED to install either SP1, or the critical updates.

The original version of XP was not able to recognize and work with hardly ANY CD-RW drives.

If you performed an upgrade installation from W98 to XP, you may have a conflict from either your old drivers, or old CD creation software.

If your drive was bundled with Easy CD Creator 3 or 4, that version of Easy CD WILL conflict with XP.You need to un-install Easy CD Creator if you have version 3 or 4 installed.

If your CD creation needs are simple, you can use XP's built in CD burning software.

Otherwise, I agree with using Ahead Software's Nero Burn.

Chas

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