Lightscribe Drive Isnt Detected As One

[Brando569]

i have a lightscribe drive that is only a few months old and the lightscribe functionality worked previously until i installed a custom version of XP Pro, thinking that maybe it was the version of windows i installed one that i made and the same thing happend, i went back to the custom version because its faster overall but yet lightscribe still doesnt work. ive installed the lighscribe drivers, all the windows updates, and dot net 1-3 and in the lightscribe settings it still says "lightscribe drive not detected". the custom version doesnt have anything removed btw.

does anyone have a solution to this because i would really like this back.

thanks

Edited February 11, 2008 by Brando569

[puntoMX]

What’s the drive model and brand?

What software are you using?

[Brando569]

its a samsung sh-s203b and i usually use nero 7 but that doesnt matter right now because the lightscribe control panel itself doesnt detect the drive as being a lightscribe drive

[puntoMX]

So, you need to dig deeper then, I’m sure it’s not a hardware problem.

I would check your drivers and reinstall your lightscribe software.

Moving your topic to the XP forum part as it fits better there .

[spacesurfer]

I have a Samsung lightscribe drive and I never used it until yesterday when I bought lightscribe CD's.

I was using Surething CD/DVD Labeler and it didn't recognize the drive as LightScribe (when going to New Project, lightscribe projects show up in the wizard - it wasn't for me).

I looked into Nero's help as I use Nero 8 and it said to download the LightScribe program and it gave a link in the help. I downloaded it, installed it, and now Surething CD/Labeler displays it in the project wizard.

I burned my first lightscribe yesterday - it's very nice and very well worth it!!

So........ you might want to download newest lightscribe software from Nero's site. It's freeee. I'm not sure what the connect is between Nero's lightscribe software and Surething CD/DVD labeler, but that's what got it working without a restart!

[Brando569]

i installed the latest drivers and it still doesnt work

[dougiefresh]

i installed the latest drivers and it still doesnt work

Try this link: http://www.nero.com/enu/support-faq.html?s...&t=Nero%207

[Brando569]

that doesnt really help at all since the problem isnt with nero :-/

[spacesurfer]

Did you install the latest drivers or did you install LightScribe host software?

You need LightScribe host software installed in order for the drive to be recognized.

google search for host software.

or go to http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadsection...dex.aspx?id=810 and download the universal software.

Edited February 16, 2008 by spacesurfer

[Brando569]

i installed the host software

[puntoMX]

I don’t know, but I think your drive isn’t supporting lightscribe at all...

[mannyo]

I just did a google search and from what I can see the samsung drive is not a lightscribe drive. Have a look at this review

http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Samsung-SH...w/Features.html

part way down there is a screen dump from nero infotool, and the lightscribe feature is not shown as supported.

[spacesurfer]

The OP mentioned

i have a lightscribe drive that is only a few months old and the lightscribe functionality worked previously until i installed a custom version of XP Pro

, which leads us to assume that his drive is LightScribe capable.

Hummmm

[Brando569]

it definitely is a lightscribe drive because i have used the functionality of it to make labels

[puntoMX]

I know the SH-S203N supports Lightscribe...

This puzzles me really...