Microsoft KB Archive/141379

= Using SCSI CD-ROM Recorders with Windows NT =

Article ID: 141379

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q141379



SUMMARY
When a writable CD-ROM drive is attached to a system running Windows NT, the device may not be recognized. This holds true not only for the ability to write to the device, but reading from it may also not be possible.



MORE INFORMATION
A writable CD-ROM device can present itself to the SCSI adapter in one of 2 ways:

The device may present itself as a WORM (Write Once Read Many) device. Many writable CD-ROM devices uses this means of identification to the SCSI host adapter. Unfortunately, since Windows NT does not support WORM devices, this means of identification prevents Windows NT from being able to access the device.

More recently, writable CD-ROM devices have become available that present themselves to the SCSI host adapter as a standard CD-ROM device. Such units are likely to be compatible with Windows NT. Although compatibility of every such device cannot be guaranteed, this manner of identification to the SCSI adapter is one prerequisite that a writable CD-ROM device must meet. Assuming that the device then behaves as does a standard CD-ROM drive, Windows NT should be able to read from the CD-ROM drive as it would from any ordinary CD-ROM drive.

In order to write to the CD-ROM drive in the Windows NT environment, a CD-ROM mastering package compatible with Windows NT should be obtained.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50 3.51 prodnt nthw

Keywords: KB141379

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