DVD burner with Win98FE?

[Guest Dee]

I always assumed I couldn't install a DVD burner on my Win98 First Edition

machine because every burner I looked at in stores "required" Win98 Second

Edition. Then it occurred to me that maybe it's just the bundled software

that required SE and it was not some limitation inherent in FE that

wouldn't allow a burner to work. So is it true that I could install a

burner and use some free software, such as DeepBurner or Express Burn, that

works with Win98FE?

 

Thanks, Dee

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

If the manufacturer says SE, I would believe them. Why would they put a

false limit on the operating system requirement and limit the customers who

could use their product?

 

--

Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"Dee" <d@d.d> wrote in message

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>I always assumed I couldn't install a DVD burner on my Win98 First Edition

> machine because every burner I looked at in stores "required" Win98 Second

> Edition. Then it occurred to me that maybe it's just the bundled software

> that required SE and it was not some limitation inherent in FE that

> wouldn't allow a burner to work. So is it true that I could install a

> burner and use some free software, such as DeepBurner or Express Burn,

> that

> works with Win98FE?

>

> Thanks, Dee

[Guest glee]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

AFAIK, a burner will work with Win98 or 98SE (or even Win95) from a hardware

standpoint....it is just an optical drive. The issue would be with the software

which requires 98SE or higher.

 

I have a DVD burner in an old machine that dual-boots 95B and 98SE, and IIRC the

burner works in both operating systems. I don't have DVD burning software installed

in 95B, only older software for CD burning with the drive.

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.org/

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

 

 

"Dee" <d@d.d> wrote in message

news:Xns997788164EDA8ddd888@cinbell.usenetserver.com...

>I always assumed I couldn't install a DVD burner on my Win98 First Edition

> machine because every burner I looked at in stores "required" Win98 Second

> Edition. Then it occurred to me that maybe it's just the bundled software

> that required SE and it was not some limitation inherent in FE that

> wouldn't allow a burner to work. So is it true that I could install a

> burner and use some free software, such as DeepBurner or Express Burn, that

> works with Win98FE?

>

> Thanks, Dee

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in

news:eJ3STBizHHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> If the manufacturer says SE, I would believe them. Why

> would they put a false limit on the operating system

> requirement and limit the customers who could use their

> product?

 

a)

Because all manufacturers "help" each other by making customers

think they need to buy new hardware/software - ideally both,

brand name, new, at OfficeMax - to get anything done.

 

b)

I bought a Logitech wireless trackball made WAY after 95 stopped

being "supported" by you-know-who, with 95 and 98 all the way to

XP listed as supported and it will NOT work under 95. Works fine

with 98SE.

 

The reason most manufacturers put 98SE (or Me or higher) on

their products half the time only has to do with the fact that

some or all of the software (which may or may not be totally

useless to someone with a clue) won't work with older OS's or

because they are toeing you-know-who's line AFA "no support for

95/98".

 

I have 2 LG CD burners, one in a 95 and one in a 98SEL machine,

and they both work just fine. Needless to say they were both

made within the last 5 or 6 years. They both came with Neroshit

but I am a proud user and owner of CDRWin from Goldenhawk which

works just fine with 95 and 98SE.

 

If a Sharpie isn't good enough for you and you want to make cute

labels etc. you will be much better off finding a small graphics

program or using a DTP program to do that. In all fairness,

while I consider Nero the most illogical and complicated

software I ever had the misfortune of using, their "label

design" software - while I have not bothered actually USING it -

does appear to have all the features. But it's a long way from

features to quality, as many who buy a "Car Of The Year" will

attest to.

 

 

 

--

Any mental activity is easy if it need not be subjected to

reality.

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

"Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com> wrote in

news:eJ3STBizHHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> If the manufacturer says SE, I would believe them. Why

> would they put a false limit on the operating system

> requirement and limit the customers who could use their

> product?

>

 

I forgot to mention the actual DRIVER for the LG drives was

written in 1997. It's the Win (or whatever) SOFTWARE that makes

them burners of CD's and DVD's. The basic driver just makes the

thing spin and the laser light up.

 

--

Any mental activity is easy if it need not be subjected to

reality.

[Guest kim]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

Sorry to jump into the thread, I`ve just installed a Lite-On dvdrw lh-20a1h

burner in an old 98se machine and can`t get the nero software that it came

bundled with it to work. Can you recommend some DVD burning software that I

can use preferably free.

Thanks

Kim

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

news:OM4t6KizHHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> AFAIK, a burner will work with Win98 or 98SE (or even Win95) from a

hardware

> standpoint....it is just an optical drive. The issue would be with the

software

> which requires 98SE or higher.

>

> I have a DVD burner in an old machine that dual-boots 95B and 98SE, and

IIRC the

> burner works in both operating systems. I don't have DVD burning software

installed

> in 95B, only older software for CD burning with the drive.

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

> http://dts-l.org/

> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>

>

> "Dee" <d@d.d> wrote in message

> news:Xns997788164EDA8ddd888@cinbell.usenetserver.com...

> >I always assumed I couldn't install a DVD burner on my Win98 First

Edition

> > machine because every burner I looked at in stores "required" Win98

Second

> > Edition. Then it occurred to me that maybe it's just the bundled

software

> > that required SE and it was not some limitation inherent in FE that

> > wouldn't allow a burner to work. So is it true that I could install a

> > burner and use some free software, such as DeepBurner or Express Burn,

that

> > works with Win98FE?

> >

> > Thanks, Dee

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

Here's some...

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=dvd+writing+program&btnG=Search

 

TinyURL = http://tinyurl.com/2qo67p

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"kim" <kimbo_faked@ntlworld.com> wrote in message

news:e2hD7XrzHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Sorry to jump into the thread, I`ve just installed a Lite-On dvdrw

> lh-20a1h

> burner in an old 98se machine and can`t get the nero software that it came

> bundled with it to work. Can you recommend some DVD burning software that

> I

> can use preferably free.

> Thanks

> Kim

> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

> news:OM4t6KizHHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> AFAIK, a burner will work with Win98 or 98SE (or even Win95) from a

> hardware

>> standpoint....it is just an optical drive. The issue would be with the

> software

>> which requires 98SE or higher.

>>

>> I have a DVD burner in an old machine that dual-boots 95B and 98SE, and

> IIRC the

>> burner works in both operating systems. I don't have DVD burning

>> software

> installed

>> in 95B, only older software for CD burning with the drive.

>> --

>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

>> http://dts-l.org/

>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>>

>>

>> "Dee" <d@d.d> wrote in message

>> news:Xns997788164EDA8ddd888@cinbell.usenetserver.com...

>> >I always assumed I couldn't install a DVD burner on my Win98 First

> Edition

>> > machine because every burner I looked at in stores "required" Win98

> Second

>> > Edition. Then it occurred to me that maybe it's just the bundled

> software

>> > that required SE and it was not some limitation inherent in FE that

>> > wouldn't allow a burner to work. So is it true that I could install a

>> > burner and use some free software, such as DeepBurner or Express Burn,

> that

>> > works with Win98FE?

>> >

>> > Thanks, Dee

>>

>

>

[Guest glee]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

There's lots, but I like the older free versions of Silentnight Microburner. No

installation, but put the .exe file in a folder, create a shortcut on your desktop

or start menu, and start it.

 

Microburner v.4:

http://www.freewarearena.com/html/Downloads/details/id=1696.html

 

Download the file named Micro20.exe, using the link listed under the "Filename"

column on the download page:

http://www.freewarearena.com/html/Downloads/get=1696.html

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.org/

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

 

 

"kim" <kimbo_faked@ntlworld.com> wrote in message

news:e2hD7XrzHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Sorry to jump into the thread, I`ve just installed a Lite-On dvdrw lh-20a1h

> burner in an old 98se machine and can`t get the nero software that it came

> bundled with it to work. Can you recommend some DVD burning software that I

> can use preferably free.

> Thanks

> Kim

> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

> news:OM4t6KizHHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> AFAIK, a burner will work with Win98 or 98SE (or even Win95) from a

> hardware

>> standpoint....it is just an optical drive. The issue would be with the

> software

>> which requires 98SE or higher.

>>

>> I have a DVD burner in an old machine that dual-boots 95B and 98SE, and

> IIRC the

>> burner works in both operating systems. I don't have DVD burning software

> installed

>> in 95B, only older software for CD burning with the drive.

>> --

>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

>> http://dts-l.org/

>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>>

>>

>> "Dee" <d@d.d> wrote in message

>> news:Xns997788164EDA8ddd888@cinbell.usenetserver.com...

>> >I always assumed I couldn't install a DVD burner on my Win98 First

> Edition

>> > machine because every burner I looked at in stores "required" Win98

> Second

>> > Edition. Then it occurred to me that maybe it's just the bundled

> software

>> > that required SE and it was not some limitation inherent in FE that

>> > wouldn't allow a burner to work. So is it true that I could install a

>> > burner and use some free software, such as DeepBurner or Express Burn,

> that

>> > works with Win98FE?

>> >

>> > Thanks, Dee

>>

>

>

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:27:41 -0500, "Ron Badour" <Sorry@NoAddress.com>

put finger to keyboard and composed:

>If the manufacturer says SE, I would believe them. Why would they put a

>false limit on the operating system requirement and limit the customers who

>could use their product?

 

I installed a PVR whose documentation stated that it was limited to

2K/XP. In fact it was only the Installshield automatic installer that

was limited in this way, not the drivers, nor the application

software. They all ran quite happily on Win98SE. The product was crap,

though.

 

- Franc Zabkar

--

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

[Guest kim]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

Thanks for the links.

 

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

news:%23mEpPwuzHHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> There's lots, but I like the older free versions of Silentnight

Microburner. No

> installation, but put the .exe file in a folder, create a shortcut on your

desktop

> or start menu, and start it.

>

> Microburner v.4:

> http://www.freewarearena.com/html/Downloads/details/id=1696.html

>

> Download the file named Micro20.exe, using the link listed under the

"Filename"

> column on the download page:

> http://www.freewarearena.com/html/Downloads/get=1696.html

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

> http://dts-l.org/

> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>

>

> "kim" <kimbo_faked@ntlworld.com> wrote in message

> news:e2hD7XrzHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> > Sorry to jump into the thread, I`ve just installed a Lite-On dvdrw

lh-20a1h

> > burner in an old 98se machine and can`t get the nero software that it

came

> > bundled with it to work. Can you recommend some DVD burning software

that I

> > can use preferably free.

> > Thanks

> > Kim

> > "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

> > news:OM4t6KizHHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> >> AFAIK, a burner will work with Win98 or 98SE (or even Win95) from a

> > hardware

> >> standpoint....it is just an optical drive. The issue would be with the

> > software

> >> which requires 98SE or higher.

> >>

> >> I have a DVD burner in an old machine that dual-boots 95B and 98SE, and

> > IIRC the

> >> burner works in both operating systems. I don't have DVD burning

software

> > installed

> >> in 95B, only older software for CD burning with the drive.

> >> --

> >> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

> >> http://dts-l.org/

> >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

> >>

> >>

> >> "Dee" <d@d.d> wrote in message

> >> news:Xns997788164EDA8ddd888@cinbell.usenetserver.com...

> >> >I always assumed I couldn't install a DVD burner on my Win98 First

> > Edition

> >> > machine because every burner I looked at in stores "required" Win98

> > Second

> >> > Edition. Then it occurred to me that maybe it's just the bundled

> > software

> >> > that required SE and it was not some limitation inherent in FE that

> >> > wouldn't allow a burner to work. So is it true that I could install

a

> >> > burner and use some free software, such as DeepBurner or Express

Burn,

> > that

> >> > works with Win98FE?

> >> >

> >> > Thanks, Dee

> >>

> >

> >

>

[Guest Dee]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in

news:eamfa3dplio2cn4hglskl0iicu26bpo7ps@4ax.com:

> I installed a PVR whose documentation stated that it was limited to

> 2K/XP. In fact it was only the Installshield automatic installer that

> was limited in this way, not the drivers, nor the application

> software. They all ran quite happily on Win98SE. The product was crap,

> though.

 

It is nice to get confirmation that others have successfully installed

hardware that supposedly "wouldn't work" with W98.

 

I guess nobody on this ng has a DVD with W98FE, then. I have no pressing

need for it, but maybe in a fit of boredom I'll buy one and try it out

just for giggles.

 

Dee

[Guest MrFantastic]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

I both Win98SE and Windows XP dual booted on my system and they both work

fine but I cannot for the life of me get my 98SE system to recognize my DVD

burner. I have a Trios hardware switch box with a CD burner and DVD burner

attached and have to switch it to the CD side in Win98 then switch it to

the DVD drive to use in XP. Would anyone have any idea why my DVD drive or

any DVD drive that I have tried isn't recognized by Win98? I did back up my

original 98 partition and reinstalled it fresh and it is recognized then

but once I put back the original 98 image no happenings. Other than that

everything is fine software and hardware wise.

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: DVD burner with Win98FE?

 

Have you tried removing ALL drives and drive controllers in Device Manager,

then reboot to have them installed again?

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"MrFantastic" <mrfantastic25@excite.com> wrote in message

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>I both Win98SE and Windows XP dual booted on my system and they both work

> fine but I cannot for the life of me get my 98SE system to recognize my

> DVD

> burner. I have a Trios hardware switch box with a CD burner and DVD burner

> attached and have to switch it to the CD side in Win98 then switch it to

> the DVD drive to use in XP. Would anyone have any idea why my DVD drive or

> any DVD drive that I have tried isn't recognized by Win98? I did back up

> my

> original 98 partition and reinstalled it fresh and it is recognized then

> but once I put back the original 98 image no happenings. Other than that

> everything is fine software and hardware wise.