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I have a Sony CRX100E/X2 External USB CD-RW Drive that I have not used
in some time. Recently I chose to give that hardware to an out of the
country friend that needed a CD burner. The problem was that I could
not find the original Spressa software that came with that CD-RW drive.
When I started trying to locate software for the drive, I contacted the
Sony online support for the Spressa software and the CRX100E/X2 drive.
They told me that the Spressa software that the software I needed is no
longer available at Sony's support site and that the latest software
would not work for the drive that I had. (It is for Windows 98, which
my friend is also using.) They went on to explain that there is a Win
driver online for the burner (Which I downloaded)
I later found a CD that I had made as a backup of the Spressa software.
Unfortunately when the drive and software were received by my friend,
the software could not be read from the CD. I don't know if the CD was
exposed to X-rays or something as part of the increased security in the
mail, or what really happened. In any case, the CD can not even be
read, and she gets a message that the CD drive on her computer "is not
ready". (The CD drive on her computer can read other CDs with no
problem.) I tried having her load the driver to see if it detected the
CD-RW, but it did not seem to detect the drive. (I had not used the
drive in a while, but the last time I used it, it worked fine.)
The Sony support site said that the drive would work with other burner
software, although I had tried that previously and it did not work. I
imagine that the problem was that the initial software had the drivers
built in and the drivers required were included in the burner software
that I tried before.
My questions are:
1. Have others encountered problems with the Sony CRX100E/X2 External
USB CD-RW Drive and the driver that Sony has provided on their site?
2. Any ideas of what could be going wrong or what she should try to get
this to work?
3. She is living on a fixed income so resources are limited. Is there
any free software for burning CDs that would work with the Sony
CRX100E/X2 External USB CD-RW Drive ? She uses Windows Media Player and
I thought it would burn CDs, but I am not sure. Of course it seems the
"first problem" is the failure of the Sony driver to work.
Any ideas and help sure would be appreciated!
Steve Byers
steve281499@gmail.com
sabyers@bellsouth.net
I have a Sony CRX100E/X2 External USB CD-RW Drive that I have not used
in some time. Recently I chose to give that hardware to an out of the
country friend that needed a CD burner. The problem was that I could
not find the original Spressa software that came with that CD-RW drive.
When I started trying to locate software for the drive, I contacted the
Sony online support for the Spressa software and the CRX100E/X2 drive.
They told me that the Spressa software that the software I needed is no
longer available at Sony's support site and that the latest software
would not work for the drive that I had. (It is for Windows 98, which
my friend is also using.) They went on to explain that there is a Win
driver online for the burner (Which I downloaded)
I later found a CD that I had made as a backup of the Spressa software.
Unfortunately when the drive and software were received by my friend,
the software could not be read from the CD. I don't know if the CD was
exposed to X-rays or something as part of the increased security in the
mail, or what really happened. In any case, the CD can not even be
read, and she gets a message that the CD drive on her computer "is not
ready". (The CD drive on her computer can read other CDs with no
problem.) I tried having her load the driver to see if it detected the
CD-RW, but it did not seem to detect the drive. (I had not used the
drive in a while, but the last time I used it, it worked fine.)
The Sony support site said that the drive would work with other burner
software, although I had tried that previously and it did not work. I
imagine that the problem was that the initial software had the drivers
built in and the drivers required were included in the burner software
that I tried before.
My questions are:
1. Have others encountered problems with the Sony CRX100E/X2 External
USB CD-RW Drive and the driver that Sony has provided on their site?
2. Any ideas of what could be going wrong or what she should try to get
this to work?
3. She is living on a fixed income so resources are limited. Is there
any free software for burning CDs that would work with the Sony
CRX100E/X2 External USB CD-RW Drive ? She uses Windows Media Player and
I thought it would burn CDs, but I am not sure. Of course it seems the
"first problem" is the failure of the Sony driver to work.
Any ideas and help sure would be appreciated!
Steve Byers
steve281499@gmail.com
sabyers@bellsouth.net