Hp 9500

[Maxpowers]

OK today i decided it was time to upgrade to windows xp on my other computer... well any way every thing seems to be working fine except that i cannot install any drivers for my HP9500+ cd burner, when i install the original cd i get some error that the software does not support it and if i try to install Adaptec Easy CD Creator Platinum 5 i get some error that the drive is not supported. it worked fine in 98se any one know what can be messed up here???

[Mr. C]

I'd check for updated drivers at HP's site.
They should have some there that fix you right up. Record Now version 3.5 is the latest I believe:?:

[Maxpowers]

well u see there is a problem with the driver and that is what im looking for... and HP's crapppy site has nothing of intrest or use on it, i cant even start up the record now since it gives me some windows errors and says there is something wrong with the driver, even Direct cd 3 does not work, when i try to install any thing i ussually get this message

[Mr. C]

Just download the RecordNow 3.5 and install it.
Forget about the driver disc that came with the drive, it's old news. The RecordNow 3.5 installation file is an executable, double-click the file after downloading, and it will put the drivers in place.
Get it at;

http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/softwareList.jhtml;jsessionid=NW3CKHTKAJ125QEXGR3UOSQ?reg=&cc=&prodId=hpcdwriter22100&lc=en&softitem=Microsoft%20Windows%20XP&sw_lang=en

It's the second item on the list there;
RecordNow CD Mastering Software -- 5.78Mb

I tried the DLA software too, but I don't care for it personally -- it's an add-on component, if you want to give it a whirl. Proprietary garbage in my opinion:(

Works fine in Windows98 too.

[Maxpowers]

thanks that worked after i did a clean install of XP over again cause there was some major trouble when i installed Sb live... this involved a 99% cpu usage at idle after the installation of drivers its solved now

[Mr. C]

Not your week for drivers, huh?
Glad to hear it's coming together now!
:thumb: