I got my computer two years old from 2006, does it have a built in cd burner?

Question

i tried to burn a cd off itunes and it said something like the software wasnt there

i thought they were built with one, do i need to change settings

Answer 1

you need some software

http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/d...

Answer 2

Look on the front of your CD drive, if it says CDRW or CDR then you have a CD burner...   If it just says CDROM, then you don't.

Answer 3

I have a computer from 1995 with CD-burning technology.

Tell me what the message was exactly (edit your question) and I'll try to help.

Answer 4

possibly,

The age or when you bought your computer doesn't have any bearing on whether or not it was built with a burner.

Try this, take any discs out of your cd-rom drive, click my computer and try to drag something onto your cd-rom drive. if it lets you, then windows xp sees your drive as a cd-r or -rw drive (a burner)

If not, then you probably just have a cd-rom drive. try looking at tigerdirect.com for one, they have them for  less than $30 I think.

Answer 5

It should do, if not then download Nero. That's what I use.

Answer 6

Easy, look close on the tray that opens and closes to insert a CD, there should be a label there CD Recorder or something like that .

It is a logo, if it has CDR / CDR+ / CDRW you do have one, if not just CD ROM, then it is just a reader.

MOST likely it is a burner.

Another way to know, Open windows explorer, where you can see your C:\ drive, right click on the CD Drive (most likely D:\) and click properties... on the tabs there , it will telll you what it is