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Sony CRX100E/X2 External USB CD-RW Drive
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 a 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 |
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Have your friend download a copy of either CDBurnerXPPro or Burn4Free, both very
servicable CD burners. They may not have all the bells and whistles of the commercial products, but they are serviceable for most burning tasks. .... Ben Myers On 1 Aug 2005 09:41:08 -0700, "Steve" wrote: 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 a 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 |
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Thanks for the information Ben! One more question, how can we determine
if that Sony Driver is actually loading? Thanks! Steve |
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If the system to which the Sony CRX100E/X2 External USB CD-RW Drive is attached
is running WIndows 2000 or XP, the basic drivers are built into the operating system to allow the drive to function as a plain CD-ROM. If it installs properly, it will be visible as a device in the Device Manager within the System icon of Control Panel. The software that makes the drive function as a CD-RW is the aforementioned software, or a commercial product like Nero, Roxio, etc... Ben Myers On 1 Aug 2005 15:15:06 -0700, "Steve" wrote: Thanks for the information Ben! One more question, how can we determine if that Sony Driver is actually loading? Thanks! Steve |
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Hi Again!
Sorry for the delay, but my friend has been sick. Her system runs Windows 98SE. I found a driver on the Sony support page, and she "tried to load it" but can not tell if it did load. How can she load it in Windows 98SE? I think she just clicked on the driver file, but there has got to be more to it. She was trying to run a CD that I thought had a back up of the original Sony CDRW software (Spressa) on it, but she said it would not recognize the drive. So, that may have been corrupted in mailing it to Canada. Sorry to be so "blank" on all of this! Thanks! Steve |
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NO drivers are required for an INTERNAL CD-RW drive to function as a basic
CD-ROM drive. It is automatically recognized during the installation of Windows 98 or any later version of Windows. You're right. A device driver IS required for an external USB drive. Download and install the proper driver from the following URL. http://sony.storagesupport.com/cdrw/usb.htm There is also a drive firmware upgrade for this model, and it appears to be important for Windows 98: http://sony.storagesupport.com/cdrw/firmware.htm Go to Control Panel, click on the System icon, and look at the device drivers installed. If a device driver is installed for the Sony CRX100E, you will see the device identified in the list, under CD-ROM drives, of course. If the drive is visible in the list of devices, then CDBurnerXPPro or Burn4Free will do the job. Forget the Spressa software. It is often customized to work with either very specific models of CD-RW drives or with specific makes and models of computers. If the drive is not visible in the list of devices, you have another problem on your hands... Ben Myers On 20 Aug 2005 11:03:52 -0700, "Steve" wrote: Hi Again! Sorry for the delay, but my friend has been sick. Her system runs Windows 98SE. I found a driver on the Sony support page, and she "tried to load it" but can not tell if it did load. How can she load it in Windows 98SE? I think she just clicked on the driver file, but there has got to be more to it. She was trying to run a CD that I thought had a back up of the original Sony CDRW software (Spressa) on it, but she said it would not recognize the drive. So, that may have been corrupted in mailing it to Canada. Sorry to be so "blank" on all of this! Thanks! Steve |
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Thanks Ben for the reply and the information. It is an External Drive,
so I will need the Sony Driver. I think what she did before was to simply click on the driver file (CRX100E2.EXE), but if I remember correctly it should be copied to the C:\Windows folder and added to the Config.sys statement using something like this: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\CRX100E2.EXE Correct? I will download the firmware upgrade and send it to her. She downloaded Burn4Free software, so maybe this drawn out process is nearing an end! LOL Thanks for all the information. Steve |
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It is highly, highly doubtful that the Sony driver would be used via CONFIG.SYS
as you have suggested: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\CRX100E2.EXE . Very few hardware manufacturers have made any effort to support USB devices with DOS-mode files and DOS-mode access. Carefully read any and all documentation for the Sony driver and install it exactly as described. It is probably a self-unzipping program which places the Sony device driver files in the right place, either the WINDOWS folder or a folder subsidiary to the Windows folder... Ben Myers On 21 Aug 2005 09:05:14 -0700, "Steve" wrote: Thanks Ben for the reply and the information. It is an External Drive, so I will need the Sony Driver. I think what she did before was to simply click on the driver file (CRX100E2.EXE), but if I remember correctly it should be copied to the C:\Windows folder and added to the Config.sys statement using something like this: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\CRX100E2.EXE Correct? I will download the firmware upgrade and send it to her. She downloaded Burn4Free software, so maybe this drawn out process is nearing an end! LOL Thanks for all the information. Steve |
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Hi Ben,
I thought the driver download would include some documentation but it does not. Nothing seems to happen when you run the .exe program, and no driver shows up in the Device Manager. I am baffled. |
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In article .com,
Steve writes Hi Ben, I thought the driver download would include some documentation but it does not. Nothing seems to happen when you run the .exe program, and no driver shows up in the Device Manager. I am baffled. The .exe program is a DOS self-extracting program that extracts the drivers into the same folder as the .exe file. There is a crx100e2.doc file which explains how to install the drivers. Unfortunately, as you will see when you look at the document, it makes some assumptions. Assuming that you have the CDRW connected, you should be able to install the drivers using the 'Add New Hardware' wizard in the Control Panel. Unfortunately it is years since I ran a Windows 98 PC so I cannot give you the full sequence of instructions. You basically will add from a specific location, have a disk and display a full list of drivers from a specific location. A few other thoughts: - have you checked that USB is enabled in the BIOS settings? Have you had other USB devices running successfully. - I assume that the drive has its own power supply, if not total USB power usage must not exceed 500 milliamps, and your PSU in the base unit must be able to supply the extra power. -- Nicholas David Richards - "Oł sont les neiges d'antan?" |
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