Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: Aopen
Model: DSW1812P
Interface: SCSI
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Type of drive: cd-rw, dvd (rewriter &amp; dvd rom combo)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Nero/version

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The DSW1812p has an IDE interface (not SCSI). Details of this drive are clearly shown here:

http://www.pcstats.com/artvnl.cfm?articleID=2034

Optical drives never require a driver when used in any Windows os from Win95 up. Windows XP provides native support that allows this drive to read a data or music disk and to burn a cd-r disk. No support for playing dvd disks or for burning dvd disks. For that task, compatible recording & dvd decoding software is required.