Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: LITE-ON I.T.
Model: LTC-48161H
Interface: Firewire / 1394
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Type of drive: cd-rw, dvd (rewriter & dvd rom combo)
Location: external
What recording software are you using?: Other (Other: Windows Media Player)

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no driver is required. Firewire optical drives are plug and play in Windows XP, providing your firewire port is working properly.

Note: you will still need compatible dvd decoding software in order to play/read dvd disks.