Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: Samtack
Model: CD-RW DRIVE SH-R522
Interface: IDE
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

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

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Optical drives never require any driver other than the one provided natively by the XP OS. Windows XP provides this native support that allows optical drives to read a data or music disk, and to burn a cd-r disk. Compatible 3rd. party recording software is required in order to burn cd-rw disks.