cd burning program question

[jmebonner]

I have a friend 600+ miles away that has an old hp pavilion (9780c if I recall) and it has a 8x hp burner in it. He lost everything and is looking for a good cd burning prog to use on it.

Here's the question:

I have two copies of Nero express here that I've never installed b/c I use the regular version. Would one of them work with his, or does it have to be a specific prog, like one that came with it or whatever. It had an old version of Adaptec Ez cd creator back in the day, but that's long since gone.

[soulja]

i suggest nero, always did me good, others will do stuff like burning error and sh*t, very trusting

[daveleau]

It will work fine on your friend's system. Nero will work on any 8X burner. The software is not hardware specific.

every cd-rw i have put nero on has worked for me.

http://www.nero.com/us/631940730632700.html

[jmebonner]

Coo, thanks guys. The main reason I asked is that it seems like some is hardware specific. I remember it had to match a certain type of oem drive or something. But, good news, thanks for the helps!

[ragtop]

If the copies of Nero that you have are OEM copies that came with a new burner, chances are they will only work with the burner they came with, (or a very similar one). I found that out the hard way when I had to replace a burner that went bad. It won't hurt to try - but don't be surprised if it doesn't work.