Hoster Demo 3.321 import problems

[ddouglass]

Is this a laptop? How old is it?
Vista or XP?
Is the drive working for other types like audio CDs or DVDs?
I looked for a firmware update for that drive but could not find any.
In the default drive screen there is a Retest drive button. Try testing the drive again with a CDG in it and see if it still says YES.

[gtoflyboy]

yes it is a laptop, compac presario v2000, I got it in Nov. 05. Everything works well, it is 1.79 ghz and I have 384 ram and Hoster and Sax and Dotties has worked well with external drives hook in from a friend to test it.

I don't see any drive activity light on the CD/DVD drive when the hoster software says it is recording, the status window does not show any progress.

Music files play fine from the cd or my hard drive even in hoster.
Any ideas ? Gene

[gtoflyboy]

sorry, it is xp service pack 2, gene

[gtoflyboy]

If all else fails, where can I get a very inexpensive external drive that will read karaoke discs?

I already have a regular karaoke machine with amp, mics, speakers etc. I just want to be able to save my songs onto my laptop hard drive so I can access them quickly without disks. Gene

[ddouglass]

Your best bet would be to get an external drive from MTU as they certify them to be CDG compatible. Most of the external DVD-R drives will work, but they do not guarantee that they will read CDG. MTU tests the drives they sell and makes sure they work.
If you haven't done it already I would suggest you go to Windows Update and do the "Custom" update. Install everything they list for your computer. MTU programs are very integrated with Microsoft's operating system and can give you problems if something is missing.
Next thing I would say is go to Compac and get the latest updates they have. There could be a newer firmware update for the internal drive that would get it working.