Burning DVD's in windows NT SP4

#1 gort

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Posted 05 October 2005 - 08:52 PM

A friend runs his orthodontist office on systems running Windows NT 4.0 service pack 4. He asked me to install a dvd burner on one of his machines to keep backups. I figure, "ok no big deal," and buy a burner. I install the burner, but the software suite it came bundled with (nero) is only compatible with 98/ME/2000/XP. What should I do? I need to find an app that will let me perform DVD backups in windows NT. This is pretty urgent. Thanks much in advance.

#2 peterh

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Posted 06 October 2005 - 01:54 PM

Try DVD Burner from http://dvdburner.tradetouch.com/

I would upgrade to Windows XP as soon as possible!

#3 terminalserver4

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Posted 28 December 2005 - 01:01 PM

Some versions of Nero won't allow you to install them onto any NT4.x OS.

All you need to do is get hold of a version of Nero that is compatible with both your new DVD-Burner drive, and NT4.x.

I frequently install brand new DVD-Burners into NT4.x computers, and always use a RETAIL version of Nero 6.x, which has always been compatible with new DVD-Burners and NT4.x.

I've had partial success with OEM versions of Nero 6.x (e.g. working but with Nero startup errors).

Throwing out the brand new DVD-Burner or installing Windows XP would (both) be silly and a waste of time. Plus, Windows XP certainly cannot be considered to simply be an "upgrade" for NT4.x.