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I just bought a used DVD/CD burner and know near nothing about computers....but learn well. When I plug it into my Dell, it tells me that it is a Maxtor 2B020H1 IDE\Disk maxtor_2B020H1 (if I'm looking in the right place that is!). The sticker on the drive gives me S/N 223632402427 Model: dvd840-H09 Manufactured Date: August 2006
When I did an online search with the model number, all I CAME up with were HP DVD drives, but this drive does not have an HP logo on the front like the ones pictured did. How can I futher identify this drive so that I may intall any needed software and GET it working for me? I am running Windows XP if that matters.

PLEASE HELP!!!
Maxtor 2B020H1 is your hard drive.
In Device Manager anything listed under DVD\CD ROM drives?I can't find anything under CD ROM. When I boot up my computer though, it pulls up a black screen saying "SECONDARY hard disk drive 0 not found. F1 to continue. F2 to run setup utility.How do you have this drive connected exactly and how are the jumpers set ? ?I took out my old CD ROM and PLUGGED the DVD writer in exactly as the CD ROM was. And the jumper is set how ? ?
Look for a small plastic shunt on the rear of the unit next to the power cord...
Since it was used you may have gotten the shaft.
The only way to determine that is swapping it into another machine to see.



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