thanks for the reply, good inf on fat 32/ntsf. i am not a pro with puters but do know how to tinker around a bit. i know enough so that a few friends at work consider me the go to guy.
(scary) then i pass them along to my go to guy. the fat 32 ntsf info i will store it and use it when i need it! as for my laptop load program with no disc in and device not ready medium not present. and with disc in device not ready no reference position found. HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-424ON my laptop has a 40 gb hd with 1gb ram no recovery drive. i just have a feeling it just won't work no matter what i do. it is a few years old
I 12:56:36 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started!
I 12:56:36 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)
I 12:56:36 Total Physical Memory: 1,047,536 KB - Available: 626,780 KB
I 12:56:36 Initialising SPTI...
I 12:56:36 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 12:56:36 Found 1 DVD-ROM/CD-RW!