On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:54:55 -0800 (PST), Gus
wrote:

Don't you need a CD/DVD Burning software such as Nero or NTI before
you can burn any data onto the blank media?

I didn't think XP could write directly to the blank media.. Is this
correct?

Thanks.

CD no.

DVD yes.

XP can write CDs just fine. Support is somewhat basic, but there.