ok so im sure alot of people have had the same problem like me with nero 8 or other versions for vista where you can only select an image recorder as a drive and it does not recognize ur actual drive well ive found a solution that works for me and hopefully for you too. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...uct=3377275&docname=c00817052#bph07146_filter go there and follow that simple guide that should fix the problem.