Determining the firmware revision of your CD writer with Windows 2000

To determine which firmware revision your CD writer is using under Windows 2000, open the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, then double-click Computer Management. Expand the tree to display the Storage Removable Storage Physical Locations branch, shown in Figure 11-3.

Using Windows 2000 Computer Management to view properties for the CD writer

Figure 11-3. Using Windows 2000 Computer Management to view properties for the CD writer

Locate the CD writer in the listing in the left pane. Right-click the name of the writer, choose Properties, and view the Device Info page, which includes the firmware revision number.

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