Inability to change CD-R in VCDEasy

[DrDonDrDon]

The drop down menu only lists "No CD Writer Selected" and the CD/DVD Reader in the Laptop - it does not recognize the USB Burner. Any ideas?
I have rebooted with the Mitsumi USB burner till the cows came home with no luck. Please advise.

[hwoodwar]

I'm not sure about USB burners, but the general fix is:

Open VCDEasy, in the bottom right corner, does it say ASPI seems valid: yes, or ASPI seems valid: no? If it says ASPI seems valid: no, that is your main problem. In that case I suggest you go to: <http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/frcaspi.cfm> , download the ForceASPI drivers, install them and reboot. If after you reboot, it shows "ASPI seems valid: yes" then on the CDRDAO settings page, select generic-mmc as the force driver for the CD Writer, select your specific CD Writer in the dropdown menu for that section and check the force execution box. Now you should be able to burn using CDRDAO, which is the CD burning program built in to VCDEasy.

If it still doesn't burn then the second thing to check is VCDEasy set to "Simulate Burn" that is right on the main page. Uncheck "simulate" and check "burn".

If the above steps don't work, the problem may be something specific to USB burners.