Hello - here's my story. I have a Dell laptop Inspiron 2650 running Windows XP with an external CD burner DVD player my friend built for me (he has since moved). It worked fine then one day I got a virus and had my drive formatted and partitioned.

Since I can play DVD's & CD's but NOT burn them through Nero or windows. THe CD begins to burn but stops at 4% and then freezes and jams up the computer. After spending 3 hrs and 20 min on the phone w a friend checking the drivers, I decided to purchase a new burner. I STILL have the same problems.

I have a USB 2.0 Cardbus card it plugs into.

I would greatly appreciate any help - I'm just so frustrated and not a techie so I have been relying on friends, but this is getting too involved.

thanks,
a desperate Ken