I recently bought a Buffalo HD-CXU2 usb-connected drive and all is well with it - except when I try to rip or burn DVDs. I use both CDBurnerxp and DVD Fab, but when start up either program it doesn't appear on screen - although it shows up as an active service within Task Manager. By a process of elimination I discovered that if I unplug the Buffalo drive's USB cable (on the drive's side) then either program will immediately appear on screen. I can then reconnect the Buffalo drive and continue as if nothing happened. But having to unplug the external drive every time I want to use these programs is tedious to say the least!
I would be grateful if anyone can give me a way to fix this. I thought that perhaps my external drive and DVD drive could be conflicting in some way - although the issue arises whether or not a disc is in my DVD drive. The reason I mention this is that my Buffalo drive shows up in Device Manager in both the 'disk drives' and 'DVD/CD-rom drives' sections (in the latter as a 'Virtual Cdrom').
I've tried using another USB port but it made no difference ...
