That is what I assumed also.  I do not have the laptop here right (gone to work already) now but the invoice lists this part number 313-3959 (8X DVD+/-RW Drive for Inspiron 6400E/E1505).  I can get back to you tonight after 4-5 and tell you model #.  What ideas do you have in mind???

I have the same model. I just drag and drop using the software that came with it. Sonic I think.

The drive is a

That is the same burner I have in my 1501 and it works well using Nero Burning Rom Ver. 7.5.7. I don't know much about Roxio Burning software as I learned that it was really bad a long time ago when they first started with CD burners and such. Just from my thoughts I would guess it is more a software problem with Roxio rather than the burner.

 

A special note about the Roxio software. If you uninstall it you may find that the DVD Drive will disappear in device manager: Here is a solution in case you decide to uninstall it and reinstall.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q270008/

"Remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values completely from the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"

 

pcgeek11

 

 

It did not disappear.  It is still there.