How to remove Cdr4_xp error

Cdr4_xp.sys file information

The process CDR4_XP CDR Helper or CDR4 CD and DVD Burning Helper Driver or CDR4_2k CDR Helper or CDR4 CD and DVD Place Holder Driver (see PxHelp) belongs to the software DirectCD or Drag-to-Disc or Easy CD Creator 5 Basic or Roxio Easy Media Creator or Easy CD & DVD Creator or Napster Burn Engine or BurnPlugin for Audible or Sonic_PrimoSDK by Roxio (www.roxio.com) or Sonic Solutions (www.sonic.com).

Description: Cdr4_xp.sys is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 44288 bytes (28% of all occurrence), 2432 bytes, 61424 bytes, 62288 bytes, 67024 bytes, 66992 bytes, 43392 bytes, 43008 bytes, 59440 bytes, 64208 bytes, 66736 bytes, 55216 bytes, 57136 bytes, 44160 bytes, 9336 bytes.
The driver can be started or stopped from Services in the Control Panel or by other programs. The program has no visible window. The service has no detailed description. The file is not a Windows core file. Cdr4_xp.sys seems to be a compressed file. Therefore the technical security rating is 33% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as Cdr4_xp.sys, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the Cdr4_xp.sys process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

This first showed up after installing an older version of Roxio (5). It caused a looping BSoD. One site recommended renaming the file in Safe Mode to cdr4_xp.sys.old, but I do not recommend this, as when it rebooted: No more BSoD but also no more CD-RW. The drive's drivers couldn't be reinstalled either. Still working on it...
  Jamin  

I can't see my CD drives anymore. I don't know what the file does and I have had all kinds of trouble for the past 3 months.
  Dale Davidson  

Roxio driver, when placed back in proper dir. it causes BSOD, without it I cant get win2k to see my dvdrw..talk about a catch 22
  Dwight  

Ended up reinstalling windows because of it
  joe bloggs  

This is a file required by roxio and samsung CD burners that is often left behind on uninstallation, and can sometimes go haywire.
  Bobby   (further information)

Required to operate cd and DVD drives, conflict between Roxio and Nero. Do not install at same time or can result in error
  kansaswizard  

Part of a DVD-RAM driver for my Matshita UJ-840s drive on my Toshiba Satelite M45. I took it out of my drivers folder in safe mode and Windows booted fine but now my computer doesn't display my DVD drive, only my hard drives. Tried putting it back in the proper folder only to crash to a blue screen again and have the same thing happen. Tried finding the driver online, installed a different one and it did the same thing. Tried finding the driver on the drivers DVD on a different computer and installed that but didn't help. I am thinking about wiping my C Drive clean since nothing worked
   

useless file unless you burn lots of cds, does cause problems
  Jordan Schussler - RadioShack Employee  

After most recent window update (12-15-06), when I rebooted got BSD before reboot. Then computer kept getting the blue screen. The identified file was CDR4_xp.sys. In safe mode I moved out of drivers directory to desktop and systems booted fine.
  Derek  

You can get an updater from Roxio that will update your cdr4_xp.sys from version 6.x to 7.x that fixed the blue screen for me.
  Richard   (further information)

It is a program for Roxio easy CD DVD burning
  Josh  

It is essential to Windows, if you want your CD-ROM to work! It is as previously stated, a CD-ROM driver, that was installed with a Roxio package.
  Keith H.  

Caused Stop Error 0x000000E7 after installing Roxio Ver 7
  Jeff  

Solution: Roxio update for AVG Antivirus
  martin   (further information)

this seems to be a generic driver file used by serveral 3rd party media burning apps.
  iacovus79   (further information)

Installing Audible software will install this file also, when you install the CD Burning option
  Alfonso Batres  

it is a bad roxio file, there is a fix out there for it
  Ryan Wett   (further information)

part of roxio cd creater when uninstalled gets left behind and upsets start up
  robbie j  

Caused BSOD STOP 0x0000007E error during Windows XP Home repair installation - had to boot to recovery console and manually remove this file before Repair would complete successfully
  Bill  

it is very dangerous my computer doesn't start anymore
  babey  

Is was installed by direct cd but cause a stop 7e on Windows 2000 and Windows server 2003
  Alan Sawyer  

It's a file that cd burners drive on win xp needs to operate correctly
  manny   (further information)

Roxio or Windows CDR File - sometimes out of sync (version) with the rest of the OS and Apps.
  Lorenzo   (further information)

It is part of Roxio - Uninstalling Roxio may fix.
  John Byron  

When I checked My Computer Hardware Device Manager CDRom for my Sony CRX215E5 CD-RW that came with my S4200RW pc, this file appeared as its driver, in C:/Windows/system32/drivers.
  Cyboman   (further information)

cause of a bleu screen of death !
  Frank  

this file contained a bug which caused huge problems on computer!!
  Sheila Ansell  

Part of WinOnCD 6 DVD suite (SP 6.03)
  Georg   (further information)

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