Re: cd/dvd question



David M. wrote:
"Bob Williams" <mytbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Rmjbf.17823$bo.997@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


David M. wrote:


"Monty Bonner" <mdbonn21@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:11mq3e7ap1fiq71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


On thing to check if it's a windows box is this. I am assuming you are running Windows 2000 or XP, if it's some older operating system. Don't waste time fixing it, purchase a new system, make sure you get a good one. Don't buy HP, Compaq, or Gateway or E-Machine. I refrain form Levineo because that takes dollars away from the US and that leaves the Mom and Pop outlets, building your own or Dell. We use dell at my place of employment. I have not made up my mind on them. They just announced certain models have the bad capacitor issues but are not issuing a recall. That problem has been around for the last 5 years and will continue to be around.

Here is what to check. Right Click My Computer icon, go to "manage", choose device manager, click on the plus next to "IDE/ATA/ATAPI controllers, then right click on the Primary IDE channel and go to properties. You will see a window with several tabs at the top, choose the "advanced Settings" choose that tab and make sure that DMA if available is chosen for the Transfer Type. Do this for all the IDE Controllers listed. Change any that are not DMA to DMA, etc.

If it still will not burn CD's the Drive is bad most likely, or the system has toasted the driver. Plextor as it's the best, with Pioneer right along side. The pioneers are faster, and Plextors seem to be made a tad better. Your choice. www.newegg.com is the place to compare prices, good customer service and lots of choices.

Monty


OK, My primary and secondary IDE channels seem to check out alright. There is a third entry under "IDE/ATA/ATAPI controllers, called "Via Bus Master IDE Controller" that does not have an advanced settings.

Since you (and Marvin) seem to be knowledgeable and sympathetic :-) let me just tell you my tale of woe, and maybe you can recommend a course of action.

My PC is about 3 years old. Athlon 2400 processor, 1GB RAM, decent harddrive, still a pretty good machine. I got it from a local computer store, so maybe they don't use the highest quality parts. (One constant annoyance is that the fan is really loud.). A couple of months ago, the machine started acting bad. The machine wasn't as performant, and I think some apps started acting weird. So, I figured it was time to format the disk. I was not able to format the disk. Using two different Windows XP Pro disks, the OS install failed (!!!!!!). I bring the machine to a local (not the same company I bought it from) repair shop, and they repro not being able to install with the OS disk I have them, but they are able to install the OS with one of their disks. Not the resolution I was looking for, but what the heck, I'll take it. I install my software and restore my data and everything is swell.

Now, I'm a dummy and for some reason I was using Nero to burn my CDs. Don't ask me why, someone just told me to use it. I never used the Windows burn feature. A few weeks after my newly formatted is up and running, I decide it's time to burn some pictures to CD. I install Nero and it seems that right after I installed Nero, the weirdness I was having with my machine returns. And now, I am unable to burn CDs. The machine still works for mail and the other usual apps (I'm using the machine to access this newsgroup) but I can't burn CDs. I even tried using the Windows burn feature and the burn still fails.

Any suggestions (besides buying a new computer)?

Try uninstalling NERO. If it is an early version or a lite version,
it may not be fully capable in Win Xp.
Also scan your computer for viruses.
I ran into trouble with Nero once. I never did figure what the problem was. I finally uninstalled it and got EZ CD/DVD Creator V.6
All was well again.
With Nero gone, Windows' built in burner may work again.
Bob Williams



I uninstalled Nero and attempted another burn, which failed. The error I see is the CD Writing Wizard dialog box, which says "There was an error in the writing process. The disc you have attempted to write may no longer be usable."

I forgot to mention another weird symptom of the computer. When I turn the machine on, it commonly hangs at the device display portion of the startup (before Windows splash screen). I have to CRTL+ATL+DEL and the computer almost always starts the second time.

I guess I'll try disconnecting the CD write drive from the machine and see what happens then. 

It's a long shot but it's very easy to try......Try a NEW CD disk.
It may be that the disk itself is scratched or somehow corrupted.
I have had this happen with bargain CDs right out of the box.
Are you sure the disk is a CD-R and not a CD-RW or a DVD

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