CD-R not being written on a CDRW device. CPU has DVD-rom device too.
Hi,
I have a computer with a "HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B" which I think is made by LG Electronics (Goldstar).
When putting a new CD-R into it and trying to write from MS Explorer (preinstalled "developed under license from Roxio"), it looks like it's trying to write and then goes into the finalization stage then stops and says it may have corrupted my CD.
I tried an old CDRW that I had written to before. I see the files on it. (Note, the CDRW is reading files fine - intstalling software from it no problem). I tried to write a little test.txt to it, and it say's there is no cd in the drive...
I tried again after a re-boot:
I tried writing to the CD-RW first this time, and it wrote to the cd like it always had (except when it failed after the failed CD-R attempt)
I tried writing to my new CD-R’s (I’ve never had a need for them until now).
It says:
1/ Writing the data files to the CD – Est = 5 secs
2/ Performing steps to make the CD….
3/ Cannot complete the CD writing wizard
I’ve noticed that somewhere in the process MS Explorer drops down from Drive E (CD-RW) to the next avail drive mapping…
I'd installed ISOBURN 1.5 from www.paehl.de recently, could/would it have altered anything/drivers that would stop the drive working.
I'd searched for drivers, but Win XP home says there are no newer ones.
If it's a driver issue (it looks like there are 6 files - cdrom.sys GEARAspiWDM.sys, imapi.sys, pfc.sys, redbook.sys, storprop.sys - do any of these relate to ISOBURN - I happen to have a Samsung DVD-ROM separate drive too, so not sure if any of these drivers relate to that too (it looks like they probably do), but those 6 are what show up in the Driver File Details window for the cd-rw), what do I do with them.
It looks like it's an SP2 file
On the Driver tab: Driver Version = 5.1.2535.0
On the Driver Details button: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) is on all the MS entries.
The *WDM.sys and PFC.sys, don't have checkmarks next to them - MS products - the others are Gear software and Padus.
I wonder if this means the SP2 update hosed the CD - if so, how do I get the old drivers back, or will they work (if they ever did - unfortunately, I never did a CD-R to know (data not Muzac)). Not sure if the SP2 upgrade keeps an old driver to restore to.
Some other questions
I’ve also noticed the files on my CD-RW cd’s that I’ve created say "access is denied" when I try to delete a file or change it’s properties from read-only. I’m the Admin, so why would that be happening on a RW disc?
In Win XP Home, where can I see the checkbox to set Autorun on/off?
Thanks for your help
More "CD-R not writing" info
OK, well, I've studied the current modern CD writing process a bit more.
So Windows XP is inadequate and can't process a CD like a hard disk (You'd think those people who wrote DOS long ago could handle a round disk writable medium), or at least utilize some decent technology from someone that knows how. This used to be the whole point of us buying operating systems.
Back to the subject....
So the CD-RW cd's can't be simply used like a regular hard or floppy disk. You just keep writing to them until they are full, or until you want to erase the "WHOLE" (can't erase part of it) thing.
But your NERO:flames: etc 3rd party software will probably allow the essential features missing from Win XP (I'll have to check out this in Linux - standard, or software needed?).
So I tried again.
Writing using the CD-R failed as it did before.
I tried writing to the CD-RW right after that, and it worked fine again.
For both, I tried slowing from FASTEST to 16X (it's a 40X max write).
I also noticed that even after the CD-R failed (and informed it could be corrupt), it was recognized as 702MB free - RAW format. The CD-RW is CDFS format.
During the finalization stage of the CD-R, I hear a lot of noise like the drive is trying - stopping- trying- stopping-trying etc (kinda like most workplaces air conditioner's when they are of the blink (most of the time:cool: )).
So it's the CD-R CD that's failing, and CD-RW's work fine?????
Do you think all these fresh CD-R's I've been trying are all destroyed?
Thanks