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12/03/2006 11:23:35 PM · #1 |
Ok my computer started crashing. I had a few files that needed backing up before I cleaned my computer by restoring it. I loaded everything on CD and burned files. I restored my computer and went to reload and the backup disk was blank?????. My DVD/CD burner says it̢۪s working properly and will read but will not burn. While in the burn process at 40x it will fail. Change to 32x and it will appear to burn. But when I go to view the CD there are no files. Is it the burner or something more serious.
Help please!
SDW
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12/03/2006 11:36:54 PM · #2 |
some things that I would try:
1. try burn at 16x or lower
2. try "close session/disk" for the CD burning setting
are u burning DVD or CD by the way? Running what OS (XP has it's built-in CD burning tool that you can try) |
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12/03/2006 11:59:03 PM · #3 |
| I'm burning CD's on a dual DVD/CD RW+. |
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12/04/2006 12:44:19 AM · #4 |
did my tip #1 work for you?
I find this the solution for aging/overused burner drives. |
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12/04/2006 12:54:27 AM · #5 |
check the speed of the cd's compared to the max speed of the drive, you will find that some cds are rated for one speed only as opposed to multi-speed cds.
Often, but not always, when u use a cd rated at say, 52X ( not multi-speed) on a drive rated at a lower speed which will be the case with most dvd/cd/rw drives, they simply give you a nice circular silver ashtray instead of a data cd |
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12/04/2006 01:16:23 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by crayon:
did my tip #1 work for you?
I find this the solution for aging/overused burner drives. |
No it didn't work. Still having a failure.
Originally posted by rayz1:
check the speed of the cd's compared to the max speed of the drive, you will find that some cds are rated for one speed only as opposed to multi-speed cds.
Often, but not always, when u use a cd rated at say, 52X ( not multi-speed) on a drive rated at a lower speed which will be the case with most dvd/cd/rw drives, they simply give you a nice circular silver ashtray instead of a data cd |
The CD's I have are Maxwell CD-R. Since I took the paper off I don't know what there write speed are (I think 52x). Only thing on disk is:80 min | 700mb.
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12/04/2006 01:43:24 AM · #7 |
I had this problem once,I don't know the exact wordage but check the software isn't set to burn an image file to your hard drive instead of burning to cd, could be so simple.
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12/04/2006 02:46:27 AM · #8 |
My old Sony burner stopped being able to burn DVDs. It was less than a year old, so it got replaced under warranty.
Really I'd just whip the old DVD burner out and buy a new one to replace it. Not worth spending a lot of time trying to diagnose it. If your computer has on-site support, log a call and get them to come out with a replacement. |
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