CD Writer

[DJ Corbzy]

I was doing a favour for a mate copying some CD's and it ****ed up several discs halfway through the copy..... :cry:

Can anyone tell me why it is doing this, is it likely to be my PC or the cd's?

I dont think its the cds....but not sure on this type of thing....

[DJZeMig_L]

R they all the same brand/ model (cds I mean)?

Sometimes a reboot helps.. has the system can get cloghed up 8ram usage and stuff)...

is yer HD defraged regularly?

do U have enoght disk space?

R u using max rec/ read spead?

these r some things that u should have a look into...

let us know,

Z

[DJ Corbzy]

cheers Z mate, they are all the same brand cd's, im writing at max speed...and i think my disk isnt full.....i'll let ya know how im doing when i go to copy again....cheers mate

[MARKEG]

hmmm.. i used to have this problem. it turned out to be the cd burner...

[DJ Corbzy]

Yeah, the bad thing is I wasted a load of Iain Cross's CD's! :cry:

He ain't gonna be happy..... :(

[DJZeMig_L]

If this is happening a lot and nonne of the above is the prob then 4 sure u got a knackerd CD Burner!

Z

[Barely Human]

Get yourself a plextor burner mate. I used to have a yamaha and the thing was toasting cd's for fun. In the end it just gave up so i got myself a top of the range plextor. Not only is it shit fast, i can burn anything at 48 speed(even 4 speed cdr's) and they work perfectly, and the thing has never corrupted a cd.

[DJ Corbzy]

Can you give me some more details as to where to find one?

Any info much appreciated IQ... :D

[Barely Human]

You can find the plextor drives all over the place as they are rated the best on the market. If your getting just a cd writer, then dont go cheap and get a really good one, and make sure it has burnproof. Here is their dvd/cd burner, http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&pro duct_uid=45468, this is the one i have, http://www.plextor.be/english/products/pxw482448A.html,
Just have a look through the plextor website and find the one you want,
http://www.plextor.be/default.asp

[DJ Corbzy]

:thumbs up:

[Luke Revival]

Just do it slower

[karl54]

make sure in your Hardware Setting (Device manager) that all your IDE phripheral's are set to DMA (click the box) your Hard drive & all CD rom's should be set to this.

if you nead a new CD writer get a Lite On 48 x 12 x48 they only cost £38.
might sound cheep and nasty, NO FRILLS but take my work for it, instead of spending £100 on a plextor, get this.
it looks a bit box'y like a volvo, but it does the job realy well,,, i can burn a full disk in 3mins, its buffer under run aswell, so you can do other stuff on ya comp..

i use nero.
if its ****ing up try clicking "determin maximum speed"... and the software will test the max speed you can write at.

like a i said ENABLE "DMA" on your hard drive & what ever CD roms / dvd roms you have,,,, this makes a helluva differance.