Each time I go to use D2D, I have to go to Properties of my Lite-on drive properties, and go to recording, and recheck the box, "Enable CD recording on this drive". As soon as the disk is created, and I want to burn another disk, I have to go back an put a check in the box again- using Win XP Pro. It won't stay.
any ideas ??
thanks
steinr98

Do you have another packet writer installed? InCD or DLA?

If you have more than One burner, there is a selector on the D2D interface allowing you to pick the drive.

Actually, selecting "Enable CD recording~" in the Properties box is not even related to D2D. That is a Windows setting and completely unrelated to D2D…

My other Optical drive is a DVD ROM. I don't have another writer installed. I know that the check mark is a Windows item, however, If the check mark is not checked, the drive comes up with -"No Media Installed". If I go and put the check mark in, it fuctions normally- I use the D2D Icon, not the drive letter of my drive. This is what is so strange. My D2D works perfectly except for this problem.



Forgot to mention: I have Roxio 8. I do not have a separate DLA. I have a Sonic burning program associated with Photostory 3 that I purchased and it was installed into the Photostory 3 program for burning DVDs. Sonic made it just for Microsft's Photostory3 program. Elements 5 and Adobe's movie program have CD and DVD burning capibilities within their programs.
thanks,
steinr98

What about the firmware for the burner?

1. Check Dell's site, if it is OEM.

2. Otherwise check the manufactures site to see what is available.

If you are using Packet-Writing (including Drag2Disc, Nero's InCD, Sonic's DLA, etc), I think you would find of interest this thread:
http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showtopic=12383
which is, incidentally, pinned to the top of this Forum.

Lynn

A guess . . . and I know this thread has been here for a while . .
I expect your op system has packet writing capabilities - and by checking or unchecking that box, you are enabling or disabling the packet writing in the op system. Is it possible you do not actually have D2D packet writing installed as part of your Roxio 8 program - and you have been using the one in the op system?

The only OS that has a packet writer is Vista!

Since V8 won't run on Vista, what you suggest is not possible…

Since the OP hasn't been back in 2 weeks, I am hoping he got it resolved.

Sorry - I thought XP's disc writing was packet writing also, but since I don't use it, I should not have offered my guess . . .

In XP, It is a Data Disc with Sessions. A check of the disc and you will see it is formatted with CDFS.

I haven't used it lately but I was able to take an XP written disc on one PC and import it into Classic and write more and still add even more with XP… My other PC would not allow interchangeability!

I think this was back with V6 and I have not really pursued it since then.

Now Vista does include a packet writer as well as data disc w/sessions. At least I am told.