I’ve been using Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 for three years now, burning over 100 DVDs and over 50 CDs with only an occasional glitch burning DVDs. Today my attempt to burn a DVD was a real hassle. The entire process went without a hitch till I went to burn the project. At this time the computer sounded like it was working overtime. I checked task manager and the computer was fluctuating between 15% and 60% constantly. After waiting for five minutes the action of the computer did not cease. This happened several times in my attempt to burn the DVD. I restored to a previous date which did not help. I removed Roxio Easy Media Creator and reinstalled it which did not help. Now the question is, is the problem caused by Roxio, the DVD burner or is my hard drive ready to bite the bullet?
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EMC 8 problem burning DVDs
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, May 28 2007 08:46 AM
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 08:52 AM
QUOTE (loizok @ May 28 2007, 11:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I’ve been using Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 for three years now, burning over 100 DVDs and over 50 CDs with only an occasional glitch burning DVDs. Today my attempt to burn a DVD was a real hassle. The entire process went without a hitch till I went to burn the project. At this time the computer sounded like it was working overtime. I checked task manager and the computer was fluctuating between 15% and 60% constantly. After waiting for five minutes the action of the computer did not cease. This happened several times in my attempt to burn the DVD. I restored to a previous date which did not help. I removed Roxio Easy Media Creator and reinstalled it which did not help. Now the question is, is the problem caused by Roxio, the DVD burner or is my hard drive ready to bite the bullet?
It's easy to test the burner. Just try burning a few audio cd's in Windows Media Player. Not as intensive as a DVD but if it fails an audio cd, you'll know it.
Have you defragged your hard drive lately? Run Scandisk? Certainly won't hurt but surely will help.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 09:20 AM
QUOTE (Beerman @ May 28 2007, 08:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's easy to test the burner. Just try burning a few audio cd's in Windows Media Player. Not as intensive as a DVD but if it fails an audio cd, you'll know it.
Have you defragged your hard drive lately? Run Scandisk? Certainly won't hurt but surely will help.
Have you defragged your hard drive lately? Run Scandisk? Certainly won't hurt but surely will help.
I burned a Cd to back up some stuff on my computer as soon as this problem occured with no problem.
I defrag once a week but I haven't run chkdsk lately. will do now.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 01:07 PM
Also - download and run a spyware/malware program and let that do a sweep. Try http://www.lavasoft.com for adaware SE or http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html for Spybot S&D - both free for personal use
Edited by gi7omy, 28 May 2007 - 01:08 PM.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 01:14 PM
QUOTE (Beerman @ May 28 2007, 09:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's easy to test the burner. Just try burning a few audio cd's in Windows Media Player. Not as intensive as a DVD but if it fails an audio cd, you'll know it.
Have you defragged your hard drive lately? Run Scandisk? Certainly won't hurt but surely will help.
Have you defragged your hard drive lately? Run Scandisk? Certainly won't hurt but surely will help.
Aren't there two lasers in a DVD \ CD-R combo optical drive?
How would burning one tell you anything about the other?
loizok,
a computer sounding like it's working overtime. Task manager flucating, and action of the computer did not cease! You need to explain your problems better.
cd
cd
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My Computer Specs click show.
1.Click here Beginners Guide - Blank DVD Media Type Definitions & What A Firmware Upgrade Is for Your Burner.
2.Click here Firmware HQ - site dedicated to providing you with the latest firmware releases for your optical disc drives.
3.Click here CD-DVD Speed
4.Click here CD-DVD Speed - A user guide
5.Click here Enabling/Checking DMA in Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Me, 9x.
6.Click hereYou can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive.
7.click here Drive Not Recognized By Roxio, PX Engine 3_00_58a. Old Version<-> EMC 7.5 Up PX Engine 4.18.16a. Update .Click here
8.Click here How to uninstall IE 7 and WMP 11.
9.Click here ImgBurn Current version: 2.5.3.0 (5,262 KB) CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application
10.Click here InfoTool (Drive, Disk, Configuration, Software, Hardware, DMA settings, etc.).
11.Click here. Complete Uninstall of Creator 2011 & Creator 2012
12.Click here. Complete Uninstall of Creator 2009 and 2010 (Windows Vista and 7)
13.Click here Complete Uninstall of Creator 2009 and 2010 (Windows XP)
14.Click here Complete Uninstall of Easy Media Creator 9 & 10 on Windows Vista
15.Click here Complete Uninstall of Easy Media Creator 7.5, 8, 9, & 10 on Windows XP
16. Click here WinZip Data Compression Utility <> Click here WinRAR Data Compression Utility Click here 7-Zip Data Compression Utility
17. Click here Finding Your Computer Specs And Roxio Software Version Number.
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My Computer Specs click show.
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1.Click here Beginners Guide - Blank DVD Media Type Definitions & What A Firmware Upgrade Is for Your Burner.
2.Click here Firmware HQ - site dedicated to providing you with the latest firmware releases for your optical disc drives.
3.Click here CD-DVD Speed
4.Click here CD-DVD Speed - A user guide
5.Click here Enabling/Checking DMA in Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Me, 9x.
6.Click hereYou can no longer access the CD drive or the DVD drive.
7.click here Drive Not Recognized By Roxio, PX Engine 3_00_58a. Old Version<-> EMC 7.5 Up PX Engine 4.18.16a. Update .Click here
8.Click here How to uninstall IE 7 and WMP 11.
9.Click here ImgBurn Current version: 2.5.3.0 (5,262 KB) CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application
10.Click here InfoTool (Drive, Disk, Configuration, Software, Hardware, DMA settings, etc.).
11.Click here. Complete Uninstall of Creator 2011 & Creator 2012
12.Click here. Complete Uninstall of Creator 2009 and 2010 (Windows Vista and 7)
13.Click here Complete Uninstall of Creator 2009 and 2010 (Windows XP)
14.Click here Complete Uninstall of Easy Media Creator 9 & 10 on Windows Vista
15.Click here Complete Uninstall of Easy Media Creator 7.5, 8, 9, & 10 on Windows XP
16. Click here WinZip Data Compression Utility <> Click here WinRAR Data Compression Utility Click here 7-Zip Data Compression Utility
17. Click here Finding Your Computer Specs And Roxio Software Version Number.
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Posted 28 May 2007 - 01:29 PM
QUOTE (cdanteek @ May 28 2007, 04:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Aren't there two lasers in a DVD \ CD-R combo optical drive?
How would burning one tell you anything about the other?
loizok,
a computer sounding like it's working overtime. Task manager flucating, and action of the computer did not cease! You need to explain your problems better.
cd
How would burning one tell you anything about the other?
loizok,
a computer sounding like it's working overtime. Task manager flucating, and action of the computer did not cease! You need to explain your problems better.
cd
Yes, I there are 2 diodes as far as I know. One for DVD's and one for CD's as die used on CD's is not the same as on DVD's. I've only had 1 drive go bad on me so far (Plextor) and when it couldn't burn a simple cd, I ditched it.
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#2-M4A79XTD EVO-AMD X4-925-4GB Corsair Ballistix Tracer DDR3 1600-Antec 750 PSU-Sony DVD/RW-2-1TB HD's- Zalman CNPS9700 LED heatsink-InfiniTV 4 in a Coolermaster 690 II case-W7 x64 Ultimate
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Posted 29 May 2007 - 04:28 AM
QUOTE (cdanteek @ May 28 2007, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Aren't there two lasers in a DVD \ CD-R combo optical drive?
How would burning one tell you anything about the other?
loizok,
a computer sounding like it's working overtime. Task manager flucating, and action of the computer did not cease! You need to explain your problems better.
cd
How would burning one tell you anything about the other?
loizok,
a computer sounding like it's working overtime. Task manager flucating, and action of the computer did not cease! You need to explain your problems better.
cd
I don’t know how to explain it other than:
The computer has the slight drumming sound like it is constantly accessing the hard drive. Normally the task manager only fluctuates slightly as programs are accessed but in my problem like I said it fluctuates up to 60% constantly. I cannot stop it and have to shut down the computer.
I use Ad-Aware and AVG weekly.
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