My Toshiba Satellite came with a CD/DVD drive and RecordNow 7. It is 3 years old and burned CDs fine unto just recently. It would occasionally give me an error message about failing to burn and the problem was usually fixed by using a different blank CD. I thought the CD was the problem.
Now, it mostly will not burn but I keep trying and it eventually it works OK for a few CDs. Even the CDs it previously would not burn work OK. Toshiba says it may be the burn software is corrupted. Is this a possibility? Is it possible to download something that will fix this?
Any help will be appreciated.
Jeff
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, Feb 22 2008 08:43 PM
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 04:45 AM
QUOTE (Captjeff @ Feb 22 2008, 11:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My Toshiba Satellite came with a CD/DVD drive and RecordNow 7. It is 3 years old and burned CDs fine unto just recently. It would occasionally give me an error message about failing to burn and the problem was usually fixed by using a different blank CD. I thought the CD was the problem.
Now, it mostly will not burn but I keep trying and it eventually it works OK for a few CDs. Even the CDs it previously would not burn work OK. Toshiba says it may be the burn software is corrupted. Is this a possibility? Is it possible to download something that will fix this?
Any help will be appreciated.
Jeff
Now, it mostly will not burn but I keep trying and it eventually it works OK for a few CDs. Even the CDs it previously would not burn work OK. Toshiba says it may be the burn software is corrupted. Is this a possibility? Is it possible to download something that will fix this?
Any help will be appreciated.
Jeff
Try using the built in CD burning in XP and see if that works (use a CD-RW for testing).
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 05:31 AM
If you follow ogdens' suggestion and have the same problems, it oculd be a problem with the burner.
Altho if the burner has had a lot of use it's possible it's getting ready for its trip to that Great Recycling Bin in the sky, it could be dust on the lens. If so, a lens-cleaner CD will clean it off. It's best left as a last-ditch effort, since it some believe it has the potential to do damage itself, but it did revive a burner for me.
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Altho if the burner has had a lot of use it's possible it's getting ready for its trip to that Great Recycling Bin in the sky, it could be dust on the lens. If so, a lens-cleaner CD will clean it off. It's best left as a last-ditch effort, since it some believe it has the potential to do damage itself, but it did revive a burner for me.
Lynn
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 06:40 AM
QUOTE (lynn98109 @ Feb 23 2008, 07:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If you follow ogdens' suggestion and have the same problems, it oculd be a problem with the burner.
Altho if the burner has had a lot of use it's possible it's getting ready for its trip to that Great Recycling Bin in the sky, it could be dust on the lens. If so, a lens-cleaner CD will clean it off. It's best left as a last-ditch effort, since it some believe it has the potential to do damage itself, but it did revive a burner for me.
Lynn
Altho if the burner has had a lot of use it's possible it's getting ready for its trip to that Great Recycling Bin in the sky, it could be dust on the lens. If so, a lens-cleaner CD will clean it off. It's best left as a last-ditch effort, since it some believe it has the potential to do damage itself, but it did revive a burner for me.
Lynn
The "some believe" are folks that make the drives! I don't think all of a sudden it got dirty. Read here.
"Toshiba says it may be the burn software is corrupted. Is this a possibility?" Yes but what could of caused that? Have you installed any Microsoft Updates lately? Any new software with burning capability?
I agree, try ogdens suggestion or #7 in my signature. If they burn fine it's your RecordNow 7 software.
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 06:56 AM
QUOTE (cdanteek @ Feb 23 2008, 06:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The "some believe" are folks that make the drives! I don't think all of a sudden it got dirty. Read here.
"Toshiba says it may be the burn software is corrupted. Is this a possibility?" Yes but what could of caused that? Have you installed any Microsoft Updates lately? Any new software with burning capability?
I agree, try ogdens suggestion or #7 in my signature. If they burn fine it's your RecordNow 7 software.
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"Toshiba says it may be the burn software is corrupted. Is this a possibility?" Yes but what could of caused that? Have you installed any Microsoft Updates lately? Any new software with burning capability?
I agree, try ogdens suggestion or #7 in my signature. If they burn fine it's your RecordNow 7 software.
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It would occasionally give me an error message about failing to burn and the problem was usually fixed by using a different blank CD. I thought the CD was the problem.
Now, it mostly will not burn but I keep trying and it eventually it works OK for a few CDs. Even the CDs it previously would not burn work OK.
equals "all of a sudden".Now, it mostly will not burn but I keep trying and it eventually it works OK for a few CDs. Even the CDs it previously would not burn work OK.
Lynn
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 07:44 AM
Thanks, folks for your prompt replies and ideas. I will try these out this weekend.
Also, I don't know if I made it clear or not but the CD drive reads CDs fine, it just wont burn them.
Jeff
Also, I don't know if I made it clear or not but the CD drive reads CDs fine, it just wont burn them.
Jeff
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 07:57 AM
P.S.--Ogdens: While I am not totally computer illiterate I am not a heavy duty user. How do I get to XP's cd burner?
Thanks,
Jeff
Thanks,
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 08:01 AM
QUOTE (Captjeff @ Feb 23 2008, 10:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
P.S.--Ogdens: While I am not totally computer illiterate I am not a heavy duty user. How do I get to XP's cd burner?
Thanks,
Jeff
Thanks,
Jeff
Click on Start, then Help and Support in the search type in "make a cd" (without the quotes) and do some reading.
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Don't forget to use a CD-RW.
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 08:38 AM
Usually a CD drive can read discs long after it's become to weak to write them.
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 02:29 PM
Windows uses Windows drivers to read a CD.
If the Sonic software has been "corrupted somehow" then the drive will continue to read discs long after the software has become too corrupted to write them.
If the Sonic software has been "corrupted somehow" then the drive will continue to read discs long after the software has become too corrupted to write them.
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Posted 24 February 2008 - 08:51 PM
Well, no luck. Trying to burn a cd in XP results in "D:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function"
I downloaded ImgBurn and after going through all the steps I get "Optimum Power Calibration Failed. Power Calibration Area Error".
Apparently the driver for the burner (Matshita DVD+RAM UJ 8415) is native. DriverDetective found no updates.
That all being said, I tried it using a TDK CD-R because I dont have any CD-RW discs. Does this really make a difference?
My gut says the burner is bad but it has not had that much use and is only 2-3 years old.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jeff
I downloaded ImgBurn and after going through all the steps I get "Optimum Power Calibration Failed. Power Calibration Area Error".
Apparently the driver for the burner (Matshita DVD+RAM UJ 8415) is native. DriverDetective found no updates.
That all being said, I tried it using a TDK CD-R because I dont have any CD-RW discs. Does this really make a difference?
My gut says the burner is bad but it has not had that much use and is only 2-3 years old.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jeff
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Posted 25 February 2008 - 11:15 AM
I had 2 drives in my machine and starting getting weird errors like that when I tried to burn with either drive.
I went and bought a new drive and Voila! the errors are gone and I'm happily burning again.
So you may think about replacing that drive.They're not that expensive and a new one could save you a bunch of time and effort.
I went and bought a new drive and Voila! the errors are gone and I'm happily burning again.
So you may think about replacing that drive.They're not that expensive and a new one could save you a bunch of time and effort.
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Posted 25 February 2008 - 11:18 AM
There is a small area on the disc for the program to check the calibration. If a drive is gong back, the checking of the calibration will fill it rather fast - I'd agree with Terry.
The reason RW discs were suggested is because if something doesn't work they can be erased and re-used. If you use R discs, you lose he disc every time it doesn't work.
But never use RW discs for anythig you want to KEEP long-term.
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The reason RW discs were suggested is because if something doesn't work they can be erased and re-used. If you use R discs, you lose he disc every time it doesn't work.
But never use RW discs for anythig you want to KEEP long-term.
Lynn
Edited by lynn98109, 25 February 2008 - 11:19 AM.
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