This just started happening on my Windows Vista running Roxio Easy Media Creator 9:
I'll burn a DVD, which finishes fine, and it spits out when done (like it's supposed to).
I then go to try to burn another DVD, and it gets to 100%. The drive spins REALLY fast (revs up) then spins down, then spins back up and then down, and continues doing this. Cancelling doesn't do anything (except giving me a warning message that it's attempting to cancel). EMC9 won't close, unless closed using Windows Task Manager - but this doesn't stop the drive from spinning up - then down, then up again, then down. Repeatedly. Ad nauseum.
The only way to stop this is to close Windows - but even then - it gets stuck on the closing screen (Shutting Down Windows). I end up having to power the machine down manually, and then upon reboot, I can extract the DVD (which works - it's a good burn).
How to fix? What to do? Help!
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2nd Burn Finishes, But Disk Spins Up Then Down, Then Up...
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dingle
, Apr 14 2008 12:20 AM
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 12:54 PM
QUOTE (dingle @ Apr 14 2008, 03:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This just started happening on my Windows Vista running Roxio Easy Media Creator 9:
I'll burn a DVD, which finishes fine, and it spits out when done (like it's supposed to).
I then go to try to burn another DVD, and it gets to 100%. The drive spins REALLY fast (revs up) then spins down, then spins back up and then down, and continues doing this. Cancelling doesn't do anything (except giving me a warning message that it's attempting to cancel). EMC9 won't close, unless closed using Windows Task Manager - but this doesn't stop the drive from spinning up - then down, then up again, then down. Repeatedly. Ad nauseum.
The only way to stop this is to close Windows - but even then - it gets stuck on the closing screen (Shutting Down Windows). I end up having to power the machine down manually, and then upon reboot, I can extract the DVD (which works - it's a good burn).
How to fix? What to do? Help!
I'll burn a DVD, which finishes fine, and it spits out when done (like it's supposed to).
I then go to try to burn another DVD, and it gets to 100%. The drive spins REALLY fast (revs up) then spins down, then spins back up and then down, and continues doing this. Cancelling doesn't do anything (except giving me a warning message that it's attempting to cancel). EMC9 won't close, unless closed using Windows Task Manager - but this doesn't stop the drive from spinning up - then down, then up again, then down. Repeatedly. Ad nauseum.
The only way to stop this is to close Windows - but even then - it gets stuck on the closing screen (Shutting Down Windows). I end up having to power the machine down manually, and then upon reboot, I can extract the DVD (which works - it's a good burn).
How to fix? What to do? Help!
Not sure this will fix it but did you download and install the update for EMC 9 for Vista?
I Googled for that problem and found several possible causes including this one..
You may want o Google for that problems and see if anything is more on point.
Edited by sknis, 14 April 2008 - 12:58 PM.
Regardless of what I say about computer maintenance, there is no need to defrag a solid state hard drive.
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Velocity Micro ProMagix ©HD 60; evga x58 motherboard, Intel i7 @2.93, 12G RAM, EVGA Nvidia 560TI superclocked video card, SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme audio card, Buffalo external blu-ray burner; Creator 2012. PhotoShow 6, VHS to DVD 3Plus.
Laptop - Windows 7 Home
Dell XPS 1645, Intel I7 1,6G with overdrive ,4G RAM, 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730, Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Panzer, 500G hard drive.
Apple =OSX 10.5
MacBook Pro; 15.4-inch widescreen display, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 200GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW), NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. ILife 08, Toast 10, Final Cut Express 4 and Photoshop 4.
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 11:36 AM
I'm running Version 9.1.068. It says there's no current update for it when I check for updates.
I looked at the other site you mentioned. I can only burn at 8X, even though it's a 16X drive. Even before this problem started, 16X burns would fail quite often. I got tired of wasting all the media I was going through, and the 8X speed was the most stable. Until this started happening, anyway...
I looked at the other site you mentioned. I can only burn at 8X, even though it's a 16X drive. Even before this problem started, 16X burns would fail quite often. I got tired of wasting all the media I was going through, and the 8X speed was the most stable. Until this started happening, anyway...
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 11:51 AM
It sounds like you may have a hardware issue. The drive might not be working properly. You can also test with a couple different types/brands of media and see if you get any different results that way.
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