Hello, everyone.
I've had EMC 8 for several years. A few times, the copy CD function has ceased working, or performed intermittently. On those occasions, I did a complete uninstall (directory included), then reinstalled and all was well. This time, it hasn't worked. Although I used the same procedure, EMC won't copy at all. The error message is usually that the target CD might be defective or dirty (they aren't). I've uninstalled and reinstalled again a few times, trying to find something I've missed, but no luck.
Could it be that my PC (a Dell) is now just a bit blocked up with bits of software that aren't comatible? (I've removed Windows Media Player, by the way; and defragmented the machine.) If that's likely, is there a diagnostic way forward? Or might upgrading to Roxio 10 do the trick?
Any experiences/suggestions welcome.
Happy new year, everyone - all year.
Best,
Jim
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Upgrade from EMC 8 to 10?
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Jim@marizon
, Jan 02 2010 06:58 AM
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Posted 03 January 2010 - 05:27 AM
Why don't you see if you can use Windows Explorer and copy the entire contents of the CD to a Folder on your HDD???
I want to see if the drive or CD might be the problem???
There is a Clean Install for EMC 8 (Here)but try the manual copy first.
I want to see if the drive or CD might be the problem???
There is a Clean Install for EMC 8 (Here)but try the manual copy first.
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Posted 03 January 2010 - 05:46 AM
QUOTE (Jim@marizon @ Jan 2 2010, 08:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
(I've removed Windows Media Player, by the way; and defragmented the machine.) If that's likely, is there a diagnostic way forward? Or might upgrading to Roxio 10 do the trick?
Any experiences/suggestions welcome.
Happy new year, everyone - all year.
Best,
Jim
Any experiences/suggestions welcome.
Happy new year, everyone - all year.
Best,
Jim
I believe that you do need a version of WMP on your computer. From system requirements:
Software:
Microsoft® Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE (Service Pack 2), Windows XP Pro x64 Edition*, or Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later) NOTE: Windows Vista is not supported.
QuickTime 6.4 or greater for playback or burning of M4A files
Windows Media Player 9 or higher
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher
* Backup MyPC and DVDInfo Pro do not run on x64 systems
Never throw money for software if the current product has the problems that you have.
Regardless of what I say about computer maintenance, there is no need to defrag a solid state hard drive.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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 03 January 2010 - 08:01 AM
QUOTE (sknis @ Jan 3 2010, 07:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I believe that you do need a version of WMP on your computer. From system requirements:
Software:
Microsoft® Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE (Service Pack 2), Windows XP Pro x64 Edition*, or Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later) NOTE: Windows Vista is not supported.
QuickTime 6.4 or greater for playback or burning of M4A files
Windows Media Player 9 or higher
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher
* Backup MyPC and DVDInfo Pro do not run on x64 systems
Never throw money for software if the current product has the problems that you have.
Software:
Microsoft® Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE (Service Pack 2), Windows XP Pro x64 Edition*, or Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later) NOTE: Windows Vista is not supported.
QuickTime 6.4 or greater for playback or burning of M4A files
Windows Media Player 9 or higher
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher
* Backup MyPC and DVDInfo Pro do not run on x64 systems
Never throw money for software if the current product has the problems that you have.
Windows media player (updated version) would be a requirement for playing Windows Media Video and Windows Media Audio created by the Roxio software...
For the use of Disc Copier, I doubt WMP would be a requirement..
Every version of XP I've seen has hidden versions of WMP, click Start, Run, type in mplay32, or mplayer2, click OK...
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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.
Spoiler
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 03 January 2010 - 08:33 AM
I always thought it was for the codecs. Why would you need WMP if the program already has CinePlayer?
Regardless of what I say about computer maintenance, there is no need to defrag a solid state hard drive.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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 06 January 2010 - 04:40 AM
Thank you all for your replies; and I apologize for my delayed acknowledgement. Windows Media Player doesn't seem to be the problem (I had only removed on the possibility of any incompatibilities; reinstalling it hasn't made any difference.)
I did use the Clean Install instructions. Indeed, I have tried this three times now.
The possibility of a faulty drive is interesting, but could that be the case even though I can install EMC8 with it, and upload audion CDs to itunes with it? In other words, could it function for the purposes of play/file moving, but not for burning? If so, then replacing it seems the obvious route to take. I'd appreciate your judgement on this.
Many thanks,
Jim
I want to see if the drive or CD might be the problem???
There is a Clean Install for EMC 8 (Here)but try the manual copy first.
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I did use the Clean Install instructions. Indeed, I have tried this three times now.
The possibility of a faulty drive is interesting, but could that be the case even though I can install EMC8 with it, and upload audion CDs to itunes with it? In other words, could it function for the purposes of play/file moving, but not for burning? If so, then replacing it seems the obvious route to take. I'd appreciate your judgement on this.
Many thanks,
Jim
I want to see if the drive or CD might be the problem???
There is a Clean Install for EMC 8 (Here)but try the manual copy first.
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Posted 06 January 2010 - 05:12 AM
Yes, it is possible that the burner can read but not write. Here is a reasonable article. Two different lasers:
"While the reading laser is usually not stronger than 5 mW, the writing laser is considerably more powerful. The higher writing speed, the less time a laser has to heat a point on the media, thus its power has to increase proportionally. DVD burner's laser often peaks at about 100 mW in continuous wave, and 225 mW pulsed."
Do you know anyone with a USB external burner? You could borrow one and try.
"While the reading laser is usually not stronger than 5 mW, the writing laser is considerably more powerful. The higher writing speed, the less time a laser has to heat a point on the media, thus its power has to increase proportionally. DVD burner's laser often peaks at about 100 mW in continuous wave, and 225 mW pulsed."
Do you know anyone with a USB external burner? You could borrow one and try.
Edited by sknis, 06 January 2010 - 05:14 AM.
Regardless of what I say about computer maintenance, there is no need to defrag a solid state hard drive.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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.
PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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 10 January 2010 - 09:51 AM
Thanks, everyone. The problem was the DVD drive, not the software. I hadn't initially thought to check to see whether I could burn discs via itunes - an obvious way of checking - and it wasn't working either. The new DVD drive works fine. For the record, the inclusion/exclusion of Windows media Player on my system doesn't appear to make a difference one way of the other.
Thank you for generously responding to my query. I'm sorry to have troubled you over what turned out to be a pretty simple matter to diagnose.
Best wishes,
Jim
Thank you for generously responding to my query. I'm sorry to have troubled you over what turned out to be a pretty simple matter to diagnose.
Best wishes,
Jim
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