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January 13th, 2006 21:00

CD writing problem

I see all the trouble people are having with CD burners on the forum. Is this a Dell problem or a software problem. I have a Dimension 8400, use windows XP my CD drives are: HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GRA-4120B & SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-2525. I use Sonic record now software for DLA. I can copy a music CD from one drive to another using a R CD. But when I format a RW CD it tells me one of two things. 1st if I copy one small file it says it is full 2nd) it tells me it is read only.
I went to Sonic web and they have later software (mine is 7.1 Record Now) but if they have problem software I don't want a newer version of trouble.
They last time I copyed to my CD drive was in August and it all worked fine.
Any ideas of what happened.
Thanks for any help
Larry
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    Posted January 13th, 2006 21:00

    I have always backed my accounting program up to the C:\Microsoft CD Burning.  Later it would automatically pop up and tell me I had files to write to CD.  It has quit doing it and now I don't know how to get my back-up to the CD.  Can anyone tell me?
  • osprey4

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    Posted January 13th, 2006 21:00

    Larry:

    I personally am not a fan of DLA. The Windows CD burning wizard, although it cannot write files directly from applications, can do multi-session (one or a few files at a time) and has none of the compatibility problems DLA is famous for.

    Of course the reason you're seeing so many CD burning problems is that this is a forum for people who are having CD burning problems. That's not just a coincidence. :)

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    Posted January 13th, 2006 23:00

    Check your drive properties and see if CD burning is enabled for that drive. It's listed in the recording tab.
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    Posted January 14th, 2006 14:00

    You state you are not a fan of DLA, what software do you use in formatting CDs?
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    Posted January 14th, 2006 22:00

    Formatting is only necessary if you use a packet-writing program like DLA. Otherwise, it's unnecessary. I use Nero to burn CDs and DVDs, but I don't use packet-writing.