Nero refuses to burn on CD-R

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Rouke - 24 Jan 2006 08:29 GMT

Hello,

This may not be the most appropriate group, but I can't find a better
one, if you no of one could you please advise...

On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I
have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of
things, including different discs, presumable all possible setting in
Nero, and the available settings in the device manager for CDROM and
Hard disk controllers. Is there any other place where I should look, or
does anyone know of an obvious cause of the problem?

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Richard G. Harper - 24 Jan 2006 11:06 GMT

Have you tried cleaning the drive using a standard audio CD cleaning disc?

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> Hello,
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Rouke - 26 Jan 2006 08:44 GMT

Hi Richard,

> Have you tried cleaning the drive using a standard audio CD cleaning disc?

No, I will go, get one and do it....

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Rouke - 27 Jan 2006 10:04 GMT

I went, got one and cleaned the lens, then tried to burn again, but
still get the same message. Any further help would be appreciated.

Rouke

> Hi Richard,
>
>> Have you tried cleaning the drive using a standard audio CD cleaning
>> disc?
>
> No, I will go, get one and do it....

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Don Phillipson - 24 Jan 2006 12:58 GMT

> On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I
> have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of
> things, including different discs, presumable all possible setting in
> Nero, and the available settings in the device manager for CDROM and
> Hard disk controllers. Is there any other place where I should look, or
> does anyone know of an obvious cause of the problem?

Something is wrong here cf. brun.
1. Even if Nero is installed, a CD RW drive is supposed
to read Cdisks (just like a CD RO drive) under Windows
before you run any Nero module.
2. If the drive reads disks OK by itself we need to know
more exactly what process fails, viz. which Nero module
(identified by Ctl Alt Del) and which version of Nero software.
You may get more specialized advice in one of the comp.periphs
newsgroups.

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Alan - 24 Jan 2006 15:42 GMT

I assume your version of Nero will run on Win 98 SE and also have you
checked to ensure it has the drivers for your cd drive? Does the software
that came with the drive ( e.g. PlexTools with a Plextor Drive) identify
disks OK and will that let you burn or not?
Alan

> > On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I
> > have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of
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> You may get more specialized advice in one of the comp.periphs
> newsgroups.

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Rouke Bakker - 24 Jan 2006 18:33 GMT

Hi Don,

1. My son plays games on the PC (logged onto his own user profile) from
CD-ROMs, so I presume it reads OK
2. Pressing Ctrl Alt Del shows "Nerosmartstart" and "ISO1 - Nero Burning
ROM Enterprise Edition". The version is 6.6.0.14.

I hope you can help me further when you have this information.

Rouke

>>On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I
>>have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of
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> You may get more specialized advice in one of the comp.periphs
> newsgroups.

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Don Phillipson - 24 Jan 2006 22:49 GMT

> Hi Don,
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> ROM Enterprise Edition". The version is 6.6.0.14.
> I hope you can help me further when you have this information.

It looks as if you mean your Nero software does not burn
CDs as it should.

1. Nero software is a whole bundle of modules e.g.
(Nero v.6, as listed by Belarc)
Ahead software - NeroMediaPlayer Version 1, 4, 0, 21*
Ahead Software AG - Cover Designer Version 2, 3, 0, 6*
Ahead Software AG - InfoTool Application Version 2, 2, 1, 0*
Ahead Software AG - Nero Burning ROM Version 6, 3, 1, 12*
Ahead Software: Nero Fast CD-Burning Plug-in
Ahead Software AG - Nero CD - DVD Speed Version 2, 2, 0, 0*
Ahead Software AG - Nero DriveSpeed Version 2, 0, 0, 1*
Ahead software AG - Nero ShowTime Version 1, 5, 0, 23*
Ahead Software AG - Nero SoundTrax Version 1, 0, 0, 26*
Ahead Software AG - Nero StartSmart Version 1, 0, 1, 15*
Ahead Software AG - NeroVision Version 2,1,2,10*

The module you want to copy files to a CD is
"Nero Express" (as listed by Ctl Alt Del.)

2. If you have the Nero CD, the simplest route is probably
to uninstal everything then reinstal from the CD.

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Rouke - 26 Jan 2006 08:50 GMT

Hi Don,

I uninstalled Nero, installed it from disk (so the reader still
reads OK) but I still get the same error message as before. Are there
any settings in the Device Manager or BIOS that I could look at?

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Rouke

> 2. If you have the Nero CD, the simplest route is probably
> to uninstal everything then reinstal from the CD.

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Jonny - 29 Jan 2006 12:05 GMT

Your very first post implies, but does not state, that will burn cdrw media.
Is this an observed fact or assumption on your particular PC?

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> Hi Don,
>
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> > 2. If you have the Nero CD, the simplest route is probably
> > to uninstal everything then reinstal from the CD.

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Rouke - 30 Jan 2006 08:58 GMT

I tried burning to a CD-RW.

Nero detects the type of disc correctly.

1st. Nero tells me that the disc has to be empty. Is that so?
2nd. Quick delete wasn't good enough. Nero kept teling me that the disc
wasn't empty.
3rd. After a full delete Nero kept waiting for the disk.. (Nero stopped
responding and the system got "dangerously low in resources".
4th. Reset the machine.
5th. With CD-RW in the drive, Nero tells me:

CD-R/RW 24X10: Waiting for Disc

Please insert the disc to write to...

Disk required for the compilation: CD-R/RW
Disc type in the recorder: CD-RW

and still refuses to burn....

I hope this information can help someone help me....

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Rouke

> Your very first post implies, but does not state, that will burn cdrw media.
> Is this an observed fact or assumption on your particular PC?

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Galen - 26 Jan 2006 04:59 GMT

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hello,
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> Regards,

Someone give me a hand here... It's been way way too long and my 98 test
image (VMware) doesn't seem to want to display anything to do with a CDRW at
the moment...

Were upperfilters and lowerfilters applicable with 9x? If so is there an
"easy" method to reset them? Additionally, could that be the problem?

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