Post-XP Pro upgrade CD-RW woes
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Date: 02/27/04
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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:05:10 -0800
Have u tried Nero.... works great with my scsi
drives.....
just a suggestion
>-----Original Message-----
>After upgrading my Dell Inspiron 7500 from Windows
Professional 2000 to
>Windows XP Professional I have had no luck burning CDs. I
have installed all
>available updates from Microsoft:
>
>- I can play audio CDs without a problem on my Plextor
12/10/32 SCSI
>external CD burner via an Adaptec SlimSCSI CardBus
controller. It is the
>only device on the SCSI chain and has internal
termination set.
>
>- Native XP CD burning writing fails almost immediately
with the "Wizard
>failed to complete" message. The device property is set
to enable writing
>and I enabled the IMAPI CD Burning service before the
attempts. However, the
>service stops after a few minutes; setting it
to "Automatic" starting
>doesn't help. The event log doesn't seem to indicate why
the service stops
>or why the burning attempts fail, so I don't know where
to begin to diagnose
>this.
>
>- Retrospect 6.5 appears to write CDs ok (via NT SCSI
pass through) but has
>started reporting "error -206" errors (dirty heads, bad
media etc.) when
>verifying the written CDs. The Roxio help suggests that
error -206 may also
>mean a timeout talking to the device. After this I tried
switching the SCSI
>termination to external, but that didn't help either.
>
>- Easy CD & DVD Creator Platinum 6.5 required that it be
uninstalled and
>re-installed after the XP upgrade. After the re-
installation, the re-boot
>blue-screens; I had to use the last known good
configuration to boot again.
>One installation attempt of EZCD caused both the internal
CD reader and
>external CD burner to become unusable. I used a restore
point to back up the
>system to its earlier state. However, the restore didn't
re-enable access to
>the internal and/or external CD devices. I had to delete
the UPPERFILTERS
>and LOWERFILTERS registry keys per the Microsoft Tech.
Note and re-install
>the upgrade to get a working system again.
>
>I am pretty desperate for some knowledgeable guidance on
what the core
>problem with the CD-RW device might be or how to further
diagnose it. I have
>so many applications, many downloaded over time, that a
clean installation
>and re-installation of the applications is a highly
undesirable option.
>
>Thanks in advance for any insights.
>
>Ivor Durham
>
>
>.
>
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