Re: Iomega HotBurn Pro

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From: BK (nokeithleyspam_at_nospammidamerica.net)
Date: 12/02/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:43:24 -0600

Well, let's see. I have plenty of hard drive space, and I have tried both
Sony and Memorex CDs.

Here is the verbatim text of the error message I get.

"Cannot complete the CD Writing Wizard. There was an error in the writing
process. The disc you have attempted to write may no longer be usable.
What do you want to do?" Then there are three choices with a radio button
in front of each. The choices are: "Eject this disc and try making
another. Delete the files that are waiting to be written. Save the files
so that I can try again later."

Once I click one of the three choices, the "finish" button becomes the only
other choice I have.

My biggest frustration is that once I get this failure, the disc is totally
unusable. Cannot be recognized or read or anything. I have a waste basket
full of discarded discs, and my pictures are still on my hard drive.
Grrrrrr!

And just as a side note, things were worse with Iomega HotBurn Pro before I
uninstalled it and started trying to use XP. The actual external burner is
recognized and all the tests I've run on it indicate the device itself is
working properly.

I'm at a loss and open to whatever additional suggestions you may have.

"Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> wrote in message
news:%23NzAXO91EHA.1392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I have used XP from the beginning to copy photos, up to 200 in a session
>and
> never encountered a failure problem. XP needs about 1 GB of hard drive
> space
> when copying to a CD. It is a good idea to use disk defragmentation from
> time to time to have this space easily available in a block. The other
> possibility is the kind of CD you are using. They are not all of equal
> quality, but this seems to be a problem of the past.
> When you get "failure" is there a message of some kind with this?
>
> "BK" <nokeithleyspam@nospammidamerica.net> wrote in message
> news:uFDjAl11EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Thank you so much. Many of your suggestions have proved to be very
> useful.
>> However I am still having a few problems. To bring you up to date: I
> have
>> uninstalled Iomega HotBurn Pro and am using solely the XP option.
> Sometimes
>> the pictures copy and burn just fine, but sometimes I get a "failure"
>> message that says it was unable to complete the writing process to the
>> cd.
>> It stops copying, ejects the disk, and the disk is no longer recognized.
> I
>> have to throw it away and start with a fresh one.
>>
>> I have lowered the burn speed and have lessened the number of pictures I
>> choose to burn in any one session. It will copy several groups of 5
>> pictures and then suddenly say it was unable to complete the writing
> process
>> (the disc is no where near full) and I'm back at square one.
>>
>> Any more ideas???
>>
>>
>>
>> "Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> wrote in message
>> news:%23fJm6jo1EHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > If all you want to do is copy photos to a CD why not using XP? Simple,
> as
>> > given below.
>> >
>> > To copy photos to CD-R or CD-RW using XP.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 1.. Insert a blank CD-R (or CD-RW) into your CD drive. Wait about
>> > 15-20
>> > seconds for XP to recognize that a CD-R has been inserted. A window may
>> > open, with a variety of options in it. You don't need any of the
>> > options
>> > in
>> > this window to copy to a CD-R. There is a Cancel button at the bottom
>> > of
>
>> > this window. Click on it to close this window. If this window does not
>> > open,
>> > this is fine just go to step 2.
>> > 2.. Click on My Computer and navigate to the folder where your
>> > pictures
>> > are located. Open the folder so you can see the files you want to copy.
>> > 3.. You now need to select the files you want to copy. Do you want to
>> > copy
>> > all the files in the folder? If so, hold the Ctrl key down and press
>> > the
>> > letter A. This will select (highlight in blue) all the files in the
>> > folder.
>> > If you want to select only some of the files, click on the first file
> you
>> > want to select. Remove your finger from your mouse, hold the Ctrl key
> down
>> > and click on the second file you want to select. Continue doing this
> until
>> > all the files you want to copy are selected. Each time a file is
> selected
>> > it
>> > will be highlighted in blue. If the files you want to select are listed
> in
>> > a
>> > row, you can do it this way. Click on the first file, remove your
>> > finger
>> > from the mouse. Hold the Shift key down and click on the last file you
>> > want.
>> > All the files between the first and last file you clicked on will be
>> > highlighted in blue.
>> > 4.. Once you have selected the files you want to copy, look at the
>> > menu
>> > on
>> > the left of the selected files. The top menu should be "Picture Tasks".
>> > The
>> > last item listed under "Picture Tasks" is "Copy to CD". Click on it.
>> > The
>> > other way is to right click on one of the selected pictures. A menu
>> > will
>> > open. Click on Send To. Click on your CD drive on the opening list.
>> > 5.. The copying process will start (a small window opening at the top
> of
>> > your screen indicating the progress, wait until completed, also you may
>> > not
>> > see this window if you are copying just a few files because the
> operation
>> > is
>> > too fast) and you will get a message, right hand corner bottom of your
>> > screen, "You have files waiting." Click on it.
>> > 6.. A window will open. It will show you the photo files you just
>> > selected
>> > to copy. Look at the menu on the left and click on "Write these files
>> > to
>> > CD"
>> > .
>> > 7.. A Wizard box will open. Just follow the directions on the screen
>> > to
>> > complete the job.
>> > 8.. Once you have copied the photos to the CD you may want to copy
>> > more
>> > to
>> > it in the future. Just insert it instead of inserting a blank CD and
>> > follow
>> > the same directions. Just make sure you have enough space on it to add
>> > more
>> > photo files. A CD will hold 700 MB but with photo files, don't try to
> fill
>> > it. Limit to about 200 - 300 photo files per CD and not more than a
> total
>> > of
>> > 600 MB. Otherwise it can take a long time to open this CD to view the
>> > files,
>> > but if you don't mind the time you can fill it.
>> >
>> >
>> > Some problems with the above:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 1.. You looked for the command "Copy to CD", but it is not there. If
> so,
>> > repair this way.
>> > Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the opening
>> > textbox:
>> >
>> > REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
>> >
>> > And press the Enter key.
>> >
>> > Note that there is a space between .32 and SHI..
>> >
>> > You did the above, but still no "Copy to CD" command available. Go to
> step
>> > 2
>> > below and check if your drive is set to recording.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2.. You now can find the "Copy to CD" command (or you don't find it)
> but
>> > it still does not work.
>> > Check if your drive is set for recording. Open My Computer, look under
>> > Devices with removable storage and right click on your CD drive. Click
> on
>> > Properties. A window will open. Click on the Recording tab at the top
>> > of
>> > this window. Then Enable recording. Also, check the box "Eject after
>> > recording" .
>> >
>> > You tried this, but you can't find a Recording tab when the window
> opens.
>> > If
>> > so, update the CD driver so it is compatible with XP (particularly if
> you
>> > upgraded to XP) or something else is wrong as under items 3 or 4 below.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 3.. You may have installed some CD copying software to copy music
>> > CDs.
>> > If
>> > so, this may be interfering with XP. If you use Roxio, update your
> version
>> > to at least 5.3 or above. If you have Roxio 7, use this to copy photo
>> > files.
>> > Copy data instead of copy music. If you have other music CD copying
>> > software
>> > make sure you upgrade to a version that will not interfere with XP.
>> > 4.. You may have purchased a new computer with a CD/DVD burner. If so,
>> > don
>> > 't use XP to copy to CD, use the software supplied by the manufacturer
> and
>> > select the copy data if there is no specific copy photo files option.
>> > 5.. Instead of using the Copy to CD command you used the Send to
> command
>> > and no CD drive is listed there. If you upgraded to XP you should check
>> > that
>> > you have a driver for your CD drive compatible with XP or first check
> that
>> > your drive is Enable for recording as given above. Sometimes you get
>> > the
>> > instruction to send to a writable CD drive on the list but you don't
>> > get
>> > writable, you get drag and drop or simply the CD drive letter. Click on
>> > it,
>> > provided you have checked that the drive is Enabled for recording.
>> > "BK" <nokeithleyspam@nospammidamerica.net> wrote in message
>> > news:uAvNX%23n1EHA.3324@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >> Using Windows XP with an Iomega external cd burner and their HotBurn
> Pro
>> >> software. Suddenly having a multitude of difficulties trying to burn
> off
>> >> pictures to a cd. The burner is plugged directly into the USB port
> (not
>> >> going through a hub) according to their instructions. Still having
> fits!
>> >>
>> >> Anyone know anything???
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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