God I am not a happy bunny

I am having loads of problems with this software.

All I want to do is burn a dvd data disc, so that I can add to it (multisession)
I have emailed the authors 15 times - not one reply, I even went on their forum AND they haven't got a bloody clue!!!!!!

Can anyone help me out, my learning has all come from afterdawn, so I am back home.

My specs:
Windows ME
1.0Gb cpu
384Mb RAM
LG GCC-4120B cdrw/dvdrom combi
LG GDR-8161B dvdrom
Pioneer A03 dvdrw

I cannot get recordnowmax to create the disc, the basic problem seems to be I can only read the very first groups of files I burn to the dvd-r.

Now I understand that some dvdroms have trouble in reading multisessions, and only read the first session.

Is this my problem do you think, as I find it hard to believe that ALL 3 drives cannot?

If it is the problem how can I overcome it, update firmware perhaps, my A03 has just been updated with the latest version and still no joy.

any pointers would be a blessing, funny people here generally get coasters from movie backups, not me mine are all just crappy data ones (college work,downloads)

Thanks in advance

are you only having this problem with stomp record now max??

Yes, I used to use nero to create multisession cd's.

Then migrated to recnowmax, and can still do multisession cd's but not dvd's.

I have since found out that the dvd I have produced (multisession) IS actually a multisession however my pc will not read more than the first session.

I now know that Windows ME has a problem reading multisession dvd's, but cannot find any solution to it EXCEPT upgrading to XP.

I have mailed veritas/stomp/sonic/orlogix regarding this problem and they haven't got a clue about solving it.

I have also BLASTED them cos on their website it quite clearly states the software IS compatible with ME, however AFTER you purchase their software, there is a small text file embedded saying:

8. Windows 98/ME does not read multi-session DVDs properly
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Windows 98/ME systems can only read the first session recorded to an
appendable DVD disc. If you open an appendable
DVD on a Windows 98/ME system and some files appear to be missing, try
opening the disc on a computer running a different operating system.


Now I ask you, this information SHOULD be provided BEFORE purchase and means it is clearly not COMPATIBLE.

And inserting it another computer IS a ridiculous solution, am I supposed to go round to someones house to read the contents everytime, I believe that is what their saying.

Anyway sorry to just ramble on, but this softwares compatibility sucks and as you can guess, has given me the hump.

I have 2 options left:

1. upgrade to XP - cannot justify upgrading as yet, just to solve the problem.

2. find a possible patch etc to fix it within ME, I have looked at microsoft for some possibilities but it seems to be a minefield and nothing related to multisession problems that I can find.(am I looking in the right place?)

Can you think of another solution OR a microsoft fix?

Thankyou for responding, much appreciated.

maybe you should stick with a dvd-rw disc to rewrite on, not sure what kind of disk your righting..a dvd-video disk requires you to close and finalize to be able to play on dvd player. If you’re righting just a data disk you should be able to use it as a multisesion dvd-r.

"most DVD-ROM drives cannot read multisession DVD-R media today.Until DVD-ROM drives have a multiread standard so that they can read both single-session and multisession discs. (the current initiative is called Multiplay)"

I take your point.

It is just 'data' I want to back up - college assignments/internet downloads/other information etc and not dvd video.

My drives that I am using are all capable of reading multisession dvd's, this information came from the manufacturers and I have also gone as far as removing one of them and putting it in another machine with XP on and trying it -which works fine.

It looks like I shall have to upgrade I think, something I didn't really want to do.

Anyway thankyou for your time and responses.