I need help with burning music and data CD's.What happens when I try to burn CD's is my whole system shuts down toward the end on the job. I've tried Windows Media and Real Player. I have a Samsung D VD/CD RW. I don't know thw actual version, but it has an earphone jack on the furthest left side. Next there is a volume wheel. Then the words DVD COMBO with a picture of a disc between the two words and next the words compact disc rewritableand ultra speed written up the side of those words. Finally right before the button to open and close the try is written RW COMBO. I bought and installed it myself. It has worked for me for the last two years, but I believe I was using Nero before. The data file that I've been trying to write to disc is a driver for my digital camera. I just don't know how to do that one at all. I'd appreciate any help that I can get Thanks
It sounds as though there is a conflict or bad setting somewhere, but there are many other possibilities. First: are you trying to write to a CD-RW instead of a CD-R? Your ultra-speed drive should be able to handle all three classes of CD-RW (normal, high-speed, ultra-speed), but if the drive does not recognize the disc you are using, there could be problems. This is far more common with CD-RW media than with CD-R media. Second: if you are using Nero, is the box "Shut down my computer after recording" checked? If so, you may have inadvertently instructed the computer to shut down. Third: Did you install Nero after getting your computer? If so, it is possible you installed it over Roxio's or some other packet-writing software; and that will cause a conflict. If Nero came pre-installed, that should not be a problem unless you installed other packet-writing software afterwards. Fourth: When writing a data disc, make sure that "no multi-session" is checked under the tab options just before recording a disc. This will prevent any more data being recorded to the disc, but it also avoids many problems. Windows Media Player and Real Player have nothing to do with the operation. Disable your Internet connection and your anti-virus software temporarily during recording just to make sure they are not interfering with the transmission of data or use of the computer's resources. If you have more than one recording drive, try the other drive in case it is set at "master" and the one you installed yourself is also set at "master." If that is the case, the other drive may work. (Since you were able to record before, this is not likely the case.)
My computer was very basic when I bought it. There were no writing software or burner installed then. I bought the CD/DVD burner and upgraded the system myself. Nero worked fine for quite a while, but after getting some viruses and having the windows reinstalled, there were no programs to write to CD except for Windows Media and Real Player. I don't even begin to know how to find out if the program that I use is set to shut down after each job or if one or the other is set as master. Also, can you explain in simpler terms how to write a data file to disc? Thanks for all your help. Donna
If the drive you installed yourself was the first and is the only drive in your computer, there may be a problem with the jumper settings. Some computers recognize drives based on where they appear on the long, wide, thin IDE cable that goes to the computer. One drive has to be a "master" and appear on the end of the cable. If there is a second drive, it could be the "slave" that is connected to the middle connector in an IDE cable that has three connectors: one for the IDE socket on the motherboard, one for the slave in the middle, and one for the master on the end. All drives are shipped with the jumper cable on the back of the drive hooked onto the "master" pins. If the drive is to be connected as a second drive on the IDE cable, the jumper has to be moved to the "slave" position. Some computers, however, determine themselves how the drives should act. They prefer to have the jumpers on the "CS" or "cable select" pins on all optical drives set up on the computer. Installing a drive to replace an older drive is easy--just set the jumpers on the the new drive exactly as they were on the older drive. Since your computer had no drives, there was no way of telling how to set the jumpers. As long as there is just one drive, either "master" or "CS" settings should be OK. If you add another drive, you will have to experiment to see if the drive is a cable select drive. In order to get to writing data onto a disc, you need to reinstall Nero from the setup disc that came with your drive. This is certainly true if you reformatted your hard drive. Reinstalling the operating system may have also changed things around. Try to uninstall Nero in the Settings/Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs if it appears at all. Reboot the computer and then reinstall Nero once again. That should help get you started if not fix the problem entirely.
Thanks for all your help. My computer had a CD ROM and a floppy disk drive. I replaced the CD ROM with the CD/DVD RW. I believe it is the master drive. Again, this only started after getting the Windows reinstalled. My computer also shuts off at other times as well, but mainly in the middle of a writing to CD job. Thanks
If the recording drive replaced a CD-ROM, either the "master" or the "CS" setting will work. Don't bother to open your computer to check. Since Windows was reinstalled, the best advice at this point is to reinstall the Nero program that come with your recording drive. If it is already installed, uninstall it first, reboot, and reinstall. If that doesn't work, at least that portion is fixed and we can look at what is called the ASPI layer. I'll bet the reinstallation fixes the problem, though.
Oh yeah, I don't know if I still have my Nero disc that came with the burner. If I can't find it, would it be okay to get a copy off the net and also which version should I use?
The copy that came with your burner is probably an OEM version with some limitations. Since Nero often stores the serial number in the computer registry, your number may still be there. In that case, try downloading Nero 6 because that was the version likely to have come with your computer. If the serial number is still in the registry, you will be allowed to access the limited functions of the original version you had. If that does not work, it might be wiser to pay for and download the full Nero 7 version that gives you some extra features such as ripping your CDs to MP3 files for iPods, Zunes, and other music players.
