please help - CD writer has suddenly stopped writing

[Guest matthewsarler@yahoo.com]

Last night I put a blank CD in my CD writer and tried to copy some

files to it. I got the message: 'access denied - make sure the disc is

not full or write-protected'. When I clicked on Properties, it showed

the disc as full, even though it was fresh out of the box. I tried

another new disc and got the same thing.

 

I'm wondering if this has anything to do with something I did

recently. I was having trouble ripping CD's to MP3 using Exact Audio

Copy (dropouts of a fraction of a second every so often), and someone

advised me to 'enable DMA', by checking the DMA box in the Control

Panel dialogue box for the writer. It made no difference to the

ripping problem so I unchecked the box again.

 

I'd got a message before checking that box, saying it might damage my

hardware, but like a fool I ignored it. I don't thing I've written a

CD since doing this, so it looks as though this might be what's

causing my problem.

 

Can anyone here suggest anything?

[Guest MEB]

Re: please help - CD writer has suddenly stopped writing

 

 

 

<matthewsarler@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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| Last night I put a blank CD in my CD writer and tried to copy some

| files to it. I got the message: 'access denied - make sure the disc is

| not full or write-protected'. When I clicked on Properties, it showed

| the disc as full, even though it was fresh out of the box. I tried

| another new disc and got the same thing.

|

| I'm wondering if this has anything to do with something I did

| recently. I was having trouble ripping CD's to MP3 using Exact Audio

| Copy (dropouts of a fraction of a second every so often), and someone

| advised me to 'enable DMA', by checking the DMA box in the Control

| Panel dialogue box for the writer. It made no difference to the

| ripping problem so I unchecked the box again.

|

| I'd got a message before checking that box, saying it might damage my

| hardware, but like a fool I ignored it. I don't thing I've written a

| CD since doing this, so it looks as though this might be what's

| causing my problem.

|

| Can anyone here suggest anything?

|

 

Did you restart after each change, and did DMA enable?

 

Likely the problem is not that DMA setting if you re-started after each

change. Your CD/DVD player/writer should support DMA.

 

You could try removing the CD in Device Manager, then restarting and

allowing it to be installed again.

 

What brand/model is the drive?

 

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