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I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec Easy
Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a CD-R, I can't
format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all goes well but at
1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output device during the burn cycle
with all files skipped whether a small 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is
this a hardware problem or should I try reloading the Adaptec Software?

Thanks

Vince

Vince
--
vince

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Hi Vince.
I have two machines at this moment on my desk. Both similar Hp8700 series.
One works fine with burning using Adaptec software and the other one works
intermittently. On this "bad" one, it seems to work all the time burning
mp3 to CDRW using MusicMatch Jukebox, but it does take quite a bit longer to
access the disks than what I consider normal. I'm going to change out the
CDRW drive as the likely cause of errors in Adaptec and one other program.
But clean your drive(s) first and try unused CDRW's to test with. Then you
may want to check out other software for testing out your CDRW drive also.
With regards to capacity of CD disks, I wouldn't go over 610MB on a 650MB
disk. Just something I kind of remember about overhead writing.
B.rgds,
Kevin
"vince" <vince@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2E104A4D-DF91-4F67-9E7E-771F3AE27BF0@microsoft.com...
> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec Easy
> Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a CD-R, I can't
> format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all goes well but at
> 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output device during the burn
cycle
> with all files skipped whether a small 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is
> this a hardware problem or should I try reloading the Adaptec Software?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vince
>
> Vince
> --
> vince

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These things are touchy at times. I did have Adaptec 4, but I upgraded to
Roxio 6 via eBay (a lot cheaper) and I now have no problems at all. I have
recently backed up all my mp3's as *data* to a lot of CD's and I filled most
of them to the 699 or 700 meg mark without any problems.

Did you check to see what type of blank CD's your writer will work with?
Dumb question, I know.....but I found with Adaptec 4, that those with a blue
or silver coating on the recording side worked just fine (Verbatim or Sony,
for instance).....Kodac Gold would not record at all.

Good luck......Heather

"vince" <vince@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2E104A4D-DF91-4F67-9E7E-771F3AE27BF0@microsoft.com...
> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec Easy
> Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a CD-R, I can't
> format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all goes well but at
> 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output device during the burn
cycle
> with all files skipped whether a small 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is
> this a hardware problem or should I try reloading the Adaptec Software?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vince
>
> Vince
> --
> vince

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It's unusual to hear that there were problems with Kodak Gold's. They have
always been the best performers for me. I am disappointed that they seem to
have gone out of the "CD" business.


"Heather" <figgs@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:u5rzyN8CFHA.3040@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Did you check to see what type of blank CD's your writer will work with?
> Dumb question, I know.....but I found with Adaptec 4, that those with a
blue
> or silver coating on the recording side worked just fine (Verbatim or
Sony,
> for instance).....Kodac Gold would not record at all.

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Heather (and Kevin):

Thanks for you info. I'll try the cleaner.
Heather: The latter is not an issue I think, because while I had some
intermittent problems with various CD-R types up until 6 months ago (Except
for CD-RWs), they mostly worked. Now however nothing works!

Vince

"Heather" wrote:

> These things are touchy at times. I did have Adaptec 4, but I upgraded to
> Roxio 6 via eBay (a lot cheaper) and I now have no problems at all. I have
> recently backed up all my mp3's as *data* to a lot of CD's and I filled most
> of them to the 699 or 700 meg mark without any problems.
>
> Did you check to see what type of blank CD's your writer will work with?
> Dumb question, I know.....but I found with Adaptec 4, that those with a blue
> or silver coating on the recording side worked just fine (Verbatim or Sony,
> for instance).....Kodac Gold would not record at all.
>
> Good luck......Heather
>
> "vince" <vince@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E104A4D-DF91-4F67-9E7E-771F3AE27BF0@microsoft.com...
> > I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec Easy
> > Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a CD-R, I can't
> > format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all goes well but at
> > 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output device during the burn
> cycle
> > with all files skipped whether a small 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is
> > this a hardware problem or should I try reloading the Adaptec Software?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Vince
> >
> > Vince
> > --
> > vince
>
>
>

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Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted. How much
ram does your hp system have? If 256meg or less, then make absolutely sure
that you are not running any other programs in the background (such as a
virus scan, or internet) while the burn is taking place.

I have a for year old LG 12x8x32x (which means that it is capable of burning
a CD-R at 12x). Funny thing.. it USED to be able to burn at 12x without a
problem. Now.. 4 years later, the best I can achieve reliably is 4x. I
still have the original 256meg ram only. The only difference in my system
from 4 years ago until now is that I have far more programs loaded in memory
(Avg, ICS are the biggest resource hogs I guess). I might risk an 8x burn
from time to time and succeed.

BTW.. As you, I too primarily use Adaptec 4.


vince wrote:
> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec
> Easy Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a
> CD-R, I can't format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all
> goes well but at 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output
> device during the burn cycle with all files skipped whether a small
> 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is this a hardware problem or should
> I try reloading the Adaptec Software?

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(Answering Ogg here re two emails......getting lazy, grin.)

The *gold problem* sort of baffled the tech at Staples as well, but to test
it, he gave me a couple of Verbatim CD's and they worked just fine. So he
agreed that it had to be the Kodak Gold.

Mine is a Samsung CD-RW and it is 4 years old. Used to work just fine with
Adaptec 4......but I ran into a snag copying something last Spring and
bought the Roxio 6 Basic version.....what a difference!! I also have
CloneCD and MusicMatch, but have only used CloneCD once or twice and haven't
bothered with MM.

My Samsung writer is 8x4x32....and it records at 8X. Due to some buffering
drops, I dropped down to 4X on one....but I backed up all my mp3's as *data*
at 8 and they recorded just fine.

Heather

"Ogg" <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote in message
news:IAaNd.25247$Ck1.2073548@news20.bellglobal.com...
> It's unusual to hear that there were problems with Kodak Gold's. They
have
> always been the best performers for me. I am disappointed that they seem
to
> have gone out of the "CD" business.
>
>
> "Heather" <figgs@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:u5rzyN8CFHA.3040@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Did you check to see what type of blank CD's your writer will work with?
> > Dumb question, I know.....but I found with Adaptec 4, that those with a
> blue
> > or silver coating on the recording side worked just fine (Verbatim or
> Sony,
> > for instance).....Kodac Gold would not record at all.
>
>

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Ogg wrote :-

> Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
> impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted.

I have a 'client' who (still) uses MSBackup with Adaptec4 - DirectCD on an
old Win98 box and uses CD-R's as the backup media. The reason he uses CD-R's
is that they are much cheaper than CD-RW's - and he scraps them when they
are full and 'out of date'.

The point I'm trying to make is that DirectCD (v.4 at least) requires (and
allows) CD-R's to be formatted (as with CD-RW's) so that they can be used
for packet writing.

Each CD-R (two are used alternately) allows (him) about two weeks worth of
daily backups before they're full - and as each backup uses exactly the same
name, 'overwriting' hides the previous backup session and the process can
continue until each of the CD's are full. Note that it doesn't actually
delete the previous session, it just makes it 'invisible' and inaccessible.
The latest session (on any disk) being the only one that can be seen.

Anyway, this CD-R packet writing setup has been keeping his backup regime
running for the past 4 or 5 years, which included a major HDD failure and
came into its own when we were able to completely restore all of his data.

Mart


"Ogg" <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote in message
news:rkdNd.27218$Ck1.2100171@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
> impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted. How
> much
> ram does your hp system have? If 256meg or less, then make absolutely
> sure
> that you are not running any other programs in the background (such as a
> virus scan, or internet) while the burn is taking place.
>
> I have a for year old LG 12x8x32x (which means that it is capable of
> burning
> a CD-R at 12x). Funny thing.. it USED to be able to burn at 12x without a
> problem. Now.. 4 years later, the best I can achieve reliably is 4x. I
> still have the original 256meg ram only. The only difference in my system
> from 4 years ago until now is that I have far more programs loaded in
> memory
> (Avg, ICS are the biggest resource hogs I guess). I might risk an 8x burn
> from time to time and succeed.
>
> BTW.. As you, I too primarily use Adaptec 4.
>
>
> vince wrote:
>> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec
>> Easy Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a
>> CD-R, I can't format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all
>> goes well but at 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output
>> device during the burn cycle with all files skipped whether a small
>> 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is this a hardware problem or should
>> I try reloading the Adaptec Software?
>
>

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Interesting, Mart. I confess I don't know all that much about this writing
to CD stuff other than general backups and the odd music CD for the car
player. I use CD-R's. I do have a rewritable CD here that I got from my
bud just north of you in Dumfries, but haven't used it.....so it has to be
formatted?? Something I didn't know.

Cheers from a warmer Brampton......Figgs

"Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ebcaox%23CFHA.1392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Ogg wrote :-
>
> > Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
> > impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted.
>
> I have a 'client' who (still) uses MSBackup with Adaptec4 - DirectCD on an
> old Win98 box and uses CD-R's as the backup media. The reason he uses
CD-R's
> is that they are much cheaper than CD-RW's - and he scraps them when they
> are full and 'out of date'.
>
> The point I'm trying to make is that DirectCD (v.4 at least) requires (and
> allows) CD-R's to be formatted (as with CD-RW's) so that they can be used
> for packet writing.
>
> Each CD-R (two are used alternately) allows (him) about two weeks worth of
> daily backups before they're full - and as each backup uses exactly the
same
> name, 'overwriting' hides the previous backup session and the process can
> continue until each of the CD's are full. Note that it doesn't actually
> delete the previous session, it just makes it 'invisible' and
inaccessible.
> The latest session (on any disk) being the only one that can be seen.
>
> Anyway, this CD-R packet writing setup has been keeping his backup regime
> running for the past 4 or 5 years, which included a major HDD failure and
> came into its own when we were able to completely restore all of his data.
>
> Mart
>
>
> "Ogg" <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote in message
> news:rkdNd.27218$Ck1.2100171@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
> > impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted. How
> > much
> > ram does your hp system have? If 256meg or less, then make absolutely
> > sure
> > that you are not running any other programs in the background (such as a
> > virus scan, or internet) while the burn is taking place.
> >
> > I have a for year old LG 12x8x32x (which means that it is capable of
> > burning
> > a CD-R at 12x). Funny thing.. it USED to be able to burn at 12x without
a
> > problem. Now.. 4 years later, the best I can achieve reliably is 4x.
I
> > still have the original 256meg ram only. The only difference in my
system
> > from 4 years ago until now is that I have far more programs loaded in
> > memory
> > (Avg, ICS are the biggest resource hogs I guess). I might risk an 8x
burn
> > from time to time and succeed.
> >
> > BTW.. As you, I too primarily use Adaptec 4.
> >
> >
> > vince wrote:
> >> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec
> >> Easy Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a
> >> CD-R, I can't format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all
> >> goes well but at 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output
> >> device during the burn cycle with all files skipped whether a small
> >> 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is this a hardware problem or should
> >> I try reloading the Adaptec Software?
> >
> >
>
>

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Heather wrote :-

> ... I do have a rewritable CD ....
> so it has to be formatted??

Yes or no <g> It only needs formatting if you intend to use it for packet
writing.

If you just want to use it as a "CD-R" then you don't format it. BUT, being
a CD-RW, you can erase it at a later time and re-use it, of course.

Mart


"Heather" <figgs@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:uCrwnS$CFHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Interesting, Mart. I confess I don't know all that much about this
> writing
> to CD stuff other than general backups and the odd music CD for the car
> player. I use CD-R's. I do have a rewritable CD here that I got from my
> bud just north of you in Dumfries, but haven't used it.....so it has to be
> formatted?? Something I didn't know.
>
> Cheers from a warmer Brampton......Figgs
>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:ebcaox%23CFHA.1392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Ogg wrote :-
>>
>> > Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
>> > impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted.
>>
>> I have a 'client' who (still) uses MSBackup with Adaptec4 - DirectCD on
>> an
>> old Win98 box and uses CD-R's as the backup media. The reason he uses
> CD-R's
>> is that they are much cheaper than CD-RW's - and he scraps them when they
>> are full and 'out of date'.
>>
>> The point I'm trying to make is that DirectCD (v.4 at least) requires
>> (and
>> allows) CD-R's to be formatted (as with CD-RW's) so that they can be used
>> for packet writing.
>>
>> Each CD-R (two are used alternately) allows (him) about two weeks worth
>> of
>> daily backups before they're full - and as each backup uses exactly the
> same
>> name, 'overwriting' hides the previous backup session and the process can
>> continue until each of the CD's are full. Note that it doesn't actually
>> delete the previous session, it just makes it 'invisible' and
> inaccessible.
>> The latest session (on any disk) being the only one that can be seen.
>>
>> Anyway, this CD-R packet writing setup has been keeping his backup regime
>> running for the past 4 or 5 years, which included a major HDD failure and
>> came into its own when we were able to completely restore all of his
>> data.
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>> "Ogg" <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:rkdNd.27218$Ck1.2100171@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> > Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
>> > impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted. How
>> > much
>> > ram does your hp system have? If 256meg or less, then make absolutely
>> > sure
>> > that you are not running any other programs in the background (such as
>> > a
>> > virus scan, or internet) while the burn is taking place.
>> >
>> > I have a for year old LG 12x8x32x (which means that it is capable of
>> > burning
>> > a CD-R at 12x). Funny thing.. it USED to be able to burn at 12x
>> > without
> a
>> > problem. Now.. 4 years later, the best I can achieve reliably is 4x.
> I
>> > still have the original 256meg ram only. The only difference in my
> system
>> > from 4 years ago until now is that I have far more programs loaded in
>> > memory
>> > (Avg, ICS are the biggest resource hogs I guess). I might risk an 8x
> burn
>> > from time to time and succeed.
>> >
>> > BTW.. As you, I too primarily use Adaptec 4.
>> >
>> >
>> > vince wrote:
>> >> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec
>> >> Easy Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a
>> >> CD-R, I can't format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all
>> >> goes well but at 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output
>> >> device during the burn cycle with all files skipped whether a small
>> >> 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is this a hardware problem or should
>> >> I try reloading the Adaptec Software?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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Mart wrote:

> Anyway, this CD-R packet writing setup has been keeping his backup
> regime running for the past 4 or 5 years, which included a major HDD
> failure and came into its own when we were able to completely restore
> all of his data.

Ok.. Atleast he was able to confirm that the backup was viable and reliable,
then power to him. But personally I would not trust the DirectCD (UDF)
method of storing important data as system files. UDF is usually intended
for manual drag-n-drop file copies to disc.
And I am still perplexed to hear about formatting CD-R's.

I wonder if your client would accomplish the same result by simply writing
to the CD-R's in multiple data sessions instead.

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Formatting a CD-R makes a lot of sense. You can then use it the same way
you would a floppy.
Roxio's Easy CD Creator and Ahead's InCD both provide this option.
I always recommend CD-R's and not CD-RW's base on price and, if you know how
a CD-RW works, you would question the long-term reliability.
I can buy at least 4 CD-R's for the price of one CD-RW.

"Ogg" <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote in message
news:rkdNd.27218$Ck1.2100171@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
> impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted. How
> much
> ram does your hp system have? If 256meg or less, then make absolutely
> sure
> that you are not running any other programs in the background (such as a
> virus scan, or internet) while the burn is taking place.
>
> I have a for year old LG 12x8x32x (which means that it is capable of
> burning
> a CD-R at 12x). Funny thing.. it USED to be able to burn at 12x without a
> problem. Now.. 4 years later, the best I can achieve reliably is 4x. I
> still have the original 256meg ram only. The only difference in my system
> from 4 years ago until now is that I have far more programs loaded in
> memory
> (Avg, ICS are the biggest resource hogs I guess). I might risk an 8x burn
> from time to time and succeed.
>
> BTW.. As you, I too primarily use Adaptec 4.
>
>
> vince wrote:
>> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec
>> Easy Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a
>> CD-R, I can't format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all
>> goes well but at 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output
>> device during the burn cycle with all files skipped whether a small
>> 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is this a hardware problem or should
>> I try reloading the Adaptec Software?
>
>

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> I wonder if your client would accomplish the same result by simply
> writing to the CD-R's in multiple data sessions instead.

This would mean the client would have to look for an alternative to using
MSBackup.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com


Ogg <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote:

> Ok.. Atleast he was able to confirm that the backup was viable and
> reliable, then power to him. But personally I would not trust the
> DirectCD (UDF) method of storing important data as system files. UDF
> is usually intended for manual drag-n-drop file copies to disc.
> And I am still perplexed to hear about formatting CD-R's.
>
> I wonder if your client would accomplish the same result by simply
> writing to the CD-R's in multiple data sessions instead.

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This is a straight copy/paste from the first page of the current (well, one
sub-build back) of InCD's Help file:

InCD uses only rewritable discs (CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW). Discs
which can only be written to once (CD-R, DVD+R or DVD-R) cannot be used with
InCD.



Shane


"Richard Goh" <me@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:cu5lvb02np8@enews2.newsguy.com...
> Formatting a CD-R makes a lot of sense. You can then use it the same way
> you would a floppy.
> Roxio's Easy CD Creator and Ahead's InCD both provide this option.
> I always recommend CD-R's and not CD-RW's base on price and, if you know
> how
> a CD-RW works, you would question the long-term reliability.
> I can buy at least 4 CD-R's for the price of one CD-RW.
>
> "Ogg" <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote in message
> news:rkdNd.27218$Ck1.2100171@news20.bellglobal.com...
>> Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's generally
>> impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be formatted. How
>> much
>> ram does your hp system have? If 256meg or less, then make absolutely
>> sure
>> that you are not running any other programs in the background (such as a
>> virus scan, or internet) while the burn is taking place.
>>
>> I have a for year old LG 12x8x32x (which means that it is capable of
>> burning
>> a CD-R at 12x). Funny thing.. it USED to be able to burn at 12x without
>> a
>> problem. Now.. 4 years later, the best I can achieve reliably is 4x. I
>> still have the original 256meg ram only. The only difference in my
>> system
>> from 4 years ago until now is that I have far more programs loaded in
>> memory
>> (Avg, ICS are the biggest resource hogs I guess). I might risk an 8x
>> burn
>> from time to time and succeed.
>>
>> BTW.. As you, I too primarily use Adaptec 4.
>>
>>
>> vince wrote:
>>> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with Adaptec
>>> Easy Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the latter on a
>>> CD-R, I can't format the disc; if I use the former, in the layout all
>>> goes well but at 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error in the output
>>> device during the burn cycle with all files skipped whether a small
>>> 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is this a hardware problem or should
>>> I try reloading the Adaptec Software?
>>
>>
>
>



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Shane

I have Roxio Easy CD Creator installed.
I have just slipped a brand new CD-R into the writer.
Right-clicked the drive, and clicked format,
(not expecting anything to happen).

Formatting took maybe half a second.

I right-clicked a file > send to > drive D,
the file was copied to the CD-R, I was able to open it
and then I was able to delete it!

Dragged another file from the desktop onto the shortcut
to my D drive, no problem!

Opened the file, and altered the contents, and saved it.
Copied the file from the CD-R onto my desktop, looked at
it's properties 'Archive'

The CD-R seems to behave exactly as I would expect only a CD-RW
to behave.

Somebody been pulling the wool over our eyes?

Gob-smacked!!!

George Gee


*Shane* has posted this message:

> This is a straight copy/paste from the first page of the current
> (well, one sub-build back) of InCD's Help file:
>
> InCD uses only rewritable discs (CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW,
> DVD-RW). Discs which can only be written to once (CD-R, DVD+R or
> DVD-R) cannot be used with InCD.
>
>
>
> Shane
>
>
> "Richard Goh" <me@mailinator.com> wrote in message
> news:cu5lvb02np8@enews2.newsguy.com...
>> Formatting a CD-R makes a lot of sense. You can then use it the
>> same way you would a floppy.
>> Roxio's Easy CD Creator and Ahead's InCD both provide this option.
>> I always recommend CD-R's and not CD-RW's base on price and, if you
>> know how
>> a CD-RW works, you would question the long-term reliability.
>> I can buy at least 4 CD-R's for the price of one CD-RW.
>>
>> "Ogg" <sorry-nopam-wanted@anywhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:rkdNd.27218$Ck1.2100171@news20.bellglobal.com...
>>> Formatting a CD-R disc makes no sense. I would believe it's
>>> generally impossible anyway. Only a CD-RW disc is designed to be
>>> formatted. How much
>>> ram does your hp system have? If 256meg or less, then make
>>> absolutely sure
>>> that you are not running any other programs in the background (such
>>> as a virus scan, or internet) while the burn is taking place.
>>>
>>> I have a for year old LG 12x8x32x (which means that it is capable of
>>> burning
>>> a CD-R at 12x). Funny thing.. it USED to be able to burn at 12x
>>> without a
>>> problem. Now.. 4 years later, the best I can achieve reliably is
>>> 4x. I still have the original 256meg ram only. The only
>>> difference in my system
>>> from 4 years ago until now is that I have far more programs loaded
>>> in memory
>>> (Avg, ICS are the biggest resource hogs I guess). I might risk an
>>> 8x burn
>>> from time to time and succeed.
>>>
>>> BTW.. As you, I too primarily use Adaptec 4.
>>>
>>>
>>> vince wrote:
>>>> I'm using a CD-WriterPlus on an HP 8766 millenium system with
>>>> Adaptec Easy Creator 4/Adaptec CD Wizard. If I try to use the
>>>> latter on a CD-R, I can't format the disc; if I use the former, in
>>>> the layout all goes well but at 1X,2X or 4X I always get an error
>>>> in the output device during the burn cycle with all files skipped
>>>> whether a small 150 kb file or the full 650 Mb. Is this a hardware
>>>> problem or should I try reloading the Adaptec Software?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsme.general (More info?)

George,

In which case it would appear that you are using DirectCD rather than
EasyCD since EasyCD does not support packet writing or drag and drop.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com


George Gee <george.nomaps@ntlworld.xom> wrote:

> Shane
>
> I have Roxio Easy CD Creator installed.
> I have just slipped a brand new CD-R into the writer.
> Right-clicked the drive, and clicked format,
> (not expecting anything to happen).
>
> Formatting took maybe half a second.
>
> I right-clicked a file > send to > drive D,
> the file was copied to the CD-R, I was able to open it
> and then I was able to delete it!
>
> Dragged another file from the desktop onto the shortcut
> to my D drive, no problem!
>
> Opened the file, and altered the contents, and saved it.
> Copied the file from the CD-R onto my desktop, looked at
> it's properties 'Archive'
>
> The CD-R seems to behave exactly as I would expect only a CD-RW
> to behave.
>
> Somebody been pulling the wool over our eyes?