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Posted by SCSImperium (Member # 397) on :
 
Recently I purchased a CD-R Drive to free up more space on my two hard drives. Upon burning to a CD for the first time, my computer locked up; and now the program, "Easy CD Creator," tells me the disk cannot be written to anymore (since the write was interrupted). Foolish me for not running the pre-write test.

Does anyone know of any sort of CD-R repair/fix utilities? I've been searching around, but I haven't been able to find any.

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Operator of the Goulag Hotel, maintainer of the workhouses.

Operator of Cargill Conglomerate Publications, http://www.cargillconglomerate.com

"Woman is deprived of rights from lack of education, and the lack of education results from the absence of rights. We must not forget that the subjection of women is so complete, and dates from such distant ages, that we are often unwilling to recognize the gulf that separates them from us."

Tolstoy, on a more objective note.

 

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Something to ovewrite a CD-R? You can't. You need a CD-RW. Once you screw up a CD-R, you have to start over.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
In other words, your CD-R is now a coaster

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :
 
*is glad brand new computer has a CD-RW drive now*

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Posted by SCSImperium (Member # 397) on :
 
Heh, heh. I guess we learn from mistakes. I better find a place I can buy them cheap, though.

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-Small Computer Systems Interface "Scuzzy" Emperor

Operator of the Goulag Hotel, maintainer of the workhouses.

Operator of Cargill Conglomerate Publications, http://www.cargillconglomerate.com

"Woman is deprived of rights from lack of education, and the lack of education results from the absence of rights. We must not forget that the subjection of women is so complete, and dates from such distant ages, that we are often unwilling to recognize the gulf that separates them from us."

Tolstoy, on a more objective note.

 

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :
 
I have a CD-RW... Its an LG 32-8-4 and it rocks. I've had 0 errors from the many disks I've burned so far. I love it! Sometimes I just burn stuff at random cuz I enjoy it so much.

I recommend getting Imation or Memorex CDRs. They're cheap and good quality. Kodak and Maxell have been pretty crappy for me.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
As far as I know, once a CD-R has been written to, that's it. The file allocation table is written first, so the informatation on the CD-R cannot be changed. If it's gone wrong, well, you've just discovered why the alternative name for buggered up CD-R's is "coaster".

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :
 
my brother has been burning CD's for a few months now, with mixed results.

He buys blanks by the case, finances permitting.

You never have to search for a place to put down your drink at his house.
 

Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :
 
I still have to get some cd-rw disks and start burning, hehe.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
 
I have the golden 'Plextor CD writer/Nero 5.0/Philips Silver Premium CD-Rs' combo No problems at all.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
I have a Phillips CD-RW drive, with CeQuadrat burning software. I'm hoping to get Adaptek from a friend. I used to use Verbatim disks (CD-Rs and CD-RWs) for a while because my brother got them from his work. But I recently aquired a 10 pack of 80 min/700 MB Cursor CDs and 5 Memorex regular CDs. I have made a few coasters, though.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
 
Philips Silver Premiums are the best I've had so far. You can fill a 74 minute CD with 76 minutes of data without any problems. Nero doesn't even ask me to overburn until I go above 76 minutes.

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Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. *And*, if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out!

- Commander Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5

 

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
 
Er, data is measured in MB, not minutes. Audio is measured in minutes. That's why you can have about 18 average length songs in audio format on a CD but 130 average length songs in data format.

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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :
 
I know that. I should have said 'worth of' or something. Anyway, you can put some on one of those than the standard maximum.

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Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. *And*, if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out!

- Commander Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5
 

Posted by SCSImperium (Member # 397) on :
 
I found out what the problem was (HD Fragmentation), now things are running smoothly. The CD-RW was a gift, an Iomega ZipCD USB. The thing is not the fatest (about 30 minutes to burn 650MB), but gets the job done. So far I've cleaned up several gigabytes. These things are much nicer than zips.

I'm using Fujifilm Disks, which I've had a good history with in the past when I was using magnetic media. I've also downloaded Nero, which seems to be superior to the Adaptec programs that were bundled with the drive.

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-Small Computer Systems Interface "Scuzzy" Emperor

Operator of the Goulag Hotel, maintainer of the workhouses.

Operator of Cargill Conglomerate Publications, http://www.cargillconglomerate.com

"Woman is deprived of rights from lack of education, and the lack of education results from the absence of rights. We must not forget that the subjection of women is so complete, and dates from such distant ages, that we are often unwilling to recognize the gulf that separates them from us."

Tolstoy, on a more objective note.

[This message has been edited by SCSImperium (edited September 29, 2000).]
 

Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :
 
I just burned my first CD-RW a few hours ago. It took about 20 minutes to format the disk but only 1 to put a few dozen megs on it.

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NERO IS THE BEST


 


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