Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the
burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer" seem to accept it, but on a
friend's PC the CD burner returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and
the burning has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?

In article <437be64b-e0ee-4077-84b1-8f1548db98d8
@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Davej says...
> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the
> burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer" seem to accept it, but on a
> friend's PC the CD burner returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and
> the burning has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?
>
They're all compatible. It just depends on how the software he uses has
modified the aspi.dll

--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams

On Jun 5, 10:53 am, Conor <conor_tur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Davej says...
>> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the
>> burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer" seem to accept it, but on a
>> friend's PC the CD burner returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and
>> the burning has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
>> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?
>
> They're all compatible. It just depends on how the software he uses
> has modified the aspi.dll


So, maybe my friend's system is totally screwed up?

> > Davej says...
> >> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the
> >> burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer" seem to accept it, but on a
> >> friend's PC the CD burner returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and
> >> the burning has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
> >> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?

> On Jun 5, 10:53 am, Conor <conor_tur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > They're all compatible. It just depends on how the software he uses
> > has modified the aspi.dll

"Davej" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1e3e91f7-eb2d-49a4-ac11-(E-Mail Removed)...

> So, maybe my friend's system is totally screwed up?

If your friend's PC reads and writes CDs the way he
wants, and he does not think it is totally screwed up,
why do you ask?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Davej" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:437be64b-e0ee-4077-84b1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the
> burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer" seem to accept it, but on a
> friend's PC the CD burner returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and
> the burning has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?
Maybe your friend has disabled XP's built-in CD burning? I know I did, as I
prefer Nero.
Check services - IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service. Default is automatic.
I set it to disabled because I did not want XP's burning wizard coming up
every time I put a blank disc in...

In article <1e3e91f7-eb2d-49a4-ac11-7c35e3f4ddb7
@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, Davej says...
> On Jun 5, 10:53 am, Conor <conor_tur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Davej says...
> >> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the
> >> burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer" seem to accept it, but on a
> >> friend's PC the CD burner returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and
> >> the burning has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
> >> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?
> >
> > They're all compatible. It just depends on how the software he uses
> > has modified the aspi.dll
>
>
> So, maybe my friend's system is totally screwed up?
>
Not really..just that the software he installed took over the writing
operations.

--
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams

Davej wrote:
> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the
> burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer" seem to accept it, but on a
> friend's PC the CD burner returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and
> the burning has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?

Not sure, but I just overcame some trouble when burning DVDs. There is
something called DLA that you should know about. Even if it isn't
causing the problem you mention, it will probably cause a problem
sometime if you have it installed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_Letter_Access

On Jun 5, 12:32 pm, "Don Phillipson" <e...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote:
> > > Davej says...
> > >> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or
> > >> CD-RW in the burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer"
> > >> seem to accept it, but on a friend's PC the CD burner
> > >> returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and the burning
> > >> has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
> > >> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?
> >
> > On Jun 5, 10:53 am, Conor <conor_tur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > They're all compatible. It just depends on how the software he uses
> > > has modified the aspi.dll
>
> "Davej" <galt...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > So, maybe my friend's system is totally screwed up?
>
> If your friend's PC reads and writes CDs the way he
> wants, and he does not think it is totally screwed up,
> why do you ask?

She has no clue. The "expert" who set up her machine told her to use
the 3rd party "Sonic" software to burn CDs. I don't see the advantage
of being forced to use 3rd party software for trivial data CDs.

In article <1e3e91f7-eb2d-49a4-ac11-(E-Mail Removed)>, Davej <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On Jun 5, 10:53 am, Conor <conor_tur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Davej says...
>>> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or CD-RW in the
>>> burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer" seem to accept it, but on a
>>> friend's PC the CD burner returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and
>>> the burning has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
>>> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?
>>
>> They're all compatible. It just depends on how the software he uses
>> has modified the aspi.dll
>
>
>So, maybe my friend's system is totally screwed up?
He needs to right click on the drive letter under MY COMPUTER and enable CD
recording.

Davej wrote:
> On Jun 5, 12:32 pm, "Don Phillipson" <e...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote:
>>>> Davej says...
>>>>> Why is it that on my system I can put a blank CD-R or
>>>>> CD-RW in the burner and "My Computer" and "Explorer"
>>>>> seem to accept it, but on a friend's PC the CD burner
>>>>> returns "Drive not ready" for a blank CD and the burning
>>>>> has to be accomplished using 3rd party software? Are
>>>>> different CD drives more or less compatible with XP?
>>> On Jun 5, 10:53 am, Conor <conor_tur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> They're all compatible. It just depends on how the software he uses
>>>> has modified the aspi.dll
>> "Davej" <galt...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>>> So, maybe my friend's system is totally screwed up?
>> If your friend's PC reads and writes CDs the way he
>> wants, and he does not think it is totally screwed up,
>> why do you ask?
>
> She has no clue. The "expert" who set up her machine told her to use
> the 3rd party "Sonic" software to burn CDs. I don't see the advantage
> of being forced to use 3rd party software for trivial data CDs.


That sounds like DLA. DLA comes from Sonic, and it forces you to format
a disc before you can use it. See my recent threads in
alt.os.linux.ubuntu and cross-posted to some Windows groups.