Cannot copy to CD

[Cooler Dude]

XP Home SP2. I have two identical DVD writers (E: & F. When I
first got the PC, I could use Explorer/My Computer to copy files
to CD.

Some time ago I installed Nero and can successfully write to CDs
or DVDs using either drive.

However, I've now noticed that I can no longer copy files to CD
using Explorer/My Computer. As soon as I attempt to paste, I get
"E:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function.

Is that because Nero has "taken over" the CD writing operation or
could something else be amiss?

TIA

 

[dfrog]

XP Home SP2. I have two identical DVD writers (E: & F. When I first got
the PC, I could use Explorer/My Computer to copy files to CD.

Some time ago I installed Nero and can successfully write to CDs or DVDs
using either drive.

However, I've now noticed that I can no longer copy files to CD using
Explorer/My Computer. As soon as I attempt to paste, I get "E:\ is not
accessible. Incorrect function.

Is that because Nero has "taken over" the CD writing operation or could
something else be amiss?

TIA

you'll find some information here, it may help

http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/wind...t-function-message-on-an-external-burner.html

dfrog

 

[Cooler Dude]

you'll find some information here, it may help

http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/wind...t-function-message-on-an-external-burner.html

dfrog

Thanks. The 'cure' mentioned there was"...going to the Drive
letter in Windows Explorer and right clicking on it. Go to
Properties; Click on Recording; Check "Enable CD recording on this
drive"".

Unfortunately, I don't have a "Recording" tab in my properties
for the CD drives.

 

[Rock]

dfrog wrote:

Thanks. The 'cure' mentioned there was"...going to the Drive letter in
Windows Explorer and right clicking on it. Go to Properties; Click on
Recording; Check "Enable CD recording on this drive"".

Unfortunately, I don't have a "Recording" tab in my properties for the CD
drives.

Go to Start | Run | Services.msc | Ok. In the services console scroll to
IMAPI CD-Burning COM service. Start it and set the startup type to Manual.
Now check for the recording tab.

 

[Cooler Dude]

Go to Start | Run | Services.msc | Ok. In the services
console scroll to IMAPI CD-Burning COM service. Start it and
set the startup type to Manual. Now check for the recording tab.

Thanks. I tried that but I still only have "General", "Autoplay",
"Hardware" & "Sharing" tabs. No "Recording" tab. ("Sharing" tab
disappears when I put a disc in the drive).

Attempts to access the drive or Copy/Paste to a blank CD generate
the "E:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function." message, whilst
attempts to Copy/Paste to a CD which already contains a file or
two generates "Cannot copy filename: Files on this CD-ROM drive
are read-only. you cannot copy or move files over to this CD-ROM
drive". (With no disk in the drive, Explorer sees the drive as
"DVD-RAM Drive").

However, both drives perform perfectly writing to CDs / DVDs using
Nero, which must rule out any mechanical issues. I suspect that
Nero may have "taken over" the rights to CD writing and I guess
the only way I'll prove that is to uninstall Nero and maybe
uninstall/reinstall the XP drivers (unless of course anybody with
Nero v 6.6 installed can tell me their XP copy/paste to CD
function works perfectly!!)

 

[Rock]

Thanks. I tried that but I still only have "General", "Autoplay",
"Hardware" & "Sharing" tabs. No "Recording" tab. ("Sharing" tab disappears
when I put a disc in the drive).

Attempts to access the drive or Copy/Paste to a blank CD generate the "E:\
is not accessible. Incorrect function." message, whilst attempts to
Copy/Paste to a CD which already contains a file or two generates "Cannot
copy filename: Files on this CD-ROM drive are read-only. you cannot copy
or move files over to this CD-ROM drive". (With no disk in the drive,
Explorer sees the drive as "DVD-RAM Drive").

However, both drives perform perfectly writing to CDs / DVDs using Nero,
which must rule out any mechanical issues. I suspect that Nero may have
"taken over" the rights to CD writing and I guess the only way I'll prove
that is to uninstall Nero and maybe uninstall/reinstall the XP drivers
(unless of course anybody with Nero v 6.6 installed can tell me their XP
copy/paste to CD function works perfectly!!)

I recollect a previous thread with this issue. I think the OP fixed it by
running the autoplay repair fix but I'm not absolutely sure on that.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

 

[Cooler Dude]

Rock wrote:

I recollect a previous thread with this issue. I think the OP
fixed it by running the autoplay repair fix but I'm not
absolutely sure on that.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

Thanks. I tried that but it made no difference. I think I'll
live with this minor irritation as Nero is working fine.