Burning Cd

[Guest]

I have been trying to use windows media, nero and sonic. Puter will not burn
a cd, I have tried both CD-RW and and CD-R. I am going crazy, how do I test
my cd drive, I have done the new driver bit, no change...There must be a way
of testing a burner? Help

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Is your "CD Drive" a CD-R or CD-RW drive? If it is,
what make and model?

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| I have been trying to use windows media, nero and sonic. Puter will not burn
| a cd, I have tried both CD-RW and and CD-R. I am going crazy, how do I test
| my cd drive, I have done the new driver bit, no change...There must be a way
| of testing a burner? Help

 

[Guest]

Hi and thank you. It is a samsungSM348B, not sure if it is a cd-r or cd-rw?
sorry, how will downloading the service pak 2 help? or is it just good to
have for securtity reasons? barry

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Troubleshooting: SAMSUNG SM-348 CD-RW/DVD ROM Drive User's Guide
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/p50160/en/trouble.htm

SAMSUNG SM-348 CD-RW/DVD ROM Drive User's Guide
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/p50160/en/index.htm

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| Hi and thank you. It is a samsungSM348B, not sure if it is a cd-r or cd-rw?
| sorry, how will downloading the service pak 2 help? or is it just good to
| have for securtity reasons? barry

 

[Guest]

http://www.search4hardware.com/8/p_8_2242_Samsung_SM-348B.html

 

[Tom]

LOL, if he had only a CD-R (only) drive, it is near a 100% probability, that
his system wouldn't run XP!

 

[Guest]

What does that mean? I've installed XP on two systems that had CD-R only
without any difficulty.

 

[Richard Urban]

You had better explain that erroneous thought to enlighten us who think we
know better!

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[Michael Stevens]

In

LOL, if he had only a CD-R (only) drive, it is near a 100%
probability, that his system wouldn't run XP!

Fine thinking there Tom, tell that to Dell who sells their entry level XP
systems with CD-R drives. LOY
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[Tom]

In

Fine thinking there Tom, tell that to Dell who sells their entry level XP
systems with CD-R drives. LOY

Prove it, show me where at Dell they dell CD-Rs drives. Their cheapest
desktops (which are the 2400 series), have no shows for CD-Rs, only CD-RWs.
Funny Mikey, that you don't provide a link!

My first (non-built) PC purchase was from Dell in early '99', and even then,
they recommended CD-RWs (though the option was to buy a CD-R drive) I bought
my own CD-RW, and installed it, it was cheaper than theirs. The CD-RW disks
then cost almost $15

 

[Kath Adams]

What utter crap!

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

Prove it, show me where at Dell they dell CD-Rs drives. Their cheapest
desktops (which are the 2400 series), have no shows for CD-Rs, only
CD-RWs. Funny Mikey, that you don't provide a link!

Here you go, TommyBoy. LOY again! Didn;t think it was necessary.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/low_price_dimen?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs



List of the CD drives Dell sells with their systems.

Optical Drives
CD-ROM Drive
The Dell CD-ROM drive provides a low cost way to read data files and load
software onto your computer. Dell CD-ROM drives support high quality reading
of compact discs. Dell's CD firmware allows extraction of high quality audio
and data files even from CDs that have become dirty or scratched.
CD-RW Drive
With the Dell CD-RW Drive, also known as a CD burner, users can create their
own custom data CDs on discs that costs less than $0.50 each and hold up to
700MB of data. The Dell CD-RW drive will allow users to easily create their
own custom data CDs for data back-up or data transfer purposes. It will also
allow you to store and share audio files, video files, large data files and
digital photos with millions of other people that have access to a CD-ROM
drive. This drive will also do anything your CD-ROM drive will do. It reads
all your existing CD-ROMs, Audio CDs, and CDs that you have created with
your CD burner.
DVD-ROM Drive
The Dell DVD-ROM drive allows you to enjoy the crystal clear color, picture
and sound clarity of DVD video on your PC1. It will also prepare you for
future software and large data files that will be released or can be created
on DVD media. A DVD-ROM drive can also read CD-ROM discs, effectively
providing users with full optical read capability in one device. Just as
with its CD-ROM drives, Dell DVD-ROM drives allow for high-quality Digital
Audio Extraction even when discs have become somewhat scratched or dirty.
CD-RW/DVD Combination Drive
The Dell CD-RW/DVD Combination Drive brings all the advantages of a CD-RW, a
DVD-ROM, and a CD-ROM to a single drive. This allows you to have CD-RW and
DVD-ROM functionality in a single bay, freeing up space for other devices.
With a CD-RW/DVD combo drive, users can read DVD-ROM discs, read CD-ROM
discs and create their own custom data CDs on discs that cost less than
$0.50 each and hold up to 700 MB of data.
DVD+R/+RW Drive2
The Dell DVD+R/+RW Drive brings you the latest in rewritable DVD technology,
built around the DVD+RW standard. Use it to store your favorite original
video (with SonicTM MyDVD® or DVDit!® SE video authoring software3) or to
archive up to 4.7GB of your personal data (with RoxioTM Easy CD CreatorTM )
to a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc. The DVD+R/+RW drive writes to DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R
and CD-RW media, as well as reads all these media types including CD-ROM and
DVD-ROM.



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[Thomas Wendell]

If your link is as you intended, there is NO mention of a CD-R, not even
under customize this system.
There is five products, CD/DVD from left to right are
48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-ROM, 16X DVD-ROM

Where did you find that CD-R ??

( CD-ROM = CD- ReadOnlyMemory
CD-R = CD-Recordable
CD-RW = CD-ReWritable)



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[Colin Barnhorst]

I just went there and if you read down the features column on, say, the
first machine ($299.00), it says under CD/DVD "48x cd-rom". Same for the
machine to the right.

 

[Michael Stevens]

In

I just went there and if you read down the features column on, say,
the first machine ($299.00), it says under CD/DVD "48x cd-rom". Same
for the machine to the right.

Thanks Colin,
Don't know what they are seeing, but I see the same as you.

I just ordered a no frills Dell for a friend for a neighbor friend and it
came with a 48x CD-ROM.
BTW, they are still shipping with a proper XP CD.


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[Kath Adams]

Prove it, show me where at Dell they dell CD-Rs drives. Their cheapest
desktops (which are the 2400 series), have no shows for CD-Rs, only
CD-RWs. Funny Mikey, that you don't provide a link!

My first (non-built) PC purchase was from Dell in early '99', and
even then, they recommended CD-RWs (though the option was to buy a
CD-R drive) I bought my own CD-RW, and installed it, it was cheaper
than theirs. The CD-RW disks then cost almost $15

I have a home LAN set up. The PC that we connect to the internet with is
an old IBM machine. It's running Windows XP Professional SP2 and has an
Hitachi CD-ROM drive. I can run Belarc or Aida on it and post the
results if you so wish?

 

[Tom]

In

Here you go, TommyBoy. LOY again! Didn;t think it was necessary.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/low_price_dimen?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs



List of the CD drives Dell sells with their systems.

Optical Drives
CD-ROM Drive
The Dell CD-ROM drive provides a low cost way to read data files and load
software onto your computer. Dell CD-ROM drives support high quality
reading of compact discs. Dell's CD firmware allows extraction of high
quality audio and data files even from CDs that have become dirty or
scratched.
CD-RW Drive
With the Dell CD-RW Drive, also known as a CD burner, users can create
their own custom data CDs on discs that costs less than $0.50 each and
hold up to 700MB of data. The Dell CD-RW drive will allow users to easily
create their own custom data CDs for data back-up or data transfer
purposes. It will also allow you to store and share audio files, video
files, large data files and digital photos with millions of other people
that have access to a CD-ROM drive. This drive will also do anything your
CD-ROM drive will do. It reads all your existing CD-ROMs, Audio CDs, and
CDs that you have created with your CD burner.
DVD-ROM Drive
The Dell DVD-ROM drive allows you to enjoy the crystal clear color,
picture and sound clarity of DVD video on your PC1. It will also prepare
you for future software and large data files that will be released or can
be created on DVD media. A DVD-ROM drive can also read CD-ROM discs,
effectively providing users with full optical read capability in one
device. Just as with its CD-ROM drives, Dell DVD-ROM drives allow for
high-quality Digital Audio Extraction even when discs have become somewhat
scratched or dirty.
CD-RW/DVD Combination Drive
The Dell CD-RW/DVD Combination Drive brings all the advantages of a CD-RW,
a DVD-ROM, and a CD-ROM to a single drive. This allows you to have CD-RW
and DVD-ROM functionality in a single bay, freeing up space for other
devices. With a CD-RW/DVD combo drive, users can read DVD-ROM discs, read
CD-ROM discs and create their own custom data CDs on discs that cost less
than $0.50 each and hold up to 700 MB of data.
DVD+R/+RW Drive2
The Dell DVD+R/+RW Drive brings you the latest in rewritable DVD
technology, built around the DVD+RW standard. Use it to store your
favorite original video (with SonicTM MyDVD® or DVDit!® SE video
authoring software3) or to archive up to 4.7GB of your personal data (with
RoxioTM Easy CD CreatorTM ) to a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc. The DVD+R/+RW drive
writes to DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R and CD-RW media, as well as reads all these
media types including CD-ROM and DVD-ROM.

Oh dear, seems you didn't read what Carey asked LOL (did you not say in
another thread that I need to follow the thread, to which I did apologize?)

The OP stated his problem, though he didn't say what drive he had. Carey
replied, " Is your "CD Drive" a CD-R or CD-RW drive? If it is, what make
and model?", which the OP replied what he has, and Carey gave him relevant
Sony links to his model. Carey stated CD-R, not CD-ROM types (or any
XXX-ROM), and there is a specific difference. CD-R specific models have not
been made in a few years, and some models, when made were not even supported
on Win98/ME let alone 2000/XP. There were actual drives made for CD-Rs,
though I am unsure if they then could burn to RWs when that disk format came
around, since there was a time when RWs were not available.

Again, did you see Dell sell actual devices listed as CD-Rs? (I know you
didn't lol)

http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_history.shtml

One model in particular of among many brands (Buffalo comes to mind) that
wasn't supported by 98 and later, SONY CD-R CRX510E:
http://www.orlogix.com/support_dsl.php?pn=sbu&vendor=SONY

There ya go Mikey *-)

 

[Shenan Stanley]

LOL, if he had only a CD-R (only) drive, it is near a 100%
probability, that his system wouldn't run XP!

Fine thinking there Tom, tell that to Dell who sells their entry
level XP systems with CD-R drives. LOY

Prove it, show me where at Dell they dell CD-Rs drives. Their
cheapest desktops (which are the 2400 series), have no shows for
CD-Rs, only CD-RWs. Funny Mikey, that you don't provide a link!

Here you go, TommyBoy. LOY again! Didn;t think it was necessary.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/low_price_dimen?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

List of the CD drives Dell sells with their systems.

<snipped>

If your link is as you intended, there is NO mention of a CD-R, not
even under customize this system.
There is five products, CD/DVD from left to right are
48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-ROM, 48X CD-ROM, 16X DVD-ROM
Where did you find that CD-R ??

( CD-ROM = CD- ReadOnlyMemory
CD-R = CD-Recordable
CD-RW = CD-ReWritable)

I just went there and if you read down the features column on, say,
the first machine ($299.00), it says under CD/DVD "48x cd-rom". Same
for the machine to the right.

Don't know what they are seeing, but I see the same as you.

I just ordered a no frills Dell for a friend for a neighbor friend
and it came with a 48x CD-ROM.
BTW, they are still shipping with a proper XP CD.

Okay - this is one of those "semantics" things.

If taken as written, Tom did state "CD-R (only)" drive. This would mean it
would be incapable of doing anything but reading CDs and writing to CD-Rs..
Not CD-RWs. I still have a few 2x examples of this lying around that cost
$400 (or more) a LONG time ago.

Dell's come with CD drives, CD-RW drives, Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives or DVD
burners (that burn different formats depending on the drive, but almost
always burn CD-R and CD-RW disks as well.)

The trick here is that Tom specified CD-R (only). As far as I know - you
can no longer purchase (new) a CD-R (only) drive alone or in a package
system anywhere.. NEW.. Because they are not made any longer. All such
drives will now write CD-R and CD-RW - not just CD-R. You can buy a Dell
(as pointed out in the thread so far) with JUST CD-ROM drives, but there is
no Dell sold today that comes NEW with a CD-R (CD-Recordable) (only) drive
without getting the CD-RW functionality as well.

Yes - semantics.

Thomas Wendall pointed this out already:

CD-ROM = CD- ReadOnlyMemory
CD-R = CD-Recordable
CD-RW = CD-ReWritable

So, Tom's statement makes sense - although technically - I could put a CD-R
(only) drive in a system and still likely be able to use my 3GHz machine to
run Windows XP - who knows if I would be able to burn - but likely yes...
But i would have to buy that drive used and/or already have it from WAY back
(in technology years..)

 

[Tom]

<snipped>







Okay - this is one of those "semantics" things.

If taken as written, Tom did state "CD-R (only)" drive. This would mean
it would be incapable of doing anything but reading CDs and writing to
CD-Rs.. Not CD-RWs. I still have a few 2x examples of this lying around
that cost $400 (or more) a LONG time ago.

Dell's come with CD drives, CD-RW drives, Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives or
DVD burners (that burn different formats depending on the drive, but
almost always burn CD-R and CD-RW disks as well.)

The trick here is that Tom specified CD-R (only). As far as I know - you
can no longer purchase (new) a CD-R (only) drive alone or in a package
system anywhere.. NEW.. Because they are not made any longer. All such
drives will now write CD-R and CD-RW - not just CD-R. You can buy a Dell
(as pointed out in the thread so far) with JUST CD-ROM drives, but there
is no Dell sold today that comes NEW with a CD-R (CD-Recordable) (only)
drive without getting the CD-RW functionality as well.

Yes - semantics.

Thomas Wendall pointed this out already:

CD-ROM = CD- ReadOnlyMemory
CD-R = CD-Recordable
CD-RW = CD-ReWritable

So, Tom's statement makes sense - although technically - I could put a
CD-R (only) drive in a system and still likely be able to use my 3GHz
machine to run Windows XP - who knows if I would be able to burn - but
likely yes... But i would have to buy that drive used and/or already have
it from WAY back (in technology years..)

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Though off the point, I have never used an actual CD-R when they were out,
simlpy because then the need for mass backup wasn't needed like it is now, I
used Floppies, and a second 3gig hard rive LOL. Anyway, can an 'actual'
CD-R drives, write to a CD-RW, as I wondered this as CD-RW disks seem to
have morphed seamlessly into writable media then?

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Though off the point, I have never used an actual CD-R when they were out,
simlpy because then the need for mass backup wasn't needed like it is now, I
used Floppies, and a second 3gig hard rive LOL. Anyway, can an 'actual'
CD-R drives, write to a CD-RW, as I wondered this as CD-RW disks seem to
have morphed seamlessly into writable media then?

The now obsolete CD-R (only) drives could not write to CD-R/W discs. I
recall that Yamaha, Memorex and a few other companies used to sell those
drives. They were eventually fazed out.