"Cannot Complete the CD Writing Wizard"

[Guest]

I have a CD-RW drive and am trying to back up some files onto a CD-RW.
However, when I go through the CD Writing Wizard, it starts burning, then
about 1/3 of the way through, it stops and gives me an error message:

"Cannot Complete the CD Writing Wizard. There was an error in the writing
process. The disc you have attempted to write may no longer be usable."

This has happened with multiple discs, and I tried on of those rejected
discs on another computer and it burned just fine.

I've tried to turn on the IMAPI CD Burner Service, but it won't stay on.

Please help me know what I have to do to back up these files.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a CD-RW drive and am trying to back up some files onto a
CD-RW. However, when I go through the CD Writing Wizard, it starts
burning, then about 1/3 of the way through, it stops and gives me
an error message:

"Cannot Complete the CD Writing Wizard. There was an error in the
writing process. The disc you have attempted to write may no
longer be usable."

This has happened with multiple discs, and I tried on of those
rejected discs on another computer and it burned just fine.

I've tried to turn on the IMAPI CD Burner Service, but it won't
stay on.

Please help me know what I have to do to back up these files.

This could be dozens of things. Have you tried *not* using the built-in CD
writing wizard and using a third party application?

CDBurnerXP Pro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

DeepBurner Free
http://www.deepburner.com/

ImgBurn (burn ISO images)
http://www.imgburn.com/

Roxio and Nero are good pay choices as well.

 

[Guest]

I've tried Nero, and still to no avail.

This could be dozens of things. Have you tried *not* using the built-in CD
writing wizard and using a third party application?

CDBurnerXP Pro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

DeepBurner Free
http://www.deepburner.com/

ImgBurn (burn ISO images)
http://www.imgburn.com/

Roxio and Nero are good pay choices as well.

 

[glee]

What error or errors do you get in Nero? Use the option at the end of the attempted
burn, to save the log file, and see what it shows toward the end of the log. It
should include some SCSI error messages.

 

[Guest]

The first problem on the Nero log is that there was a file being used by
another application, so it skipped it and didn't cache it to burn onto the
CD. The caching was successful though.

The next error was an "Unspecified target error," then "all writers idle,
stopping conversion," then "conversion idle, stopping reader," then "Invalid
write state," and then "Could not perform EndTrack."

After that, it has a SCSI error which includes things like "SCSI_ERR" and
"KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST."

After those, another Unspecified target error, a "could not perform
fixation," "falling back to disc fixation," and finally a notice that the
process failed. I don't know if any of this will help you to diagnose the
problem, but thank you!

 

[glee]

Have you cleaned the drive with simple audio CD cleaning disc?
What media are you using (discs....type, speed, etc.)?
Have you upgraded the firmware of the drive? What brand drive and model is it?
Would you mind posting the entire Nero log for me....you can copy and paste the text
into your reply.

A bad drive is also a possibility.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/

The first problem on the Nero log is that there was a file being used by
another application, so it skipped it and didn't cache it to burn onto the
CD. The caching was successful though.

The next error was an "Unspecified target error," then "all writers idle,
stopping conversion," then "conversion idle, stopping reader," then "Invalid
write state," and then "Could not perform EndTrack."

After that, it has a SCSI error which includes things like "SCSI_ERR" and
"KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST."

After those, another Unspecified target error, a "could not perform
fixation," "falling back to disc fixation," and finally a notice that the
process failed. I don't know if any of this will help you to diagnose the
problem, but thank you!

 

[wattsfamily]

I have exactly the same problem with both my laptop and my PC which has
two brand new drives. This is obviously MS derived from one of their
security updates as both PCs were working perfectly OK yet both failed
at roughly the same time. 'MS updates' methinks cause thousands of
problems for PC users.

Gaz