Cause of CD coasters?

[ms]

I normally use HP RecordNow, have a old HP CD drive, usually works very reliably.
I use Imation CD's.

Yesterday, it made one good CD, the next 3 were coasters.

I tried EasyISo, nice program, it made 2 good CD's, the next 2 were coasters.

When the program tries to write to the CD, the CD shows no contents, is there a
program that will use these disks and write to it?

What is the usual cause of the above situation, where a burner makes good CD's at
first, then garbage?

Mike Sa

 

[bambam]

I normally use HP RecordNow, have a old HP CD drive, usually works
very reliably. I use Imation CD's.

Yesterday, it made one good CD, the next 3 were coasters.

I tried EasyISo, nice program, it made 2 good CD's, the next 2 were
coasters.

When the program tries to write to the CD, the CD shows no contents,
is there a program that will use these disks and write to it?

What is the usual cause of the above situation, where a burner makes
good CD's at first, then garbage?

Bad batch of cds or your drive is dying.
A much better group to try-

alt.comp.periphs.cdr

 

[Bob Adkins]

a old HP CD drive, usually works very reliably.

Probably the old CD burner worn out or clogged with dust.

Look at the computer case for clues. Is there dust around the door cracks?
Is there dust around the floppy drive door? The problem is worse if you
smoke. It's seldom the software. You can purchase a "CD Lens Cleaning Disk"
for ~$9, or a new 16x-48x DVD-CD combo burner for $38.

 

[Bill Turner]

What is the usual cause of the above situation, where a burner makes
good CD's at first, then garbage?

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Anytime a CD/DVD player or burner becomes erratic, the first thing to
do is clean the laser lens. Dust accumulates and that is the problem it
causes. A can of compressed air will do the job, or there are disk
cleaners which look like a CD but have tiny brushes on them.
Personally, I've had good luck with the air. YMMV.

Bill T.

 

[ms]

I normally use HP RecordNow, have a old HP CD drive, usually works very
reliably.
I use Imation CD's.

Yesterday, it made one good CD, the next 3 were coasters.

I tried EasyISo, nice program, it made 2 good CD's, the next 2 were
coasters.

When the program tries to write to the CD, the CD shows no contents, is
there a program that will use these disks and write to it?

What is the usual cause of the above situation, where a burner makes
good CD's at first, then garbage?

Mike Sa

Thanks to all.

I posted to alt.comp.periphs.cdr, helpful, but they suggest that blank CD's have a
shelf life??

Is Nero CDSpeed the best util to check disk quality of a CD?

I ran it yesterday, it checked one CD, after that the Start Scan button was greyed
out. Such fun.

Mike Sa

 

[JoeA]

It sounds like an overheating problem. Make one CD. Wait a while.
Reboot.. then make another. Is the problem gone? Also turn off all
other programs when burning. Disconnect from internet, shut down
firewall, anti-virus, anything that might be draining your memory.
Open the case and check for dust bunnies, make sure the fans work . If
none of this helps then post back.

 

[ms]

It sounds like an overheating problem. Make one CD. Wait a while.
Reboot.. then make another. Is the problem gone? Also turn off all
other programs when burning. Disconnect from internet, shut down
firewall, anti-virus, anything that might be draining your memory. Open
the case and check for dust bunnies, make sure the fans work . If none
of this helps then post back.

Thanks, but kinda doubt overheating. Fan is pretty clean, case has 2 fans, no
signs ever of overheating, plenty of free resources.

Since I was able to make copies yesterday under same conditions where no copies
before, may be just bad blank CD's. Good point about shut down everything else, I
find that helps.

Mike Sa