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Peter
Hi,
Some time ago I tried out several freeware CD/DVD burning softwares. When I
tested them I simulated burings to a disc just to see how I liked the
interfaces. As it happens, I didn't like any of them and I stuck with Nero
that I have always used. So I uninstalled the programs I had tested. During
the simulated burning test, what I did was to attempt to make a copy of a
normal cd with backup files that I had. I told the programs to store
temporary files on E: at root level. But I did NOT attempt to burn any of the
files actually on E:.
The next time I booted my computer I got a popup from the system tray
looking like this:
http://i27.tinypic.com/2941e82.jpg
I ignored it but it keeps on coming back all the time. When I click it, it
appears that it/something/CD-burning module of Windows? wants to burn all the
files and folders on my E: drive to a disc. If I have a disc in the cd-tray
and click it in the explorer, I get a divided window with on the one hand
"files already on disc" and on the other "files to be written to disc".
E: (at root level) is where I simulated storing the temporary files when I
tried out the interfaces for the other buring programs, so obviously someone
of those screwed something up. But remember, I never told the programs during
the simulated burnings to actually use any of the files on E:, I told them to
store temporary files from the CD in the tray on E:.
However, however hard I look (admin account, show all files, system files
also) I cannot find any trace of any temporary files on E:.
Sometimes, to me it seems randomly, when I eject the cd-tray another popup
appears:
http://i27.tinypic.com/30911kw.jpg
After a week of repeatedly clicking cancel I was getting tired of it, and I
thought I would try option 3. Perhaps the reference to the temporary files
would be deleted when the temp files couldn't be found (since I couldn't find
them) and the problem would be gone with the wind. I should have known
better...
Woe is me!
Instead my entire E: began to be erased at lightning speed. I realized what
was happening and managed to interrupt the procedure and was able to recover
most of the erased files.
Since then, I am only clicking cancel. But I do it quite a few times a day.
I have been trying to find if there is a cd-buring module in Windows where
there are some settings i could perhaps change but i can't find any.
(Strange, I thought there was a cd burning program natively shipped with
WinXP SP2.)
Anyway, short of reinstalling the whole OS, does anyone have a clue where I
can troubleshoot this issue? I have reached the end of my own skills and
found no relevant point of entry into solving the problem.
Thanks a lot for any pointers!
(I've had this problem for over a year and ZoneAlarm virus/spyware scans
have never found anything suspicious. If it was due to a virus I suspect it
should have been included in the virii databases by now. Ergo, I don't think
it is a virus problem.)
/P
Some time ago I tried out several freeware CD/DVD burning softwares. When I
tested them I simulated burings to a disc just to see how I liked the
interfaces. As it happens, I didn't like any of them and I stuck with Nero
that I have always used. So I uninstalled the programs I had tested. During
the simulated burning test, what I did was to attempt to make a copy of a
normal cd with backup files that I had. I told the programs to store
temporary files on E: at root level. But I did NOT attempt to burn any of the
files actually on E:.
The next time I booted my computer I got a popup from the system tray
looking like this:
http://i27.tinypic.com/2941e82.jpg
I ignored it but it keeps on coming back all the time. When I click it, it
appears that it/something/CD-burning module of Windows? wants to burn all the
files and folders on my E: drive to a disc. If I have a disc in the cd-tray
and click it in the explorer, I get a divided window with on the one hand
"files already on disc" and on the other "files to be written to disc".
E: (at root level) is where I simulated storing the temporary files when I
tried out the interfaces for the other buring programs, so obviously someone
of those screwed something up. But remember, I never told the programs during
the simulated burnings to actually use any of the files on E:, I told them to
store temporary files from the CD in the tray on E:.
However, however hard I look (admin account, show all files, system files
also) I cannot find any trace of any temporary files on E:.
Sometimes, to me it seems randomly, when I eject the cd-tray another popup
appears:
http://i27.tinypic.com/30911kw.jpg
After a week of repeatedly clicking cancel I was getting tired of it, and I
thought I would try option 3. Perhaps the reference to the temporary files
would be deleted when the temp files couldn't be found (since I couldn't find
them) and the problem would be gone with the wind. I should have known
better...
Woe is me!
Instead my entire E: began to be erased at lightning speed. I realized what
was happening and managed to interrupt the procedure and was able to recover
most of the erased files.
Since then, I am only clicking cancel. But I do it quite a few times a day.
I have been trying to find if there is a cd-buring module in Windows where
there are some settings i could perhaps change but i can't find any.
(Strange, I thought there was a cd burning program natively shipped with
WinXP SP2.)
Anyway, short of reinstalling the whole OS, does anyone have a clue where I
can troubleshoot this issue? I have reached the end of my own skills and
found no relevant point of entry into solving the problem.
Thanks a lot for any pointers!
(I've had this problem for over a year and ZoneAlarm virus/spyware scans
have never found anything suspicious. If it was due to a virus I suspect it
should have been included in the virii databases by now. Ergo, I don't think
it is a virus problem.)
/P