CD Burning Problem

[Guest]

Whether I'm using iTunes, WMP, the built-in XP cd-writer, or any other burning application downloaded from the net, my result is always the same when i try to burn any type of cd (both data and audio): The writing process completes as normal... when it's done, the program says that the cd burning was successful. However, when I go to view the contents of the CD, nothing is there; the CD is blank with the full 700 MB capacity that it started with. Anyone have any idea how to fix this? I was able to burn CDs just fine until it froze while burning at one point and i restarted the computer... ever since then, no luck. I tried uninstalling the hardware and reinstalling it, reinstalling XP professional, using four different brands of CD-R... but nothing seems to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[JBM]

Whether I'm using iTunes, WMP, the built-in XP

cd-writer, or any other burning application
downloaded from the net, my result is always the
same when i try to burn any type of cd (both data
and audio): The writing process completes as
normal... when it's done, the program says that
the cd burning was successful. However, when I go
to view the contents of the CD, nothing is there;
the CD is blank with the full 700 MB capacity that
it started with. Anyone have any idea how to fix
this? I was able to burn CDs just fine until it
froze while burning at one point and i restarted
the computer... ever since then, no luck. I tried
uninstalling the hardware and reinstalling it,
reinstalling XP professional, using four different
brands of CD-R... but nothing seems to work. Any
help would be greatly appreciated!

Have you tried the burner in another computer?
Sound like it may be bad to me.

Jim M

 

[Guest]

Have you tried the burner in another computer

Sound like it may be bad to me

Yeah, that was my only other thought... the problem is that I have a Sony Vaio laptop, and I have no idea how to get the CD drive out. After looking online for a couple hours, it seems that a number of other people have had the same problem, so I thought there may have been a common reason/solution for it.

 

[Guest]

Could there be a problem with the image creation?

 

[JBM]

Could there be a problem with the image

creation?

I couldn't tell you. But it sounds like a problem
I had
with a NEC 1300A drive. Replaced the drive and the
problem went away. Hope someone else here can be
more help.

Jim M

 

[Ron]

I swapped mine with the same problem to no avail.

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Yeah, that was my only other thought... the problem is

that I have a Sony Vaio laptop, and I have no idea how to
get the CD drive out. After looking online for a couple
hours, it seems that a number of other people have had the
same problem, so I thought there may have been a common
reason/solution for it.