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Details of my system:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4A, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Name Asus P4B533-VM (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Video)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale-G i845G
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (05/07/02)
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller
Disk Drive WDC WD1200JB-00CRA1 (111 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive GENERIC CRD-BP1700P (40x/12x/40x CD-RW)
Optical Drive LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104 (DVD:2x/1x/6x, CD:8x/4x/24x DVD-RW)
When I insert a CD-R into the generic (Sanyo) drive, the icon to represent
the drive changes from CD-RW drive to a large disc icon with a CD-RW tag on
it. When I try to format the disk using VOB Instant Write, an error is always
reported. I assume this is because the disc is showing up as a RW disc.
However, when I place the same CD-R into the DVD-RW drive, its icon changes
from DVD-RW drive to a large disk icon but this time with the correct CD-R
label. This same disc can then be formatted using Instant Write. This means
that when I want to burn CDs, I have to use the slower DVD burner. I’m not
sure if this is a hardware or a software problem. Can anyone please help?
I’ve tried a few things. As I have been unable to gain access to the VOB
site, I decided to uninstall Instant Write and try a different CD burning
programme. This did not solve the problem. When a CD-R was inserted into
the CD-RW drive, Windows explorer showed up the disc to be a CD-RW rather
than a CD-R. XP Burner Pro 3 also detected the disc as CD-RW when it was in
the CD-RW drive. When I inserted the same disc into the DVD-RW drive, XP
Burner Pro 3 detected it as CD-R but it wouldn’t allow access to it. I use
Music Match Jukebox to burn music CDs but when I tried to do so after
uninstalling Instant Write and installing XP Burner Pro 3, Music Match
Jukebox reported that no CD/DVD drives had been detected and so I had to
restore XP to the state prior to uninstallation.
At least now I can use my DVD-RW to burn CD-R discs but my CD-RW has become
redundant. Although CD-RW shows up correctly, whenever I try to format it, I
always get the ‘an error occurred during format’ message. If I have a CD-R
in the DVD-RW drive (bear with me, I know this is getting confusing) and then
insert a CD-RW disc into the CD-RW drive, nothing is detected. Windows
simply reports ‘please insert a disk’. If I insert a CD-R disc into the
CD-RW drive, while there is a CD-R disk in the DVD-RW drive (correctly
recognised), then the CD-R disc in the CD-RW drive is recognised as a CD-RW
disc, which means that I won’t be able to format it. Fortunately, the DVD-RW
drive still recognises DVD-R and DVD-RW correctly, although the DVD-RW drive
icon in Windows explorer changes to a CD drive icon with a DVD-R tab on it.
When I disable the DVD-RW drive, I still get CD-R discs showing up as CD-RW.
When using MM Jukebox Plus to burn a music CD, the media type for a CD-R
shows up as CD-RW.
I’ve tried http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529 and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321641, without success.
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4A, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Name Asus P4B533-VM (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Video)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale-G i845G
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (05/07/02)
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Controller
Disk Drive WDC WD1200JB-00CRA1 (111 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive GENERIC CRD-BP1700P (40x/12x/40x CD-RW)
Optical Drive LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104 (DVD:2x/1x/6x, CD:8x/4x/24x DVD-RW)
When I insert a CD-R into the generic (Sanyo) drive, the icon to represent
the drive changes from CD-RW drive to a large disc icon with a CD-RW tag on
it. When I try to format the disk using VOB Instant Write, an error is always
reported. I assume this is because the disc is showing up as a RW disc.
However, when I place the same CD-R into the DVD-RW drive, its icon changes
from DVD-RW drive to a large disk icon but this time with the correct CD-R
label. This same disc can then be formatted using Instant Write. This means
that when I want to burn CDs, I have to use the slower DVD burner. I’m not
sure if this is a hardware or a software problem. Can anyone please help?
I’ve tried a few things. As I have been unable to gain access to the VOB
site, I decided to uninstall Instant Write and try a different CD burning
programme. This did not solve the problem. When a CD-R was inserted into
the CD-RW drive, Windows explorer showed up the disc to be a CD-RW rather
than a CD-R. XP Burner Pro 3 also detected the disc as CD-RW when it was in
the CD-RW drive. When I inserted the same disc into the DVD-RW drive, XP
Burner Pro 3 detected it as CD-R but it wouldn’t allow access to it. I use
Music Match Jukebox to burn music CDs but when I tried to do so after
uninstalling Instant Write and installing XP Burner Pro 3, Music Match
Jukebox reported that no CD/DVD drives had been detected and so I had to
restore XP to the state prior to uninstallation.
At least now I can use my DVD-RW to burn CD-R discs but my CD-RW has become
redundant. Although CD-RW shows up correctly, whenever I try to format it, I
always get the ‘an error occurred during format’ message. If I have a CD-R
in the DVD-RW drive (bear with me, I know this is getting confusing) and then
insert a CD-RW disc into the CD-RW drive, nothing is detected. Windows
simply reports ‘please insert a disk’. If I insert a CD-R disc into the
CD-RW drive, while there is a CD-R disk in the DVD-RW drive (correctly
recognised), then the CD-R disc in the CD-RW drive is recognised as a CD-RW
disc, which means that I won’t be able to format it. Fortunately, the DVD-RW
drive still recognises DVD-R and DVD-RW correctly, although the DVD-RW drive
icon in Windows explorer changes to a CD drive icon with a DVD-R tab on it.
When I disable the DVD-RW drive, I still get CD-R discs showing up as CD-RW.
When using MM Jukebox Plus to burn a music CD, the media type for a CD-R
shows up as CD-RW.
I’ve tried http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316529 and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321641, without success.