DVD-r/rw CD-r/rw Combo Not Burning

[Guest]

Hi, Long Story that needs a solution. I'm a novice here. I had installed
SP2 for XP not knowing in the long run it would affect my system. I then got
my hands on Easy CD Creater v4.02a and loaded it. I got an error message
that said my drives were disabled because of that installation. So I removed
Easy CD Creater v4.02a. The message remained though. I had previously
installed and used successfully Pinnacle Studio 8. I recently had obtained
Studio 9. And proceeded to install it. Or at least tried. During
installation, it was automatically uninstalling Studio 8 and I had to restart
the computer. After restarting the computer, both my dvd-r/rw cd-r/rw combo
drive and my cd drive were missing. I restored my system and redid the same
thing at least three more times - installing, uninstalling, and restoring. I
then was told that SP2 for XP could also be a driving factor in this problem.
I uninstalled it. Still having that pop up message that I ignored - not
realizing that it would have an affect in the long run. I came across
information under articles 320553 - CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to
be missing... I followed the instructions and wella! the drives were back.
They were playing music fine. I went to burn a cd and found that the
capability was gone - aha the pop window was still there. Removing Easy CD
Creater v4.02a did not bring back the writing capability. I usually just
drag and drop and burn through XP. I can't now. I then came across article
315345 CD Recording Software Will Cause Windows to Become Unstable. I
followed the instructions, but it hasn't changed anything - oh wait, it did
remove the pop up message. But I still can't drag, drop, and burn using XP
or Windows Media. What can I do now? Help. Angela

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Open My Computer, double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop.
Right click your CD drive
Properties
Recording tab
Check: Enable CD Recording on this drive check box
Apply
OK
Close My Computer

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Hi, There is no recording tab. All I see are: General, AutoPlay, Hardware,
Sharing. And I looked under each. Angela

 

[Alex Nichol]

Hi, Long Story that needs a solution. I'm a novice here. I had installed
SP2 for XP not knowing in the long run it would affect my system. I then got
my hands on Easy CD Creater v4.02a and loaded it. I got an error message
that said my drives were disabled because of that installation. So I removed
Easy CD Creater v4.02a.

The earliest EasyCD that will work with XP is 4.05. Removing it leaves
loose ends in the registry. You can usually get version 4.05 to work if
you download the update from www.roxio.com. (or else get a later
version). If you want to try 4.05 proceed as follows:

Uninstall the version you have, then To tidy up, get a registry patch
file, cdgone.reg, from www.aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip, extract it,
r-click on it and merge it into the registry

Reboot; install your 4.02. Do *not* install Direct CD or TakeTwo,
which will not work properly at all in XP. At the end on exit do *not*
reboot but run the upgrade and then reboot.

But with version 7 having just come out you might be better to look for
a ver 6 on clearout

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Angela,

Have a look at this...

[[SYMPTOMS
When you view the properties of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive, you may
notice that the Recording tab is not displayed in the CD Drive
(drive_letter Properties dialog box, where drive_letter is the letter of
the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive.]]

CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=316529


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Hi, Thanks for that info. I had to change the number from "3" to "2". The
Recording Tab shows up and I select the box to enable recording and apply it.
It just doesn't stay applied. I had to go to work, so I didn't get to
dabble a bit more. When I go home, I will check into again. I'm getting
closer with your help. Thanks again. Angela

Angela,

Have a look at this...

[[SYMPTOMS
When you view the properties of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive, you may
notice that the Recording tab is not displayed in the CD Drive
(drive_letter Properties dialog box, where drive_letter is the letter of
the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive.]]

CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=316529


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi, There is no recording tab. All I see are: General, AutoPlay,
Hardware, Sharing. And I looked under each. Angela

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Angela,

Good luck!

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi, Thanks for that info. I had to change the number from "3" to
"2". The Recording Tab shows up and I select the box to enable
recording and apply it. It just doesn't stay applied. I had to go
to work, so I didn't get to dabble a bit more. When I go home, I
will check into again. I'm getting closer with your help. Thanks
again. Angela

Angela,

Have a look at this...

[[SYMPTOMS
When you view the properties of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive, you
may notice that the Recording tab is not displayed in the CD Drive
(drive_letter Properties dialog box, where drive_letter is the
letter of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive.]]

CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=316529


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi, There is no recording tab. All I see are: General, AutoPlay,
Hardware, Sharing. And I looked under each. Angela

:

Open My Computer, double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop.
Right click your CD drive
Properties
Recording tab
Check: Enable CD Recording on this drive check box
Apply
OK
Close My Computer

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Angela <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hi, Long Story that needs a solution. I'm a novice here. I had
installed SP2 for XP not knowing in the long run it would affect
my system. I then got my hands on Easy CD Creater v4.02a and
loaded it. I got an error message that said my drives were
disabled because of that installation. So I removed Easy CD
Creater v4.02a. The message remained though. I had previously
installed and used successfully Pinnacle Studio 8. I recently
had obtained Studio 9. And proceeded to install it. Or at least
tried. During installation, it was automatically uninstalling
Studio 8 and I had to restart the computer. After restarting the
computer, both my dvd-r/rw cd-r/rw combo drive and my cd drive
were missing. I restored my system and redid the same thing at
least three more times - installing, uninstalling, and
restoring. I then was told that SP2 for XP could also be a
driving factor in this problem. I uninstalled it. Still having
that pop up message that I ignored - not realizing that it would
have an affect in the long run. I came across information under
articles 320553 - CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be
missing... I followed the instructions and wella! the drives
were back. They were playing music fine. I went to burn a cd and
found that the capability was gone - aha the pop window was still
there. Removing Easy CD Creater v4.02a did not bring back the
writing capability. I usually just drag and drop and burn
through XP. I can't now. I then came across article 315345 CD
Recording Software Will Cause Windows to Become Unstable. I
followed the instructions, but it hasn't changed anything - oh
wait, it did remove the pop up message. But I still can't drag,
drop, and burn using XP or Windows Media. What can I do now?
Help. Angela

 

[Guest]

I got it to stay. I had purchased an external burner and I can't have both
of them selected as the burner. Why? I suppose that's a whole other issue
to research.

Anyway, I have the latest version of Windows Media Player and SonicBlast,
but neither (since they were disabled) are recognizing the cd burner. Last
night I clicked for updates for Media Player - but was told I have the latest
version - so nothing changed. Do you know or have a link I can check to get
this working again?

Thanks again for all your help. I know if I would have brought it to the
Geek Squad they would have reformatted if they couldn't figure the problem
out. I know someone that works under at that store was told that's what they
do. Yikes, I would have lost everything.

Angela

Angela,

Good luck!

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi, Thanks for that info. I had to change the number from "3" to
"2". The Recording Tab shows up and I select the box to enable
recording and apply it. It just doesn't stay applied. I had to go
to work, so I didn't get to dabble a bit more. When I go home, I
will check into again. I'm getting closer with your help. Thanks
again. Angela

Angela,

Have a look at this...

[[SYMPTOMS
When you view the properties of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive, you
may notice that the Recording tab is not displayed in the CD Drive
(drive_letter Properties dialog box, where drive_letter is the
letter of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive.]]

CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=316529


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Angela <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hi, There is no recording tab. All I see are: General, AutoPlay,
Hardware, Sharing. And I looked under each. Angela

:

Open My Computer, double-click the My Computer icon on the desktop.
Right click your CD drive
Properties
Recording tab
Check: Enable CD Recording on this drive check box
Apply
OK
Close My Computer

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Angela <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hi, Long Story that needs a solution. I'm a novice here. I had
installed SP2 for XP not knowing in the long run it would affect
my system. I then got my hands on Easy CD Creater v4.02a and
loaded it. I got an error message that said my drives were
disabled because of that installation. So I removed Easy CD
Creater v4.02a. The message remained though. I had previously
installed and used successfully Pinnacle Studio 8. I recently
had obtained Studio 9. And proceeded to install it. Or at least
tried. During installation, it was automatically uninstalling
Studio 8 and I had to restart the computer. After restarting the
computer, both my dvd-r/rw cd-r/rw combo drive and my cd drive
were missing. I restored my system and redid the same thing at
least three more times - installing, uninstalling, and
restoring. I then was told that SP2 for XP could also be a
driving factor in this problem. I uninstalled it. Still having
that pop up message that I ignored - not realizing that it would
have an affect in the long run. I came across information under
articles 320553 - CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be
missing... I followed the instructions and wella! the drives
were back. They were playing music fine. I went to burn a cd and
found that the capability was gone - aha the pop window was still
there. Removing Easy CD Creater v4.02a did not bring back the
writing capability. I usually just drag and drop and burn
through XP. I can't now. I then came across article 315345 CD
Recording Software Will Cause Windows to Become Unstable. I
followed the instructions, but it hasn't changed anything - oh
wait, it did remove the pop up message. But I still can't drag,
drop, and burn using XP or Windows Media. What can I do now?
Help. Angela

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Angela,

Because Windows XP says, "You can only enable CD recording for one device at
a time." As far as why, I don't know.

Have you read Alex's post in this thread?

Here's an article by Alex...
Burning CDs in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I got it to stay. I had purchased an external burner and I can't
have both of them selected as the burner. Why? I suppose that's a
whole other issue to research.

Anyway, I have the latest version of Windows Media Player and
SonicBlast, but neither (since they were disabled) are recognizing
the cd burner. Last night I clicked for updates for Media Player -
but was told I have the latest version - so nothing changed. Do you
know or have a link I can check to get this working again?

Thanks again for all your help. I know if I would have brought it to
the Geek Squad they would have reformatted if they couldn't figure
the problem out. I know someone that works under at that store was
told that's what they do. Yikes, I would have lost everything.

Angela

Angela,

Good luck!

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi, Thanks for that info. I had to change the number from "3" to
"2". The Recording Tab shows up and I select the box to enable
recording and apply it. It just doesn't stay applied. I had to go
to work, so I didn't get to dabble a bit more. When I go home, I
will check into again. I'm getting closer with your help. Thanks
again. Angela

:

Angela,

Have a look at this...

[[SYMPTOMS
When you view the properties of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive, you
may notice that the Recording tab is not displayed in the CD Drive
(drive_letter Properties dialog box, where drive_letter is the
letter of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive.]]

CD-R drive or CD-RW drive is not recognized as a recordable device
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=316529


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Angela <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hi, There is no recording tab. All I see are: General,
AutoPlay, Hardware, Sharing. And I looked under each. Angela

:

Open My Computer, double-click the My Computer icon on the
desktop. Right click your CD drive
Properties
Recording tab
Check: Enable CD Recording on this drive check box
Apply
OK
Close My Computer

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Angela <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hi, Long Story that needs a solution. I'm a novice here. I
had installed SP2 for XP not knowing in the long run it would
affect my system. I then got my hands on Easy CD Creater
v4.02a and loaded it. I got an error message that said my
drives were disabled because of that installation. So I
removed Easy CD Creater v4.02a. The message remained though. I
had previously installed and used successfully Pinnacle Studio
8. I recently had obtained Studio 9. And proceeded to install
it. Or at least tried. During installation, it was
automatically uninstalling Studio 8 and I had to restart the
computer. After restarting the computer, both my dvd-r/rw
cd-r/rw combo drive and my cd drive were missing. I restored
my system and redid the same thing at least three more times -
installing, uninstalling, and restoring. I then was told that
SP2 for XP could also be a driving factor in this problem. I
uninstalled it. Still having that pop up message that I
ignored - not realizing that it would have an affect in the
long run. I came across information under articles 320553 -
CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive appears to be missing... I
followed the instructions and wella! the drives were back. They
were playing music fine. I went to burn a cd and found that
the capability was gone - aha the pop window was still there.
Removing Easy CD Creater v4.02a did not bring back the writing
capability. I usually just drag and drop and burn through XP.
I can't now. I then came across article 315345 CD Recording
Software Will Cause Windows to Become Unstable. I followed the
instructions, but it hasn't changed anything - oh wait, it did
remove the pop up message. But I still can't drag, drop, and
burn using XP or Windows Media. What can I do now? Help.
Angela