Erasing CD/DVD

[Paul Koukos]

After trying a few DVD Creators and uninstalling them, for some reason now my
XP will NOT Erase a CD/DVD.

When I choose My Computer, Highlight the CD Drive, Click On Erase this
CD-RW the Wizard goes on, when I click on next the next Wizard, tells me that
this:

CANNOT COMPLETE THE CD WRITING WIZARD.

Is there a file DELETED or something.

Thanks.

 

[M.I.5¾]

After trying a few DVD Creators and uninstalling them, for some reason now
my
XP will NOT Erase a CD/DVD.

When I choose My Computer, Highlight the CD Drive, Click On Erase this
CD-RW the Wizard goes on, when I click on next the next Wizard, tells me
that
this:

CANNOT COMPLETE THE CD WRITING WIZARD.

Are you sure that you are trying to erase a CD-RW? Windows XP cannot erase
a DVD-RW on its own.

 

[Kelly]

Click Start, click Run, type services.msc /s, and then click OK.

Double-click IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service.

Under Service Status, click Start.

Try to write data to a CD.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324129
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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Paul Koukos]

I am trying to Delete a DVD-RW. So in other words XP will not do it?

 

[Randall Flagg]

I am trying to Delete a DVD-RW. So in other words XP will not do it?

What part of "Windows XP cannot erase a DVD-RW on its own."
are you unsure about?

 

[Guest]

After trying a few DVD Creators and uninstalling them, for some reason now my
XP will NOT Erase a CD/DVD.

When I choose My Computer, Highlight the CD Drive, Click On Erase this
CD-RW the Wizard goes on, when I click on next the next Wizard, tells me that
this:

CANNOT COMPLETE THE CD WRITING WIZARD.

Is there a file DELETED or something.

Thanks.

I have intermittent problems with third party tool failures
due to mplayer.exe running in the background for no reason and accessing
the drive.

This is in Vista. I don't do updates, so don't know if this "improvement"
made its way into an XP update.

Another potential problem is that Roxio and Nero like to install
packet writing software that lets you read and write a CD much like a
hard drive.
InCD is the name I remember.
Problem is that those program were very tightly integrated into the system
and caused compatibility issues. And they were difficult to remove.
Google should get you lots of hits on the subject.
Newer versions of windows have similar capabilities built-in
that can cause conflicts with changes made by other tools.