Windows says my CD-R is full when only has 34MB on it.

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I've been backing up files to CD-R for month putting a folder or two on this
same CD-R about every month. It is a 700 MB CD-R and has about 34 MB on it.
But today when I put the CD in, it said it was full. I checked a few other
CDs that I know were also not full, and they TOO are telling me they are
full. I looked at the properties and it does say recording is allowed. any
suggestions?
 
Douglas8000 said:
I've been backing up files to CD-R for month putting a folder or two on this
same CD-R about every month. It is a 700 MB CD-R and has about 34 MB on it.
But today when I put the CD in, it said it was full. I checked a few other
CDs that I know were also not full, and they TOO are telling me they are
full. I looked at the properties and it does say recording is allowed. any
suggestions?
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From your description, you are NOT using the XP built-in burning features,
you are using something else - most likely a packet writting package,
either InCD (part of Ahead Nero) or DirectCD (part of Roxio EZCD). You
need to read the help file for that application and understand how it
works. There should be a tray icon for the app, unless you have turned
that option off. Fire up the Task Manager (ctl-shift-escape) and look in
the Processes tab, do either of those 2 names show up? Then they are
running...
 
Douglas8000 said:
I've been backing up files to CD-R for month putting a folder or two on this
same CD-R about every month. It is a 700 MB CD-R and has about 34 MB on it.
But today when I put the CD in, it said it was full. I checked a few other
CDs that I know were also not full, and they TOO are telling me they are
full. I looked at the properties and it does say recording is allowed. any
suggestions?
Click to expand...

Do you mean that when you look at the files on the CD, they only add up
to about 34 MB? That isn't meaningful on a CD-R. When you write a file
with the same name as one already on the CD, it doesn't re-use the same
space. So you could easily have filled up the available space, but only
show files totaling 34 MB.

If the CD's "Details" or "Properties" actually show all 700 MB as
"used," you probably ejected the CD at some point, and clicked the radio
button to "make this CD readable in any drive" (or something similar),
you "finalized" the CD, making it unavailable for any further writing.
 
either InCD (part of Ahead Nero) or DirectCD (part of Roxio EZCD). You
need to read the help file for that application and understand how it
works. There should be a tray icon for the app, unless you have turned
that option off. Fire up the Task Manager (ctl-shift-escape) and look in
the Processes tab, do either of those 2 names show up? Then they are
running...
Click to expand...

nope. I don't see either of those. What I do is use the go into the
mydocuments folder, select and copy the files I want, then go the to CD's
window and paste. then to the left in the XP window, it says "write files to
CD" I click that. worked just fine a few weeks ago. now all my CD's are
"full" when they are not.
 
Lem said:
If the CD's "Details" or "Properties" actually show all 700 MB as
"used," you probably ejected the CD at some point, and clicked the radio
button to "make this CD readable in any drive" (or something similar),
you "finalized" the CD, making it unavailable for any further writing.
Click to expand...

Properties shows Free space 0 bytes, used space 34.7 MB. on the Recording
tab, "enable CD recording on this drive" is already checked.
 
nope. I don't see either of those. What I do is use the go into the
mydocuments folder, select and copy the files I want, then go the to CD's
window and paste. then to the left in the XP window, it says "write files to
CD" I click that. worked just fine a few weeks ago. now all my CD's are
"full" when they are not.
Click to expand...

well, that's the native XP method for sure. it sounds broken, but you
knew that! Try this:

- make sure all files are NOT hidden (go into Folder Options, View tab).
- navigate to docs and settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\CD Burning

that's the cd writting cache, it should have that 34 MB worth of stuff
in it. it's just COPIES, so you can delete all of them, or move them
elsewhere if you like.

- go into the cd writer drive's properties dialog, recording tab, and
UNCHECK recording. reboot and go back in and turn it on again. reboot
again for good luck.

- try it again.

- make sure the service IMAPI CD Burning is set to Automatic startup
mode.

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If still no luck, google around, you may need to reset the IMAPI registry
settings.

http://www.google.com/search?q=XP+CD+Burning+problems

Good Luck.
 
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