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CD-RW Format
Attila,
I have no problem with any writing using NERO. I do have Easy CD/DVD creator, but can't confirm whether it works with this as its not compatible with Vista! Mike "Attila" wrote: I also test "Live file system" with CD/DVD. I can format CD/DVD but Vista (RC1) hang when using drag and drop. The hardware work correctly in Win2K and Sonic DLA (using dual boot on the same machine). I also test a CD/DVD formatted whit another machine (Roxio DirectCD - UDF ver 1.5) and I get the same problem like Mike (CD/DVD read only message). In the event log sometimes I also see CDROM EVENT ID 7 no other error message (only system hang). "Adrian" wrote: I have just managed to partially fix my problem with my drives. When I first configured this machine I installed 2 H/D's (IDE1)and 2 CD's (IDE2) (1xDVDRW and 1xCDRW) everything worked OK with XP and Vista Beta. I then installed RC1 which is where all the trouble started, both H/D's worked OK but couldnt use either CD or DVD I have just reconfigured the PC and IDE1 is now H/D and DVDRW, IDE2 is now H/D and CDRW. Both devices on IDE1 work but only the h/d works on IDE2, I suppose 3 out of 4 is ok Adrian "Mike" wrote: OK, I completely forgot that I had RC2 on my laptop, installed purely for testing purposes! This has a Toshiba SD-R2102 cd writer/dvd-rom! I just tried these CD-RW discs on that and still the same! "Windows was unable to complete the format". As with RC1, they work perfectly well using NERO to back up files and folders etc! The discs are Mitsubishi "Black Diamond" 4x - 12x 700meg. Had no problems at all with these discs until a couple of days ago... on either PC! There has to be a simple and logical explanation! Regards, Mike "Mike" wrote: I also have Vista RC2, but decided to go back to RC1! Anyone tried formatting with RC2? You never know! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have also been having trouble with CD-RW and DVD writers. I cannot even read from these devices, it shows there is a disc in the drive (it comes up with the CD header) but wont show contents of the disk. I have a Diamond Data CD-RW, a Samsung Writemaster DVD-RW and a Imation DVD-RW which have stopped working under Vista RC1. I have uninstalled the drives and reinstalled numerous times, I have replaced cables twice and still no go. I thought the devices had gone faulty and took them back to the dealer to find there is nothing wrong with the devices. I have also installed these devices in an XP box with no problem its only with Vista. If anyone comes up with a fix would be a happy person again. Adrian "Mike" wrote: Here's a strange one! I've been using a CD-RW to back-up data from RC1, 5600 (using Vistas own built-in writing software!). It's been perfect since I installed it over a month ago! However, in the last 2 days, when I try to back up, I'm told the disc is "read only" and can't write to it! So, I tried to format... goes through the motions, but after a couple of minutes, informs me that it "can not complete the format". 3 CD-RW's I've tried and all the same message. This does NOT happen with DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs, only CD-RW!!! Can this be a drive fault? Last night I even re-installed Vista, but still the same! I've uninstalled the drive and re-installed it... still the same! Any suggestions? Regards, Mike |
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Adrian,
I've had a mad thought! I took note as to when this problem started! It coincided with the last Defender update! It's the only thing I can come up with at this time! I know I said I re-installed RC1 the other night... BUT I let it update first before I tried writing to a CD-RW! I'm now going to re-install RC1 once again... only THIS time I will not update, and then try writing again! It HAS to be the answer, nothing else makes sense! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have just managed to partially fix my problem with my drives. When I first configured this machine I installed 2 H/D's (IDE1)and 2 CD's (IDE2) (1xDVDRW and 1xCDRW) everything worked OK with XP and Vista Beta. I then installed RC1 which is where all the trouble started, both H/D's worked OK but couldnt use either CD or DVD I have just reconfigured the PC and IDE1 is now H/D and DVDRW, IDE2 is now H/D and CDRW. Both devices on IDE1 work but only the h/d works on IDE2, I suppose 3 out of 4 is ok Adrian "Mike" wrote: OK, I completely forgot that I had RC2 on my laptop, installed purely for testing purposes! This has a Toshiba SD-R2102 cd writer/dvd-rom! I just tried these CD-RW discs on that and still the same! "Windows was unable to complete the format". As with RC1, they work perfectly well using NERO to back up files and folders etc! The discs are Mitsubishi "Black Diamond" 4x - 12x 700meg. Had no problems at all with these discs until a couple of days ago... on either PC! There has to be a simple and logical explanation! Regards, Mike "Mike" wrote: I also have Vista RC2, but decided to go back to RC1! Anyone tried formatting with RC2? You never know! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have also been having trouble with CD-RW and DVD writers. I cannot even read from these devices, it shows there is a disc in the drive (it comes up with the CD header) but wont show contents of the disk. I have a Diamond Data CD-RW, a Samsung Writemaster DVD-RW and a Imation DVD-RW which have stopped working under Vista RC1. I have uninstalled the drives and reinstalled numerous times, I have replaced cables twice and still no go. I thought the devices had gone faulty and took them back to the dealer to find there is nothing wrong with the devices. I have also installed these devices in an XP box with no problem its only with Vista. If anyone comes up with a fix would be a happy person again. Adrian "Mike" wrote: Here's a strange one! I've been using a CD-RW to back-up data from RC1, 5600 (using Vistas own built-in writing software!). It's been perfect since I installed it over a month ago! However, in the last 2 days, when I try to back up, I'm told the disc is "read only" and can't write to it! So, I tried to format... goes through the motions, but after a couple of minutes, informs me that it "can not complete the format". 3 CD-RW's I've tried and all the same message. This does NOT happen with DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs, only CD-RW!!! Can this be a drive fault? Last night I even re-installed Vista, but still the same! I've uninstalled the drive and re-installed it... still the same! Any suggestions? Regards, Mike |
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CD-RW Format
Oh well... that didn't work! My PC is now back EXACTLY as it was when I
first installed RC1; ie 19th September! So what's changed? The drive isn't faulty (I've now tried it with XP and it's fine!)... so, has something happened to these 3 discs whilst I've been using them with Vista? I'm now totally lost! Help!!! Mike "Mike" wrote: Adrian, I've had a mad thought! I took note as to when this problem started! It coincided with the last Defender update! It's the only thing I can come up with at this time! I know I said I re-installed RC1 the other night... BUT I let it update first before I tried writing to a CD-RW! I'm now going to re-install RC1 once again... only THIS time I will not update, and then try writing again! It HAS to be the answer, nothing else makes sense! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have just managed to partially fix my problem with my drives. When I first configured this machine I installed 2 H/D's (IDE1)and 2 CD's (IDE2) (1xDVDRW and 1xCDRW) everything worked OK with XP and Vista Beta. I then installed RC1 which is where all the trouble started, both H/D's worked OK but couldnt use either CD or DVD I have just reconfigured the PC and IDE1 is now H/D and DVDRW, IDE2 is now H/D and CDRW. Both devices on IDE1 work but only the h/d works on IDE2, I suppose 3 out of 4 is ok Adrian "Mike" wrote: OK, I completely forgot that I had RC2 on my laptop, installed purely for testing purposes! This has a Toshiba SD-R2102 cd writer/dvd-rom! I just tried these CD-RW discs on that and still the same! "Windows was unable to complete the format". As with RC1, they work perfectly well using NERO to back up files and folders etc! The discs are Mitsubishi "Black Diamond" 4x - 12x 700meg. Had no problems at all with these discs until a couple of days ago... on either PC! There has to be a simple and logical explanation! Regards, Mike "Mike" wrote: I also have Vista RC2, but decided to go back to RC1! Anyone tried formatting with RC2? You never know! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have also been having trouble with CD-RW and DVD writers. I cannot even read from these devices, it shows there is a disc in the drive (it comes up with the CD header) but wont show contents of the disk. I have a Diamond Data CD-RW, a Samsung Writemaster DVD-RW and a Imation DVD-RW which have stopped working under Vista RC1. I have uninstalled the drives and reinstalled numerous times, I have replaced cables twice and still no go. I thought the devices had gone faulty and took them back to the dealer to find there is nothing wrong with the devices. I have also installed these devices in an XP box with no problem its only with Vista. If anyone comes up with a fix would be a happy person again. Adrian "Mike" wrote: Here's a strange one! I've been using a CD-RW to back-up data from RC1, 5600 (using Vistas own built-in writing software!). It's been perfect since I installed it over a month ago! However, in the last 2 days, when I try to back up, I'm told the disc is "read only" and can't write to it! So, I tried to format... goes through the motions, but after a couple of minutes, informs me that it "can not complete the format". 3 CD-RW's I've tried and all the same message. This does NOT happen with DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs, only CD-RW!!! Can this be a drive fault? Last night I even re-installed Vista, but still the same! I've uninstalled the drive and re-installed it... still the same! Any suggestions? Regards, Mike |
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CD-RW Format
I don't think anything is wrong with anyone's drive or media here. Clearly,
Vista on our machines has gotten screwed up. I was once able to burn CDs and DL DVD+Rs. I just tried to format a CDR with the Live File System, the burn light blinks and it opens a process dialog window, then it hangs with my hard drive buzzing non-stop. I have to reboot to get my machine back. With DVD+R DLs, when I attempt this process, all I get is a message that it's unable to complete (while it never EVEN attempts to format). DVD+Rs work perfectly. Strange! Does anyone know if BURN-Proof (a capability on some drives) could affect this? I have a Plextor 755-SA. I cannot use Easy CD Creator, PlexTools (for controlling drive functions), or anything else I have since it's incompatible. Someone needs to figure this out...tomorrow I will post a new thread containing a more general title about the built-in burning problem... "Mike" wrote: Oh well... that didn't work! My PC is now back EXACTLY as it was when I first installed RC1; ie 19th September! So what's changed? The drive isn't faulty (I've now tried it with XP and it's fine!)... so, has something happened to these 3 discs whilst I've been using them with Vista? I'm now totally lost! Help!!! Mike "Mike" wrote: Adrian, I've had a mad thought! I took note as to when this problem started! It coincided with the last Defender update! It's the only thing I can come up with at this time! I know I said I re-installed RC1 the other night... BUT I let it update first before I tried writing to a CD-RW! I'm now going to re-install RC1 once again... only THIS time I will not update, and then try writing again! It HAS to be the answer, nothing else makes sense! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have just managed to partially fix my problem with my drives. When I first configured this machine I installed 2 H/D's (IDE1)and 2 CD's (IDE2) (1xDVDRW and 1xCDRW) everything worked OK with XP and Vista Beta. I then installed RC1 which is where all the trouble started, both H/D's worked OK but couldnt use either CD or DVD I have just reconfigured the PC and IDE1 is now H/D and DVDRW, IDE2 is now H/D and CDRW. Both devices on IDE1 work but only the h/d works on IDE2, I suppose 3 out of 4 is ok Adrian "Mike" wrote: OK, I completely forgot that I had RC2 on my laptop, installed purely for testing purposes! This has a Toshiba SD-R2102 cd writer/dvd-rom! I just tried these CD-RW discs on that and still the same! "Windows was unable to complete the format". As with RC1, they work perfectly well using NERO to back up files and folders etc! The discs are Mitsubishi "Black Diamond" 4x - 12x 700meg. Had no problems at all with these discs until a couple of days ago... on either PC! There has to be a simple and logical explanation! Regards, Mike "Mike" wrote: I also have Vista RC2, but decided to go back to RC1! Anyone tried formatting with RC2? You never know! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have also been having trouble with CD-RW and DVD writers. I cannot even read from these devices, it shows there is a disc in the drive (it comes up with the CD header) but wont show contents of the disk. I have a Diamond Data CD-RW, a Samsung Writemaster DVD-RW and a Imation DVD-RW which have stopped working under Vista RC1. I have uninstalled the drives and reinstalled numerous times, I have replaced cables twice and still no go. I thought the devices had gone faulty and took them back to the dealer to find there is nothing wrong with the devices. I have also installed these devices in an XP box with no problem its only with Vista. If anyone comes up with a fix would be a happy person again. Adrian "Mike" wrote: Here's a strange one! I've been using a CD-RW to back-up data from RC1, 5600 (using Vistas own built-in writing software!). It's been perfect since I installed it over a month ago! However, in the last 2 days, when I try to back up, I'm told the disc is "read only" and can't write to it! So, I tried to format... goes through the motions, but after a couple of minutes, informs me that it "can not complete the format". 3 CD-RW's I've tried and all the same message. This does NOT happen with DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs, only CD-RW!!! Can this be a drive fault? Last night I even re-installed Vista, but still the same! I've uninstalled the drive and re-installed it... still the same! Any suggestions? Regards, Mike |
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CD-RW Format
Hi Skip,
Well, none of this makes sense at all! Have you read through the whole thread? Basically, there are contradictions all the way through... we've all had a similar problem and yet why, when completely re-installing and starting again, won't these discs format when they did a few days ago? It's not, as you say, faulty writers! There's ONLY the media left! Has Vista somehow "corrupted" them? So even starting again, they're unusable! It's the only explanation that fits! I'm not blaming Microsoft for this... let's not forget we ARE beta testing this O/S! I've tried erasing these discs on an XP machine... ah, but I haven't tried formatting them with XP and trying again! Maybe, if the disc IS corrupt somehow, this will illiminate it! I shall report back! Regards, Mike. "Skip" wrote: I don't think anything is wrong with anyone's drive or media here. Clearly, Vista on our machines has gotten screwed up. I was once able to burn CDs and DL DVD+Rs. I just tried to format a CDR with the Live File System, the burn light blinks and it opens a process dialog window, then it hangs with my hard drive buzzing non-stop. I have to reboot to get my machine back. With DVD+R DLs, when I attempt this process, all I get is a message that it's unable to complete (while it never EVEN attempts to format). DVD+Rs work perfectly. Strange! Does anyone know if BURN-Proof (a capability on some drives) could affect this? I have a Plextor 755-SA. I cannot use Easy CD Creator, PlexTools (for controlling drive functions), or anything else I have since it's incompatible. Someone needs to figure this out...tomorrow I will post a new thread containing a more general title about the built-in burning problem... "Mike" wrote: Oh well... that didn't work! My PC is now back EXACTLY as it was when I first installed RC1; ie 19th September! So what's changed? The drive isn't faulty (I've now tried it with XP and it's fine!)... so, has something happened to these 3 discs whilst I've been using them with Vista? I'm now totally lost! Help!!! Mike "Mike" wrote: Adrian, I've had a mad thought! I took note as to when this problem started! It coincided with the last Defender update! It's the only thing I can come up with at this time! I know I said I re-installed RC1 the other night... BUT I let it update first before I tried writing to a CD-RW! I'm now going to re-install RC1 once again... only THIS time I will not update, and then try writing again! It HAS to be the answer, nothing else makes sense! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have just managed to partially fix my problem with my drives. When I first configured this machine I installed 2 H/D's (IDE1)and 2 CD's (IDE2) (1xDVDRW and 1xCDRW) everything worked OK with XP and Vista Beta. I then installed RC1 which is where all the trouble started, both H/D's worked OK but couldnt use either CD or DVD I have just reconfigured the PC and IDE1 is now H/D and DVDRW, IDE2 is now H/D and CDRW. Both devices on IDE1 work but only the h/d works on IDE2, I suppose 3 out of 4 is ok Adrian "Mike" wrote: OK, I completely forgot that I had RC2 on my laptop, installed purely for testing purposes! This has a Toshiba SD-R2102 cd writer/dvd-rom! I just tried these CD-RW discs on that and still the same! "Windows was unable to complete the format". As with RC1, they work perfectly well using NERO to back up files and folders etc! The discs are Mitsubishi "Black Diamond" 4x - 12x 700meg. Had no problems at all with these discs until a couple of days ago... on either PC! There has to be a simple and logical explanation! Regards, Mike "Mike" wrote: I also have Vista RC2, but decided to go back to RC1! Anyone tried formatting with RC2? You never know! Mike "Adrian" wrote: I have also been having trouble with CD-RW and DVD writers. I cannot even read from these devices, it shows there is a disc in the drive (it comes up with the CD header) but wont show contents of the disk. I have a Diamond Data CD-RW, a Samsung Writemaster DVD-RW and a Imation DVD-RW which have stopped working under Vista RC1. I have uninstalled the drives and reinstalled numerous times, I have replaced cables twice and still no go. I thought the devices had gone faulty and took them back to the dealer to find there is nothing wrong with the devices. I have also installed these devices in an XP box with no problem its only with Vista. If anyone comes up with a fix would be a happy person again. Adrian "Mike" wrote: Here's a strange one! I've been using a CD-RW to back-up data from RC1, 5600 (using Vistas own built-in writing software!). It's been perfect since I installed it over a month ago! However, in the last 2 days, when I try to back up, I'm told the disc is "read only" and can't write to it! So, I tried to format... goes through the motions, but after a couple of minutes, informs me that it "can not complete the format". 3 CD-RW's I've tried and all the same message. This does NOT happen with DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs, only CD-RW!!! Can this be a drive fault? Last night I even re-installed Vista, but still the same! I've uninstalled the drive and re-installed it... still the same! Any suggestions? Regards, Mike |
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