Topic: CD-Writer woes (Samsung SN-308B)

[Drox]

Hello all...

I'm having trouble backing up files to my Samsung SN-308B CD-RW drive on my Dell Inspiron 8200. I'm using
DirectCD 5.1_E3c that came with my EasyCD Creator 5. I'm also using Windows XP Home.

My problem is this: files begin to burn, but stop before they are completed. The progress bar stays up until I click to cancel the process. As a result, the drive is most often locked, and Windows doesn't shut down properly. I can copy cds and burn audio discs, but when I attempt to transfer data to discs, there's nothing but trouble.

Is this a driver problem? I don't know where to start.

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Sincerely,

David

[TR]

Drox, welcome to the Forum.

I had the same problem with a program called Deepburner until I updated to the newer version and now it burns everything ok.

I'm not saying use deepburner but is there a newer version of DirectCD 5.1_E3c ?? .

Edit: just found Direct cd update 5.2

Description:

This update patch provides an comprehensive update to the existing 5.x products resolving several user and localization issues.

Additional Information:

This update patch is valid for the following languages only: English

This update patch resolves the following issues:

On notebooks, after launching Easy CD Creator 5.1_E3c, Bay Manager
may not allow optical drive swapping under Windows 98SE and Windows
Millenium.

When adding data to the data project, if the amount of data reaches
the capacity of the intended target CD, the system may return an error
indicating insufficient disc space.

Copying Files Easy CD Creator explorer to Windows Desktop may cause
an error message ("Server Busy Error") to appear on Windows 2000.
When performing a CD to CD copy using one drive, data is first read
in from the source CD. If source CD is an audio CD, the overall progress
is not updated in the CD picture on the left hand side of the window.

Cannot see contents of a new CD if Roxio's UDF driver mounted
the previous CD.

Fast User Switching in Windows XP disables DirectCD for other
users.

Cannot create a Track-At-Once copy of a Kodak Picture CD.

Easy CD Creator does not save the boot files when saving a bootable
CD layout.

MP3 files encoded at less than 128 KB/s cannot be added to the Music
CD Project.

On single drive configurations, the system may display incorrect
messaging ("Insert a blank CD or a CD with enough free space to record the
project.") when trying to add additional data from a source CD to a
data CD that already contains one or more data sessions. Now, the user
must use a blank CD. To add additional data to the disc, first import the
session from the target CD or first copy the desired files to the hard
drive.

On certain drives, the system may prevent the selection audio tracks
on an audio CD from within the Roxio explorer window.

Music CD Creation: During the process of copying audio tracks
to hard drive, the status bar overlaps the "OK" button.

Up/Down buttons are reversed in the "Number of Copies" selection box
in Music CD Project.

[Drox]

Hookstar:

Thanks very much for the reply. I was hoping there was something like this upgrade, but I wasn't able to find it. I've installed it without issue. I've also discovered the wonder that is multisession burning (a little late in the game, I know). The tyranny of DirectCD can be sidestepped!

Thanks again...

David

[TR]

Glad you got it sorted Quickly David, took me ages to suss mine out  

[Simon]

I'll give you that one, Hook!  

[TR]

Lucky Guess Simon