Hi Connie....

Mart is over the pond and I am in Canada, so we operate at different times,
grin.

About the only other thing I could suggest is the uninstall and reinstall of
Adaptec. Plus go to the Roxio website and make sure you have the
updates...I believe there was just one that made it become version 4.05. I
will find the spot, coz it is confusing on that website.

OK....found it, but that is one old program!! I would really suggest you
hit eBay and get at least Roxio 5 or 6. Anything higher will NOT work on
WinME, btw.

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/uk/e...pdatesv4.jhtml

There are updates on that page. Check your program under Help/About and see
what your version is.

HTH......Heather
"SSAP" wrote in message
...
Heather and Mart:
Well, I have been picking away at moving the mp3's. I select about 90
files
(using CD-RW) of which about 60 are *correct* and can be copied onto the
new
PC. Have set defaults to "Verify" and write speed of 2X

The error messages I gave previously are still showing up during the
closing
session. I just work backwards up the list until I find the last one that
is
workable.

I can accept this way to do it but am now wondering about pertinant (sp)
software programs (Simply Accounting) for example that I want to move to
the
new PC and if they contain any sound files that will bugger up the
transfer.
I moved one program and have found that the exe file extension was not
included at the end of a file name and consequently I can't get that
program
to open. I used the "createCD" utility.

Any comments of why the exe file extension (could be other ext missed
also-
I have checked thoroughly yet) didn't get included as part of the transfer
(copy) - it is listed as .exe on the CD I used to move it. Would the
virus
(nortons BTW) program have had something to do with this failure to
properly
copy?

"Heather" wrote: Baffled, Connie....but I keep getting the nagging
thought and have to
ask.....did you burn the mp3's as *data*. In the same manner as you
would
back up your files and documents.

Yes (I think so) - used the "dataCD" and drug-in all files the same way

Empty your temp & TIF folder first.....then scandisk and defrag.
Just to double check - when you are speaking off deleting *Temp* files you
are referring to C:\WINDOWS\TEMP , but not the file folder itself ...
correct?
The disk cleanup included the removal of files from the TIF and a few
other
folders which I followed with the scandisk and defrag.

I am also using the Verbatim CD-RW (silver on one side, grayish on other)
and shut down everything (unneeded programs, internet etc) using CAD.

I will finish moving the mp3's (and deleting ... all 924 of them!!) from
one music folder before my next cleaning/defrag and then I'll look up
Roxio 6


I'm getting dangerously close to information overload

But thanks for all the suggestions - your continued help is appreciated,
so
please keep suggesting!

Connie




"Heather" wrote: Baffled, Connie....but I keep getting the nagging
thought
and have to ask.....did you burn the mp3's as *data*. In the same
manner
as you would back up your files and documents.

And I will add to some of Mart's good suggestions. See inline....

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Connie, just a very quick 'first thoughts' for a long post.

I don't *think* that the problems are necessarily due to you trying to
copy/burn .mp3 files.

A couple of suggestions to try/eliminate first:-

1) Defrag your HDD first - but as you don't have (very) much spare
capacity this might not really help.

Empty your temp & TIF folder first.....then scandisk and defrag.

2) Try burning at a lower (slowest) speed and/or a different brand of
CD-R's.

Excellent idea....try using say 4X instead of 6X (can't remember how fast
Adaptec 4 burns.

I will also add 2 important things that I learned while using Adaptec 4
and
WinME. Use only CD's that have either a silver or blue recording side.
I
found that Verbatim were usually very good. Gold surfaces, as in Kodak
Gold, will not record.....or wouldn't for me. Took me a long time to
figure
that one out.

And MOST IMPORTANT of all......use CAD to shut down unneeded programs and
disconnect from the Internet just before recording. I have a sneaking
suspicion that programs like Zone Alarm and your AV muck stuff up if they
try to connect to home base, or react to a probe. I ALWAYS did what I
just
said.

Other than that, if you could get your hands on a copy of Roxio 6, I
think
it might just do the trick. I bought it on eBay for $10 Cdn. and it was
worth $50!! Solved all my problems.

Cheers....Heather