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CD-R erratically detected
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On an elderly PC I help a friend with, where he's copying a lot of his old LPs to CD, we use burn4free (though I think the problem is not with burn4free itself). More often than not, when hitting the "burn" button, it says "please insert a disc" - even if there's one in. When, by fiddling, ejecting, closing and reopening b4f, and so on, it finally decides that there _is_ a blank disc in, it does the burn fine. While looking, it rattles the floppy drive before it "finds" the writer (from within b4f, that is). http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216752 Floppy Disk Drive Is Active When Opening or Saving Files .............Quote.................. To resolve this issue, change the command line reference in the Properties of the shortcut, or delete the shortcut: (1) Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders. (2) In the Named box, type *.lnk, click the location you want to search in the Look In box, and then click Find Now. (3) Right-click a shortcut on the list of found files, click Properties, and then click the Program tab. (4) Delete any reference to drive A or drive B on the Command box or Working section, and then click OK. For example, if the command line reads a:\edit.com, change the line to read edit.com. (5) Repeat steps 3-4, performing these steps on the next shortcut on the list of found files until you have corrected all the shortcuts, and then quit the Find tool. ..........EOQ................. Sort the Find box by folder. Look especially at .lnk's & .pif's in folder(s) that pertain to burn4free & any in "C:\Windows\Recent". You may add a search for .pif's by adding ".pif" in the Named box, separated by a comma from ".lnk".. Look in their Program tab. Delete any .pif's in "C:\Windows\PIF". It isn't the _drive_ that's not being detected - that always shows up in explorer; it's only the fact that there's a blank disc in it that is so often missed. Any ideas what's causing it, and what will improve it? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR |
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