CD-R erratically detected

In message , dadiOH
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
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A fail-safe method is to just decode the MP3s to wave yourself then
burn the waves. Many programs to do decoding/encoding, CDex is
good, easy and free. http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/


GoldWave (with Lame) too. But (a) that part of Burn4Free seems to have
worked fine anyway, (b) I suspect it (burnfree) would still
intermittently fail to detect there was a blank in the drive, when we
tried to burn the .wavs.

Right. I was suggesting it as an alternative to your previous buffer
problem.

Ah, understood, thanks.
--
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programme, 1980-1-15.)

In message , S??hW0?Æ’
writes:
Meat Plow wrote:
[]
I will try the cleaning disc suggestion, but I do think it's a
system configuration funny: as I mentioned earlier, when burn4free
is told to do a burn, it accesses the floppy drive before getting
to the writer.
Then you need to g00gle up the website for that app and look for a support
section, mate.
Appears he's got some corruption in his system part of the registry.

That is (the sort of thing I) fear, but wouldn't know how ...

If so tehn he s gotta uninstall it and do surgery on the registyryry to
remove all the diseased bits.

.... to do that. (The surgery I mean.)

^_^

--
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At least with a British car, you know that everything that falls off it is a
product of true British workmanship. (Lord somethingorother on Robin Day's
programme, 1980-1-15.)

In message , Greg
writes:
Here a suggestion if he trying to burn cds. Lower the speed down to
12x (Yes, you have to wait longer, but it is more reliable to have
the data stored correctly). I notice when my burners are going bad,
you can use lower speed for a few months till it quits. My lasted
for about a year.


Greg

We're already using 8x, not because we think there's anything wrong with
the burner, but to reduce the chance of a buffer problem.
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outdated thoughts on PCs. **

At least with a British car, you know that everything that falls off it is a
product of true British workmanship. (Lord somethingorother on Robin Day's
programme, 1980-1-15.)

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , S??hW0?Æ’
writes:
Meat Plow wrote:
[]
I will try the cleaning disc suggestion, but I do think it's a
system configuration funny: as I mentioned earlier, when burn4free
is told to do a burn, it accesses the floppy drive before getting
to the writer.
Then you need to g00gle up the website for that app and look for a
support
section, mate.
Appears he's got some corruption in his system part of the registry.

That is (the sort of thing I) fear, but wouldn't know how ...

You're not willing to break things then.
^_^

If so tehn he s gotta uninstall it and do surgery on the registyryry
to remove all the diseased bits.

... to do that. (The surgery I mean.)

You'd be better off looking at their webpage for a FAQ or support.
Or live with it. Nero did poll the flo0py drive like that...no
biggie...minor annoyance.

"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:39:31 -0600, S??hw0??
wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , S??hW0??

writes:
Meat Plow wrote:
[]
I will try the cleaning disc suggestion, but I do think it's a
system configuration funny: as I mentioned earlier, when
burn4free
is told to do a burn, it accesses the floppy drive before
getting
to the writer.
Then you need to g00gle up the website for that app and look for
a
support
section, mate.
Appears he's got some corruption in his system part of the
registry.

That is (the sort of thing I) fear, but wouldn't know how ...

You're not willing to break things then.
^_^

If so tehn he s gotta uninstall it and do surgery on the
registyryry
to remove all the diseased bits.

... to do that. (The surgery I mean.)

You'd be better off looking at their webpage for a FAQ or support.
Or live with it. Nero did poll the flo0py drive like that...no
biggie...minor annoyance.

Nero polled the floppy? I don't think I ever noticed that and it
doesn't seem logical unless Nero had a backup to floppy feature.

I've never seen Nero do it, in 10 years, but I have seen it with some
other apps....can't recall which anymore.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

"glee" wrote in news:ug75WkOUKHA.1792
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"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:39:31 -0600, S??hw0??
wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , S??hW0??

writes:
Meat Plow wrote:
[]
I will try the cleaning disc suggestion, but I do think it's a
system configuration funny: as I mentioned earlier, when
burn4free
is told to do a burn, it accesses the floppy drive before
getting
to the writer.
Then you need to g00gle up the website for that app and look for
a
support
section, mate.
Appears he's got some corruption in his system part of the
registry.

That is (the sort of thing I) fear, but wouldn't know how ...

You're not willing to break things then.
^_^

If so tehn he s gotta uninstall it and do surgery on the
registyryry
to remove all the diseased bits.

... to do that. (The surgery I mean.)

You'd be better off looking at their webpage for a FAQ or support.
Or live with it. Nero did poll the flo0py drive like that...no
biggie...minor annoyance.

Nero polled the floppy? I don't think I ever noticed that and it
doesn't seem logical unless Nero had a backup to floppy feature.

I've never seen Nero do it, in 10 years, but I have seen it with some
other apps....can't recall which anymore.

The version I had did. Came bundeled with an external CD/RW drive.
w98 to Win2000

In message ,
=?UTF-8?B?U+KIqeKIqmh3MM62xpI=?= writes:
[]
You'd be better off looking at their webpage for a FAQ or support.

I fear there isn't much support; fair enough, it's free software.

Or live with it. Nero did poll the flo0py drive like that...no
biggie...minor annoyance.

Interesting! No, the floppy access is indeed only a minor annoyance: I
just wasn't sure it had been doing it before, and wondered if it might
be related.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
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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

In message , Meat Plow
writes:
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:21:08 -0400, "glee"
wrote:

"Meat Plow" wrote in message
...
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Nero polled the floppy? I don't think I ever noticed that and it
doesn't seem logical unless Nero had a backup to floppy feature.

I've never seen Nero do it, in 10 years, but I have seen it with some
other apps....can't recall which anymore.

Can you at least recall if they were cd recording apps? It just
doesn't make sense for an app that records in ISO9660 to bother
polling a floppy controller.

Depends at what level it is written; I could imagine a prog. written at
a higher level just going through all drive letters and mapping the ones
that respond as a writer.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

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Morse: ... There are times when I wish to god there was one. (Inspector Morse.)

In message , PCR
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[]
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.

Assuming this means the shortcut via which we start Burn4free, I know
where that is, as it's on the desktop.
[]
(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.
[]
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

I don't think there will be any such reference, but I will certainly
look; thanks for the tip.

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".

I hadn't thought of .pifs either. (Aren't they just for DOS prog.s?) Why
delete the ones in ..\PIF; sounds like a good place for them!

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?

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Lewis: ... d'you think there's a god?
Morse: ... There are times when I wish to god there was one. (Inspector Morse.)