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More info?)
On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:43:01 -0700, "Gail"
<Gail@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
There's another post similar to yours just recently. You might want
to get together with him...to see what things (additions to
software/hardware, etc.) you may have in common. That may help both
of you to solve your problems.
>I have a Sony Vaio PC that used to burn files and music to CD when I
>occasionally needed it to do so.
>Now, it will play a music CD, but when I select files to copy to CD, it
>keeps telling me there's no blank CD in the drive.
Are you sure which drive its looking for? Go into Device Manager and
temporarily disable the other drive.
>I've been working on this for at least a week and am getting extremely
>frustrated.
What changes did you make...a week ago...that may be causing the
problem? Any new anti-virus definitions?...any Norton stuff?...and
new hardware?...etc.
>I went to the Sony site and downloaded some sort of test to see if the
>hardware is functioning properly.
>The drive started right up and passed the tests with flying colors.
WHICH drive?
>When I tried again with my own files, the same message to insert a cd into
>the drawer appeared.
What burning program are you using?
>I've tried disabling the drive and reinstalling, and all I succeeded in
>doing was making the new hardware notice pop up multiple times every time I
>start up the computer so that I have to waste the first 5 minutes cliking OK
>and then a message comes up saying hardware may not perform as expected.
Disable one drive at a time...then try a burn on each enabled drive.
If they seem to work fine by themselves, enable both and check for any
conflicts in device manager. Look at the settings...don't just look
for the exclamations.
>That I know!
>Any suggestions?
>The drive is Sony cd-rw crx175e
>The other drive is Pioneer dvd-rom dvd 117r
Consider getting a different brand/better quality cd.
Good luck...let us know.
Have a nice week...
Trent
What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.