CD-R Problems

[shaque]

I'm getting some problems with my cd-r. It used to work fine, but recently it has been giving me problems. I can burn HDD to CD, and music CDs only. When I try to do a CD to CD copy or when I try to burn a .bin file, the CD gets messed up... it doesn't copy completely. This happens every time. I've tried it a couple of times.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

 

[EmperorNero]

1) there could be copy protections

2) when copying CD to CD, there's a good chance of buffer underruns b/c not enough data is being passed to the burner. there are a few remedies:
- get the cd and the burner on different IDE channel. place the cd-rom on primary slave and place the burner on secondary master. devices that are on different channels are faster than if they were on the same. for example, if you follow my suggestion, the data exchanged between the cdrom and burner is faster; so is the HD and burner. BUT the data moves slower between the cd-rom and the HD, which doesn't really matter much.
- or you can lower the write speed. say, 8x to 4x.


you could try the above, but the best solution is still making an image file and then burn it to a cd (CD-RW -> HD -> CD-RW). it'll probably take longer but the chance of a buffer underrun is dramatically reduced. and remember to defrag your HD every 2 weeks or so.

 

[shaque]

Still couldn't get it to work.... any other suggestions?
(CDs are not copy protected... they are cds which i have made my self)

 

[EmperorNero]

what burner do you have? I had a ricoh once and it wouldn't write anything correctly after 5 months. then I bought a plextor...it seems awesome so far. could be that the laser head burned out. or maybe it's dirty. try getting a can of compressed air and blow it into the drive - don't insert it totally within though. also, NEVER use one of those CD-ROM cleaners, they aren't made for CD-r drives and can misallign the write head.

 

[Rebels7]

I once got a package of CD-R discs that were defective and I thought that I had a problem with my burner, I even sent it back for repair. After I bought a different brand of CD-R's the problem went away. You might try buying a different brand.

 

[shaque]

I tried other brands... but that didn't do it.
For some reason only HDD to CD and music cds work