cdr/rw

[Gibson486]

I am trying to back up stuff onmy harddrive since i am gonna reinstall my OS. However, when I try to back up everything on to a cdr, it does not write to it. It goes through the normal routine of writing to the cd, but after it finishes and ejects the cd, i put it back in and nothing is on the cd. How can I fix this? Is stuff being written to the cd, but it is not readeable?cI tried Nero and CDburnerXP pro.

 

[spanky]

perhaps the cd is not being closed at the end of the write? can u try to go back into nero and write to the cd again, but check the box to close the cd.

edit - yeah, i meant finalize the cd.

 

[Gibson486]

you mean finalize th cd? I tried that. Still no go.

 

[Gibson486]

I tried burning again in Nero and I noticed a message saying that data verifcation failed. Also, I tried reading teh cd in my g/f's laptop and her cd buring software says the cd is empty. I hate the cdrw that came with this laptop.

 

[Uncle Bob]

you haven't got the simulation box ticked have you?

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Uncle Bob
you haven't got the simulation box ticked have you?

no, but would that help?

 

[Uncle Bob]

unfortunately no, the simulation mode is to allow you to go through the procedure of writing to the CD in a test mode where nothing actually gets written to the CD which is what I thought may be happening in your case....

has it ever worked? in the past?

 

[spanky]

i am inclined to think the drive might be at fault.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: spanky
i am inclined to think the drive might be at fault.

I am thinking the same thing......

 

[Gibson486]

anyone know where i can download a utility to check my cdrw?