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Nero vs. Adaptec EasyCD?

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Mal007colm

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I have EasycCD creator but I am starting to get a collection of coasters around here. I thought it was because the CD-r's were cheap (oh those Anandtech Hot Deals!) but I switched to a more expensive brand and still added to my coaster collection. From looking at the forums I hear that Nero is better. Why? I recently recieved a copy and if I install it (should I install it?) will I need to remove EasyCd?
 
First, what are you trying to burn and what is happening to make coasters? What kind of burner and what are your system specs?

I had a problem with burning data CDs (archiving files). It was in the final stages and then it would pop out the disk with 20 seconds to go. This happened repeatedly.:| It was fine for copying audio discs, converting MP3s, etc. which was really annoying.

I switched to Nero and it was still acting up in real and test burns. ARGH! What it turned out to be was that for some reason, neither program liked the burner having DMA on. I unchecked that and it ran fine. I didn't have problems before, but I had moved up to Win98SE and that might've had an effect. Whatever. It works now.

Adaptec and Nero have their ups and downs. Adaptec is slicker and more user friendly, but Nero allows you to do some wacky stuff with disc copying, but the power comes as an ease-of-use cost.

Also, you can't install Nero along with DirectCD. They have an add-on called InCD which handles packet writing, but it's only available in the retail store version (unless you know where to *cough*obtain*cough* it). Try any search engine, worked for me.
 
Ok, I have been trying to burn Wav files. The last Data file I tried worked. I tried changing the burn speed down from 4x to 2x to 1x. No luck, it gets right to the end and like you said in the last 20 seconds ejects. The burner is on my older system A cyrix II 300mhz, 96 mb. Burner is Iomega Cd-RW, I belive it's 2x-4x. I have an Asus A7V ,Duron 700 128 mb pc100 but I am going to get a faster burner to put in there. Thing is the burner worked fine before but lately everytime I try to burn wav files it ejects near the end. If I do Data there is not a problem. Does Nero buffer more of the data to prevent coasters. I was able to obtain a copy of Nero from one of those great Warezhouses (cough, cough) Should I go with that instead.
 
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