win2k and burn progs

[Magic30]

I heard about problems between win2k and Adaptec's Easy CD Creator 4.

Anyone tested it? Currently I use Adaptec's Creator with NT 4.0, but I wish to change to 2k.

Any suggestions? (I want to maintain the CD creator as my burning program...)

 

[Doh!]

It works.

 

[BudB]

Be very careful which mod level of EZCD Creator you try to use. The only release which works reliably(?) is 4.02e1. Same is true for DirectCD where the current working release 3.01e1. I would check out the newsgroup comp.publish.cdrom.software for details on the W2K / EZCD machinations. I current use HotBurn Pro which has no W2K problems for burning data & music CDs but use Adaptec's (now Roxio) DirectCD for UDF writing (treats CDR as a giant floppy disk) but don't use rewritable floppies because of speed considerations. See the same newsgroup for comments on Nero which I could never get to work properly but others have. I've also had some problems with NTI Pro. I burn CD's for a living and can't tolerate these problems which is why I use HotBurn.

 

[setaanbomb]

It does work. One problem I ran into was after installing SP1 for win2k. Easy CD worked before SP1, but not after the install.

If you are doing a clean install, install SP1, then install Adaptec. I also suggest ditching Adaptec for CDRWIN. IMHO, CDRWIN smokes Easy CD.

 

[AAAunderground]

It is giving my hell. I truly believe the OS is pyschophrenic. I works one minute, dead in the water the next. It now freezes my whole machine when I insert a blank disk in my tray. F'ing bastards.

 

[TechMaster]

IMHO - dich all for NERO - it is a lot smaller in size then the rest of the burn-prog (EZCD....at least), people seem to underestimate this "feature" a lot - and that is a shame 😉

 

[jmcoreymv]

I agree with TechMaster, IMO Nero is the best prog, and it comes with its own ASPI drivers too.

 

[Dan]

Adaptec's Easy CD Creator works with Win2K but it gave me fits. I dumped it in favor of NTI CD-Maker 2000 Professional. It works great for data and audio CD's.

 

[photodudetx]

It works but only with Windows 2000 Pro and not server. It messes up the ASPI layer files..

 

[urbantechie]

Use EZ CD version 4.02. Nero's ASPI file works for all CD-RW programs needing a ASPI layer in win2k.

 

[FOBSIDE]

i have problems with my adaptec in win2k. my friend just dual boots into 98 when he wants to burn or play games. thats an option i guess.

 

[Wik]

EzCD works fine for me with the latest updates.

 

[joeryu]

another vote for nero all the way, ezcd gave me too much fits.

 

[Looney]

I would agree too, Nero is far better than EasyCD. I also replaced the all so popular CDRWIN for Fireburner. And can't forget CloneCD 😉

 

[IamDavid]

Clone CD

 

[geeoff1]

Count another vote for Nero. It F'ing rocks!

 

[bonkers325]

adaptec has fixed it

cheers,
bonkers325

 

[Raincity]

I have no problem running multiple burning programs in win2k. EZCD Nero Clone CDRWin all running fine. The Intel ata 100 storage drivers screwed up all my burnings programs in win2 rendering them useless. Once I uninstalled the storage drivers, everthing was working again.

Rain