windows 2000 advanced server and CD-RW problems

[GT578]

I have a Creative 6x/4x/24x drive...and win2000 adv. server. None of the programs I tried using works...NERO 5.03, adaptec 3.51?C...with the patch....and CDRWIN.....I read something about having an ASPI layer installed...yet all I found on the net was one file called wnaspi32.dll ..and the readme file said to just copy that file into the winnt/system32 folder...which I did and rebooted..but nothing works. Any help would be appreciated..thanks.

I have the CD-RW as secondary slave..and the secondary primary is my Mitsumi 48x CD-ROM..and the primary has an IBM75gxp 30gig as master and a seagate 8.4gig as slave...does that configuration have anything to do with it not working???

 

[JimMc]

You need a functional ASPI layer, Win2000 inexpicably does not include one and Adaptec has cracked down on "illegal" copies. You'll have to do some hunting around to find one you can download.

 

[photodudetx]

This may help.. I have a hp CD Writer 8100 which is not compatible with Windows 2000 Server. It is compatible with Windows 2000 Pro.. I tried several versions of Adaptec and none of them worked. I created a 2 gig partition and threw Win2Kpro on it and it worked like a charm.. So I don't know the difference but if you are in a hurry and don't have research time, you may do that.

 

[GT578]

thanks....I just thought all flavors of win2k would be the same in terms of what hardware works and what doesn't. I guess i'll try to find that functional aspi layer.....

 

[urbantechie]

ftp://ftp.ahead.de/wnaspi32.dll
Download that file. Put it in the DIR where the program's .exe file is. This method works for all of the Win2k family.

 

[pancho619]

Cool, I'll try that too. Thanks urbantechie.


pancho

 

[Bozo]

I hope you find an answer. But most of the burning software manufactures will tell you that you can't burn from Server.

Maybe you'll find a way around it.

Bozo

 

[radarnbo]

I have a Plextor 8/20 on my Server and it will burn using Nero 5.0.x.x (can't remember for sure), but most of the time I have to burn at 4x. I seem to lose a lot of CD's or can't read all of the CDs done at 8x. It can be done, it just seems that it isn't perfect.

 

[ctll]

check the dma in the driver properties. i dunno about burners, but for cd's the dma is never enabled by default in the hd controller driver.