Burning wont finish

kayos · 11-06-2005, 12:27 AM

Everytime I try to burn music onto a disk it will convert the songs and start burning them onto the disk. The CD used to pop out halfway through but I have managed to stop that but now it just says 'closing disk' even when there is more then enough room left on the disk and it isnt finished. This means we are left with CDs with only a few tracks on them... the most we have managed to burn is 8 tracks, but the last one only has 1 on it. The CDs aren't rewritable so we are basically just wasting them. I have tried using two different programs and one recommended using a slower speed to burn the cd so we tried that but the same thing happened. Help please?

**oldmn** · 11-06-2005, 12:32 AM

What software are you using?
What is your drive set up (is your HDD and burner on the same cable?)

kayos · 11-06-2005, 09:13 PM

I have tried Windows Media Player and a program called NTI CD & DVD-Maker Platinum that is on our computer. I have no idea about the drive set up, sorry... not much good at that kind of thing.

**oldmn** · 11-06-2005, 09:26 PM

Does this software you are using give you the option to convert to the hard drive first? If it does try that first. then burn that to the disk. some times if the drives cach drops to zero it will stop burning. If the software is taking to long to convert it can happen.

kayos · 11-06-2005, 10:48 PM

I don't think it does. It has never given me the option to do that. It converts fine and starts burning but suddenly stops. Apologies for not being able to explain it properly, but the whole burning CDs thing is new to me.

~~whodat~~ · 11-07-2005, 04:21 AM

Quote:

The CD used to pop out halfway through but I have managed to stop that

update the firmware from the rom/s homepage but the drive could be no good.

**oldmn** · 11-07-2005, 09:35 AM

One thing I didn't mention was a good cleaning might help. Canned air and a lens cleaner.

kayos · 11-15-2005, 03:18 AM

We had guests for a week who wanted to burn photos from their camera onto a CD and did so with no problems. Suppose my troubles are just inexperience with the whole burning aspect lol.

**linderman** · 11-15-2005, 06:06 AM

just outta curosity how much memory do you have ?????? I had a customer that was trying to convert and burn CD's with only 512 memory as soon as we popped in another 512 that problem went away /

also the burning process is a hog of resources / i dont suggest doing anything else while you are burning ?????

regards

joe

11-06-2005, 12:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
kayos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 8 OS: Xp, ME, 95	Burning wont finish Everytime I try to burn music onto a disk it will convert the songs and start burning them onto the disk. The CD used to pop out halfway through but I have managed to stop that but now it just says 'closing disk' even when there is more then enough room left on the disk and it isnt finished. This means we are left with CDs with only a few tracks on them... the most we have managed to burn is 8 tracks, but the last one only has 1 on it. The CDs aren't rewritable so we are basically just wasting them. I have tried using two different programs and one recommended using a slower speed to burn the cd so we tried that but the same thing happened. Help please?

11-06-2005, 12:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
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11-06-2005, 09:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
oldmn TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gig Harbor Wa Posts: 2,150 OS: XP Pro SP3 X 3 My System	Does this software you are using give you the option to convert to the hard drive first? If it does try that first. then burn that to the disk. some times if the drives cach drops to zero it will stop burning. If the software is taking to long to convert it can happen. __________________ AVG \| MEMTEST86 \| Zone Alarm \| XXCLONE \| Adaware \| Beyond Compare \| Everest If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Sorry no PM's for problems.[/center] Last edited by oldmn; 11-06-2005 at 09:29 PM.

11-07-2005, 09:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
oldmn TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gig Harbor Wa Posts: 2,150 OS: XP Pro SP3 X 3 My System	One thing I didn't mention was a good cleaning might help. Canned air and a lens cleaner. __________________ AVG \| MEMTEST86 \| Zone Alarm \| XXCLONE \| Adaware \| Beyond Compare \| Everest If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Sorry no PM's for problems.[/center]

11-15-2005, 06:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,440 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	just outta curosity how much memory do you have ?????? I had a customer that was trying to convert and burn CD's with only 512 memory as soon as we popped in another 512 that problem went away / also the burning process is a hog of resources / i dont suggest doing anything else while you are burning ????? regards joe __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

11-06-2005, 09:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
kayos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 8 OS: Xp, ME, 95	I have tried Windows Media Player and a program called NTI CD & DVD-Maker Platinum that is on our computer. I have no idea about the drive set up, sorry... not much good at that kind of thing.

11-06-2005, 10:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
kayos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 8 OS: Xp, ME, 95	I don't think it does. It has never given me the option to do that. It converts fine and starts burning but suddenly stops. Apologies for not being able to explain it properly, but the whole burning CDs thing is new to me.

11-15-2005, 03:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
kayos Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 8 OS: Xp, ME, 95	We had guests for a week who wanted to burn photos from their camera onto a CD and did so with no problems. Suppose my troubles are just inexperience with the whole burning aspect lol.