Apologies for the long delay but various bits of information have been
floating past my nose lately and I thought that they were worth sharing.
I also feel that these are heavily off-topic but will be useful,
hopefully, to someone:
Original Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 24 Oct 2000
22:48:33 -0400
>
> There is a couple of things you need to do in order to make CD writing
> work
> properly.
>
> Step 0 is to check if the CD writer itself needs an upgrade if it's
> internal software. Most of them have a Flash ROM, check the web site of
> the manufacturer.
Mine was brand new (A Plextor12/10/32A) and it did not work. Emails to
the manufacturer produced the info that I also needed ASPIINST.exe plus
bus mastering and DMA access and it now works beautifully. However:
>
> Step 1 is to upgrade the ASPI layer of windows. Windows comes with ASPI
> V1.xomething, just to show you how bad this is, the current version is
>
Instead of going to Adaptec, I found that I could look for ASPIINST.exe
and could download it from many places, avoids the aggro with Adaptec!
> Step 2 is to have the CD writer on an IDE port which is not the same as
> the
>
> Step 3 is to have the right writer software. The one I prefer I had to
> pay (CDRWIN)
There is a .pdf manual for CDRWIN now, 2.5MB in size. If anyone wants a
copy please let me know privately and I will send it to you. Also ZDNet
said the software costs $69 but Golden Hawk says $49 so things are getting
better.
>
> Step 4 is to find the right media. Not all writers work well with all
> media. For instance, my Mitsumi simply refuses to work with Samsung
> media,
P.M. Fox
