Harold writes, <I think if you launch Toast prior to inserting a CD-R, there'll be no preparation. That only happens when you insert the CD before opening Toast.
Try that: open Toast, drag whatever you want to copy to its window, click on Write CD or whatever, wait fot Toast to ask for a blank CD and then, only then, insert it.> Well, I'm making SOME progress. ;-) I still haven't burned a CD but I ALMOST did. I tried this suggestion, and after some still rather lengthy "waiting for the writer" and "Preparing..." messages -- but not QUITE as bad as the last few times, it actually went through the writing process for once. However, when it supposedly finished writing the CD, I got the following error message, which I wrote down in case you or anyone else here has seen it before and knows what it means. Exact quote, caps included: The drive reported an error: Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR Sense Code = 0x02 NO SEEK COMPLETE I then clicked my mouse on "OK" -- what else could I do other than cancel? -- and then the next thing I know Toast says, "Finishing..." And then there is an interminably lengthy period of time during which I have no idea what it's doing, and I can't do anything else on the computer either, as I discover when I try to insert a floppy to copy something I'm working on to move it to my Powerbook, figuring I'll write while I wait for this "Finishing..." process to end. But not only that, just the fact that I tried to do something else practically locked up the whole system. The cursor moved still so I know it wasn't a total freeze, but I couldn't switch to another application or make the Toast window big again. I couldn't even force quit out of Toast, and I ended up having to give my G3 a "nerve pinch" to restart it. The CDRW is now off and hopefully you or another lister can tell me what happened/how I can fix it. Thanks for your suggestion, Harold, and thanks to you and anyone else in advance if you can help me. ~Yersinia. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
