A while ago I was using Roxio (5 perhaps) and the drive was about 4 speed. New drive wasn't supported by that version of Roxio and The response when I asked about additional drive specifications/ parameters was Buy the new version of Roxio
Well the new drive came with Nero - But all my CD-RW backups written using Roxio included 'special' subdirectories alongside any subdirectories I had created They seemed to be Roxio control sets - and stopped Nero and other application packages from reading the packet mode CD-RW's Since then - having been lucky enough to be able to re-install the slow drive, and Revert to the OS that had Roxio installed, I avoid Roxio and I write my backups as closed CD-R, or DVD+/-R mode sets - yes I write them to RW media - writing a small file to the DVD-RW's so that I can ignore the verify error (generated by INCD?) and then tell Nero to erase and re-use the platter for the proper backup I have also use Instant-CD/DVD reasonable product but a pig to uninstall, and upgrade and - as per many software suppliers support staff seem to deliberately misread requests for help, and information So I gave up on that package. Others may have a different opinion, and I would welcome their contributions Re CD-RW - Before dumping a cd-rw platter as bad, do check it visually, Do run a full format it can take several minutes to do a format, and you should let the format process finish And then look at the platter to see if there is an obvious defect at the point where the media formatting appears to have stopped If writing to the platter as CD-R works, and CD-RW doesn't then you should consider that your PC may be over-loaded with work - and losing 'delayed writes' or the drive ( itself, or connections) may be giving problems JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aditya Mishra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Bad CDR media > Thank James for your informative reply. > I am using InCD because it conflicts with DragtoDisk. > DragtoDisk also displays an error when I want to format > a defective CDRW. > Have you found InCd better than Roxio? > If so then in what features? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Button" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: Bad CDR media > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
