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Re: CD Writer - advice sought

#118
From: Rod Speed
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:43
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vxquizit1 <dwinter@ruralnet.net.au> wrote in message
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> It is not advisable to have both the CD and the CDRW on the same IDE
> cable ie: one the slave of the other, this is known to cause problems.

Bullshit, it works fine with a properly setup
system, even with direct CD to CD copys.

> You are trying to get the data down the
> same cable that you are trying to send it up.

And that doesnt happen simultaneously anyway. It reads
a chunk from the CD, then writes that to the burner etc.

> Buffer under run come on down!

Fantasy.

> Slave the CD to the hard drive and put the CDRW
> on the other IDE as master if this IDE is free. If it
> is ot then slave it to whatever is on that connection.

Not necessary.

> Paminifarm CyberArt <kikki@aug.com> wrote

>> I am never going to get my work done today . . .

>> I am delighted with my HP-RW (i thought it came with the adeptec).

> > Make your CD-ROM the "master" (it probably already is set for "master",
> > however mine wasnot, so i had to take everything out and do it all over
> > again, and without a screwdriver at that), and the RW the "slave" (if the
> RW
> > is second on the cable).
> >
> > Place your RW softwear in the CD-ROM, and do exactly as it sez. After
> > completion of installation, of course remove software and carefully place
> > back in holder.
> >
> > Place one of your old/tried/and true, regular music CD's in your CD-ROM;
> > then place a new, blank CD-R in your newly installed CD-RW; wait and when
> a
> > message comes up asking you what kind of "burn" you want; click music;
> then
> > do exactly as it sez (nothing fancy though). Eventually you will want to
> > click "for any CD drive"; this step should come after the first selection,
> > where you selected the "music" burn); such as in your car.
> >
> > In other words: you will need to click the kind of disk to burn; then the
> > kind of "drive" you want (you want the one that will let you play it in
> your
> > car etc.). When burn is completed (a pop-up should tell you); now remove
> > everything, and now proudly place newly burned disk into the CD-ROM; maybe
> > it will begin to play immediately, if not do what ever it is you always do
> > to get your CD-ROM running; then try the disk in your car.
> >
> > The reason i am telling you to do this is because it is the easy one to do
> > (the others are very difficult to learn). Once you know everything is
> > working properly, and you have practiced; carefully venture to a "copy".
> > Always remember to use a CD-R disk before you jump to the CD-RW disk,
> until
> > you get the hang of things (do your baby steps first, and in no time at
> all
> > you will be galloping down that hill at break-neck speed).
> >
> > The CD-R disks, upon which you practice, can be thrown away; they are
> cheap.
> > The CD-RW disks are over twice the price (these are the ones you use as a
> > huge "floppy", and there are two different ways of burning and selecting
> the
> > drives' usage, and one is more sophisticated than the other, and i doubt
> if
> > you will ever need that one). i feel sure the music and copy (done on a
> > CD-R, and the floppy (done on a CD-RW) are the ones you need to learn.
> >
> > You are right, life is meaningless without the RW, man cannot live by
> CD-ROM
> > alone; but by the CD-RW.
> >
> > E-mail me at babydance@lycosmail.com if you need any help.
> > --
> > http://lillyrouge.tripod.com/greenet.html
> > --
> > "Simon Mead" <TheMeades@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > news:Tu%p6.11125$v5.48321@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > > I wonder if anyone can offer any advice.
> > > I purchased a Sony CD Writer, attached it to my pc and found it was
> > faulty.
> > > Basically the data coming from it was corrupted.
> > > I got a replacement unit - same model - also faulty, it 'hung' my system
> > and
> > > Win98 wouldn't load.
> > > I returned it and got a Ricoh this time.
> > > I fitted it to my computer. It was recognised at boot up. Device Manager
> > > knew the unit was there. I inserted a CD in my other CD Rom drive, it
> > > powered up and read the disc. I inserted the CD in the Ricoh, it
> wouldn't
> > > power up (spin) and wouldn't read the disk.
> > > This time I got my money back, although I actually wanted a working CD
> > > Writer.
> > > The computer shop would not give me a replacement as "your machine is
> > > destroying CD Writers and I can't risk another one".
> > >
> > > My feelings are that I was unlucky with the first 2. The third might not
> > > have been as straightforward as it appears, there's a possibility that
> it
> > > was not a new model.
> > >
> > > My question is, is it possible that my PC could be destroying CD
> writers?
> > If
> > > so, Should it also be destroying CD ROM drives too?
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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