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I've had the CRW 121032 and up until now have had no problems. Now
when I attempt to burn CDs of either MP3 or just copy a CD I get a
"bad media" error almost 100% of the time.

I have tried using MusicMatch as well as NTI CDMaker 2000. 

Two things have changed about my system. One is the OS. I had been
running Win2K advanced server but now run Win2K Pro. (I did a clean
install when I did this.)

Also I am using diff media. I was using FujiFilm media but now am
using Maxell media.

In device manager It says I have 

Creative CD-RW1210E
Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Date: 11/14/1999
Driver Version: 5.0.2183.1
Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows 2000 publisher

I went to the Creative site and found the following Firmware update
for Win98 and WinME but it supposedly doesn't support 2000. I couldn't
find any downloads other than this on the Creative site. There was no
"driver" download just a firmware update.

121032Fw108.exe 
English Title 
Revision: CDRW-9XJF4-1-US 
Date: 6/14/2001 Size: 1.01 MB 

So my questions are:

Is it possible that this drive just doesn't like the Maxell media? I
will purchase a different brand (probably go back to the FujiFilm) and
see if that helps.

Am I using the correct driver? I have a 121032 and my driver says
1210E. Is that my problem?

Can I use the Firmware update from the Creative site even though it
says it doesn't support Win2K?

Would using the wrong driver give me an error like this?

Any other thoughts?