Windows Forum

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Burning CD's

0 helpful
7 replies

by sidvail

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

I have a brand new computer with Windows XP. I burned a CD of a collection of songs. I can use this CD anywhere and it plays fine - except, when I put it back into my computer, the same drive that burned the CD - my computer locks up. I can't even put it in my DVD player on the same machine. It locks up.

This is really starting to get to me. I've had people tell me that it's a XP copyright thing. Is this true? Or is there something else going on?

Everything else works fine on the machine.

7 replies

by quake_sinatra

It may sound a bit off but i have seen certain cdrom drives react badly to burned cds when they transfer mode that they use is set to dma when available instead of setting it specifically to the mode the cdrom is using.
i also have seen issues withhow cdroms react based on the via chipset and not having the latest 4in1 drivers loaded.

hope that helps some.
as for changing the drive mode- right click my computer choose propertues
go to the hardware tab and device manager.
right click theide channel (primary/secondary) depending on where your drive sits.. and then change it to the same mode the bios reports that its using when you boot.
(instruction based on memory right now since i am at work and on a 2k machine)

by borginva

There is an issue with the Window Media Player on XP that is blocking the use of playing copyrighted material, especially after buring to a CD. I just saw a fix on one of my newsletters the other day.
Check PCWORLD.COM or MICROSOFT.COM for the fix.

This discussion is closed to new replies.