Hi, I have an external 4x4x6 CD-RW drive that I am mostly very happy with. However, I am concerned that it may be defective and thought it might be a good idea to get advice if it is. (I am using Windows XP’s built-in CD-burning tool to write tomy CD-R and CD-RW disks.)
You see, about 75% of the time, the CD burner works wonderfully, and completes the burn process without any errors. However, about 25% of the time, when it reaches the end of the burning process and is near finishing, the write process on the burner will keep going…and going…and going, ad infinitum. (In other words, the CD burner write and read lights will keep flashing without terminating normally.) When this occurs, the only way to stop the burner from continuing is to manually switch the power off from the surge protector that the CD burner is plugged into — even clicking the “Cancel” button on the burn progress screen alone does not stop this perpetual read-write process!
Any ideas if the burner is defective — or do you think the built-in Windows XP CD burner program itself might be the real culprit?
