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by tkiebzak

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Greetings all!
I just installed an IOMEGA CD writer on my Compaq, WIN 2000 Professional PC and I can't write to any CD's because I'm getting fixation errors (I can, however, read and navigate a CD with no problem)... any idea what that's about? I think it's a hardware issue because I have tried 3 different CD writers (2 Yamaha and one IOMEGA) and 2 different pieces of software (Nero & Hot Burn). I'm at wits end (which doesn't take much to begin with).
Thanks,
Tom

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by lizzy

Are you using Roxio software? If so, see this page at MS:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q237468

Which links to Roxio support for win2k:

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/ecdc5win2k.html

(copy and paste URL'sinto browser and remove spaces)

This page is for Win98, but worth a try:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q190922

But this one shows the most promise:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q260992

Hope this helps!

by thechas

1. Make sure that you have downloaded and installed patches for the CD software.

2. Check Windows update for related patches.

3. Update the IDE bus driver for your motherboard.

4. Have the CD-RW drive on an IDE channel seperate from anyother devices. (at least to trouble-shoot.)

5. Make sure that you have a fast enough CPU, and enough free ram and HDD space for the software to run.

Chas

by lizzy

Have you tried a separate batch of CD-R's or CD-RW's? Perhaps you got a bad batch. Worth looking into...

Also, try those same CD-R writers on another PC. Maybe the cable you're using is no good or the bus on the motherboard is bad.

by tkiebzak

I have tried different types of CD media with the same result. I have tried this on another computer that I own and all works just fine.
When I first installed the software and CD Writer (ON THE PROBLEM PC) I was able to burn 2 CD's ... now it fails every time .... arrrrgh!

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