After I bought my newest computer this year I bought various cheap meadia to experiment with. Among them was a 25-pack of "Value Disc" DVD+R from OfficeMax, and I thought it performed as well asn anything. (Can't say the same about "TEON" blanks from Staples, which they are still selling...

NOTE: Followup-To set to plusnet.tech.hardware Hi all, and hi Fran waves. It's been a long time since I had a look in here at f.h.m. I see most of the old faces are still present and correct. The last job was a real bitch and so time consuming. The next one is going to keep me busy too methinks....

I just bought dvd X copy Platinum and am crossing my fingers that it won't conflict with any of the software installed on my computer, including my miscellaney of CD burning software (the have told me to turn off Norton Anti-virus before opening their program). I note that they seem to include...

I have just purchased a msi dvd rom and when I put it in the computer and switched on it gets to the windows xp desktop and it says it has found new hardware (something like ATAPI dvd rom). I click to install drivers but windows does not find anything. If I reboot the same thing happens, any...

The increase in spam is amazing. I got today 70 messages, about 5 of them ok. No problem, I have great Outlook filters, but it's getting so I can't leave my mailbox alone without it's getting full. Me too, I'm getting trigger happy. I wish it would stop. What REALLY hurts - I'm getting lots of...

Hey folks, I was surfing Ebay a few nights back and was checking out some home-stereo CD recorders. I came across some GPX models and am curious if anyone here has one or has used one before. The price of these on Ebay are pretty cheap (with a starting bid of $20), which leads me to believe that...

hello there I've got a question... can anyone provide me some manuals how to hack a firmware in CD-ROM/RW drives or similar? I would like to modify (at least try to) my firmware of an TEAC CD-W58E burner... so, anyone would help to give me some info on hacking firmware? Please? Ty

Is it possible to make an ISO image with Nero? II tried but it only writes to Nero's NRG format. I poked around as much as I can but can't find the setting for ISO. Thanks!

I have a Panasonic DVD-RAM drive which I have had long before DVD+-RW drives ever hit the market. Now I also have DVD+-RW drive that I would like to format UDF with InCD. However, installing InCD 4.2 overrides the Panasonic UDF drivers, making my many DVD-RAM discs unreadable. Is there any way to...

HI, I am using the demo Nero 6 to burn S/VCDs. When I play them, they automatically go from one file to the next. Is there any way to make the files stop until I use the remote. I would hope this would be done with the menu? PS. The demo version does have have a help file. Is this because it is...

They all do "Tony" wrote in message ... Help: how do I know what DVD drive to get that supports Multisession..?

Is anyone using a PATA CD/DVD drive with a SATA controller and converter? I did a Google newsgroup search and I found some messages that seemed to imply that it should work with a Silicon Image SATA controller and converter. I would like to know if anyone had actually done it and how well...

Working from a diffrent computer & can't locate the site that frequently gets posted here on how to D/L and connect the WMV, WMM and related files or remove same. Thanks JMC

Nero used to recognize my Memorex 700mb blank disk as such, but not after I did a session on it, it only sees it as a 650mb. ANybody know why or how to fix it? -- _____________________________________________________ For email response, or CC, please mailto:see.my.sig.4.addr(at)bigfoot.com. Yeah,...

Hello, All! After basically replacing the whole of a PC over a few months to fix a problem with writing any media, could a power supply be to blame for disks been written where the end of the data seems to be "fading" and cant be read? i hgave even upgraded to XP, tried a PCI IDE card to no...

There is a command Menu Disc CDD disc information which is greyed out. What is it? There are few entries in the registry but do not give any clue of files. Could there be deleted or needed for some other programs like Nero or something else? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

I'd like to make a compilation of favourite songs from my CD collection. I'd like the compilation not to have quiet gaps between tracks. Is there a way to achieve this ? I currently have Nero 5.5.6.4 Thanks

Any instructions on how to use CDMage to repair a damaged ISO file? TIA Arawak

Found a nice way to zero your old CDr media prior to tossing in the trash. I put six outdated CDRs into a plastic freezer ziplock bag and microwaved the puppies for about five or six seconds. Fried the media pretty well and kept any nasty gases from farting up my microwave oven. Probably doesn't...

Hi I have been told that Roxio can do DVD authoring Can someone tell me how-to please -- Martin ©¿©¬