Greetings Group: I have a Memorex CD R/RW-DVD Model 48X16 Combo-DVD Int 32023267. Shortly after I bought this unit, it developed mechanical problems. I sent it back to Memorex for repair and all was well after that. Well, that is, up until a month ago when my computer took a nose dive. My system...

1: Can an OS (like Windows 2000) effect the BIOS ability to detect if a CD drive is installed or not? 2: If a BIOS can't detect a CD drive, does that effect the ability of said drive to (using the control button) to open/close the tray? The reason for such :baby" questions is that after trying...

I'm looking for a CD label-making program that can do the following 4 tasks: 1.) Allow insertion of background image into the template and allows one to resize and position the label over the CD/DVD template with WYSIWYG view. 2.) Rulers/Guides that allow one to position images exactly to the...

Hello, I have a problem and I can't figure out what is going on or how to fix it. I have a couple of video files in .avi and .mpg format that I am trying to re-encode with TMPGEnc and the KVCD templates so that I can make Video CDs out of them. The original video file when played through Windows...

Hi - I used the shareware version of Cool Edit for years. Just bought a new machine and upgraded to Win XP, only to find that Cool Edit costs a cool fortune and has been 'professionalized'. Anyone know a similar program that will let me do what the old version of Cool Edit did (record music while...

Any ideas how to fix this on a WinXp box writing to a 24X CDR Freecom using Nero? TIA --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. As checked by MARK Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).

Okay, for $45, I'm sure I'll just be told to buy a new one. But I want to make sure I've done all I can for it first. I got the burner a year ago. Just a week ago, it copied a DVD just fine. But a couple days after that, it wouldn't even recognize media in it. Put a working CD or DVD in it and...

I had a cd-rw with some files on it. I wanted to get rid of those files and put on a new batch of jpgs. So I formatted the cd with XP program and then when i went to copy those jpgs to this recently formatted disk, i get a message that its write protected. Get rid of it first." I never had this...

I noticed Majorgeeks.com lists this free audio ripper. WildFire CD Ripper = CDex !!!! But with undesirable extras and a slightly different appearance. It comes with options to make Yahoo the default search engine and to install the Dealio toolbar (i.e. commercial crap) during the...

Whats the best way to record a 'best of'compilation ? For instance, I borrowed a 4 disc set of billy joel,and I want to take the songs I like and put them on 1 cd. I put the first disc in the drive,nero asked for a label and I entered '1'. I dragged the songs I wanted into the compilation to the...

John wrote in news:t5l8lvchj7motcs6haqldh6o7neeiabmq1@ 4ax.com: They rejected my rebates as being duplicates. I must have been nuts to agressively buy their rebate deals after slacking off after the other troubles,

Angry Andrew wrote: Boycott Sony/BMG "While the Sony CDs play fine on Red Book audio devices such as standard consumer electronics CD players, when they're played on a Windows PC the software forces playback through a bundled media player, and restricts how many digital copies can be...

I have a 2 year old Compaq with XP OS. I have a CD/DVD reader and burner combination drive. Up until two weeks ago, the drive worked fine. Now, I can put in a disk and hear it start up, but the drive is not visible under My Computer. I can start up my burner app and burn fine. Sometimes, if...

Heja, can you tell me what's are the differences between types of backups in nerobackitup, especially update and incremental? I can't find it anywhere. Please use simple words because I'm not speaking english very well. Thanks,Kinds Regards Sl.

I've been trying to get Nero (Ultra Edition, v6.6.015) to burn multiple discs. It burns the first with no problem, then gets to 91 percent on the second and freezes. This happens every time. Any suggestions?

I've found these at Newegg... Legacy 700mb 52x CD-R 100pk on a spindle. Model # CD-R52X100SPL Are these worth the price, $9.99 plus FREE shipping?? I won't be putting any valuable info on them, just tunes to carry in the car and to transport data over to the neighbors and such. I have a...

Does anyone have any recommendations for the cheapest jewel cased Taiyo CDRs? I'm not averse to getting the media and cases separately if needs be. The plextor media at ebuyer seems the cheapest so far at around 23p inc cases. regards Paul

Looking at the new Plextor which writes at 8x but Google search couldn't find a UK supplier for 8x discs. Where can they be bought? -- Kenny

Hello All, Last night I installed a new Cyberdrive 52x24x52 CD-RW in my 3-year old Dell. So far, the drive works well, with the exception of one thing that is bothering me: When I eject the tray, it seems to come out of the drive quickly, but then halfway through the ejection, it slows WAY down...

I have written about this problem before. I have a large stack of CDRs written with DirectCD. WindowsXP cannot read them at all, either by itself or with the Roxio UDF reader installed. I have a Windows 98 computer with DirectCD installed and have had limited success reading some of these...