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 have win_xp_sp2 and I want to know about " how can I run particular software in "no admin user" or "User" without "Administrator Rights" ". Beacuse I have lots of problem with this software i can't run it on "Normal User". I don't understand how can I solve the problem ..................

Every time I inset a CD into either of my CD-ROMs (the Teac just burns CDs, the LiteOn also burns DVDs), I get the message shown in the subject. I merely click on OK or X it out to continue. It doesn't matter if the CD is a commercial one, one I burned, or even a blank. However, if I open the...

NebuR wrote: That's not freeware. This newsgroup is about freeware only. You van ask your question in alt.comp.periphs.cdr (follow-up to that group). When did the rules change? I've been reading this ng for about a decade and that's the first time I've heard that it is restricted to...

WindowsMe OS Is there anyway to read the DVD+R or DVD-R multisession data disk? Any patch available for this purpose? Als it only reads the 1st session. Anyway to read the last one?

TDK Model 420N DVD+RW/CD-RW,Backup MyPC,Windows XP I'm getting a lot of bad DVDs with Backup MyPC and a variety of media. Over 50% of the DVDs I buy don't verify correctly when I run Backup MyPC to backup my machine. Do you think this might be the DVD drive? I'm using rewritable DVDs. Also, if...

X-No-Archive: Yes Say I have a 100MB file and a 600MB file to burn onto a CD, but I'd like to place the 100MB file on the outer perimeter of the disc to increase transfer speed. Is there anyway I can specify burn order with Nero without doing things like chagning file name?

hi there! i have yamaha 8824 scsi cdrw drive (working on tekram dc-315u scsi controlller) and i've got following problem: i cannot install this cdrw under xp. when it is connected to the scsi controller a cant even install this controller (system crashes trying to read file trm3x5.sys from...

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:48:53 -0600, Peabody wrote: My brain-dead copy of EZCD creator has an option to burn an audio CD that is an MP3 disc. But, of course, that option is greyed out because I haven't paid them any money. I just wondered if an MP3 disc is some...

Have a CDR with 2 files on it (call 'em #75 and #76). It had a lot of space left so when I got a group of related files I thought I would put them on the same CD. Using EasyCD creator v4 I put the 95 new files in a folder on the CDR. The additional files filled the capacity of the CDR. Burned...

I have 2 DVD readers, a LiteOn LTD122 (latest firmware) and a MadDog (I know - it was given to me, and has been sent back twice because it can't read a lot of audio CDs). Some audio CDs that have some scratches on them (actually, some that are not scratched also) cannot be read by either of these...

I remember being in a Wherehouse record store in August of 1985, and seeing the first "Compact Discs". I didn't really know what they were, and there weren't that many of them, just a small display. The guy next to me in line explained to me that they were the wave of the future, etc. I made a...

One Big Wookie (****wart) whined: I subscribed to this newsgroup to get some info/answers on DVD/CD burning, and the only posts are by some magot named SMS. Looks like he/she/it scared everyone off. For posting this? ...

Other than playing on a CD player, and, for example, reading the -0:04 before a track starts, is there a way to read an audio CD's gap lengths? I have Windows XP, Nero 6 and Windows Media Player. Thanks.

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I have been using WinISO but I have run into an apparent bug with regards to shortcut files -- it tries to read the destination file rather than the shortcut itself, and then spits out an error if the destination happens to be an invalid filename -- for example, a web URL. So I was wondering if...

Anybody know anything about this type of CD/DVD media? http://www.verbatim.com/products/products.cfm?pc_parent=1DC9DF5C-C0D4-4AEC-BE4352D34D71B4EB&pc_id=4D18DC42-4FC3-4BC2-93F5DCEF6867B443 * High Speed/High Performance Super Azo Dye Technology * Special manufacturing and testing control procedures...

I've tried Google without much luck. Does anyone still make SCSI DVD-RAM drives? I don't mind caddy, tray or slot-load. Failing that, are there any discontinued models that people could recommend? Any brands to avoid? - Andy Ball

. wrote: = I'm wondering if a virus could somehow be on a CDR without it having be= en copied to the disc like any other file using software like Nero. I want= to know if I can be sure there are no viruses on my CDRs. Thank you.

"Richard Dower" wrote I'm not sure which earlier version of Nero Demo I downloaded and later purchased a license for.I have upgraded to the version I have now which is 5.5.10.42.Do I qualify for a Nero 6 upgrade or must I purchase a new license? You...