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 want to copy music from my cassette to a CD I have a windows XP, can anyone tell me what software or hardware i need?

Hi! Is there a way to get Nero ImageDrive to read ISO images that have been split to fit on FAT-32? When I try to load them it says that they have an invalid name. Split nrg files work just fine. Thanks for any help. lab

My backup HD is in the same tower with my main HD. It turns on when the computer turns on--naturally! What I'd like to do is turn on the backup HD only to add or subtract information, then have it turn off so that it doesn't contribute heat and doesn't wear out. Is there a simple way to do this...

Hi I bought a few weeks ago a dvd burner a plextor px-712a and i all ready had a lg cd burner both worked fine for a while but now for some reason i can not burn cd's any more nero or cdrwin wil simply close a few seconds after the burn process begins.Dvd burning is ok. I tried reinstalling aspi...

I recently purchased some 80 minute Taiyo Yuden's that have the silver top and I wonder are they any different or lesser quality than the one's with the White Ink jet printable top? Are they as durable?

A.P.E. files and A.P.E. files in ISO format I wish to make audio cd out of A.P.E. files and A.P.E. files in ISO format (The one I have is big file like about 2.45 gigabytles) Could you please tell me how to do it for both file formats? Someone advised me to download program from this...

While googling this morning I keep encountering the phrase 'mount image file' and similar. Could someone spell out in relatively simple terms just what that means please? And how would I do it? The background to my question is that I'm researching methods to 'decrypt' a few score of WMA files that...

I've been using Exact Audio Copy (Version 0.95) exclusively for ripping CD's to the hard-drive of my PC for a couple years or so now without any significant problems - until yesterday. Yesterday I began ripping a CD-R to my PC's hard-drive as usual, then left it unattended for a few minutes. Upon...

Hi, I see some shops selling CD copy tower. They can duplicate CDs without computer. I wonder if I can build it my self. Can anyone give some opinion on this? rgds, scchui

I purchased a Dell 4600i that came with one CD-R drive and one CD-RW drive. The CD-RW drive seems to be working ok but the CD-R drive won't, or can't read a CD disk automatically, or manually (never has) when I insert a CD disk and click on the CD-R drive icon. A dialog box pops up and tells me...

Hi Everyone, I am trying to burn data files with Nero Express 5.5. It says that the burn is successful but nothing appears on the cdrom. I can burn without a problem using the WinXP burner. Does anyone have an idea why my files are not making it to the cdrom? Thanks,

Just a stupid one...i bet you don't have simulation only instead of burning turned on? That would be it -- I had the 'test' mode on. Thanks!! Jason

Hi.. I bought new Mercury CDR 54/32/54. It is configured as master on the secoundary IDE I'm using Windows XP. 1.4 Gig Duron and Shuttle board. The tray works, light comes on but does'nt auto start, read etc. When I go into 'my computer' there is no reading that it has a disk. When you put a disk...

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At same bitrate, what is the file size difference? Sound quality difference? 128 vs. 196 bitrate...notable sound quality difference?

I have a Sony CRX300E 48X CD writer, For some reason the write speed keeps getting slower and slower. It started at the advertised write and then progressed to 16 the 4X. I have a NEC DVD/CD 16X writer that does not seem to be effected. I am using XP/Home on a P4, 2.4 Gig @ 1GB ram. JohnC

Ok when I click to properties to check the disk space for 650Megs. (Maxell) and 700Megs (Memorex). I see disk space for 688,072,704 beside it 656MB and 736,966,656 Mbs. beside it 702 MBs. respectively. So does it mean when I make a data ISO disk on cd-r it would be able to write 688,072,704m...

I've got a couple of .ISO and .BIN files taking up large amounts of space on my harddrive. I'd like to delete them, but am scared to in case I ever need to burn the image again. Assuming I've already created a working CD from such a file, can I just do a disk copy to generate another copy, or is...

Hello, i just installed nero 6 and nero image drive, now i found there is no more option by right clicking a previous recorded nero image (.nrg) in explorer, i remember this function worked in Nero 5. Anybody know how to enable this in Image Drive in Nero 6 ? thx Sigi