Roxio 5.3.1.154 and CD RWO Drive Locked?
 

My Samsung CD burner came with a CD-RW and it formatted and I can use
it at a 600 meg floppy. perfect. So I bought a few more RWs. When I
format those the drive is locked! I can't write to it. What the heck
did I do wrong?

Gary Seven wrote:

My Samsung CD burner came with a CD-RW and it formatted and I can use
it at a 600 meg floppy. perfect. So I bought a few more RWs. When I
format those the drive is locked! I can't write to it. What the heck
did I do wrong?

It could be related to this:

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DirectCD 3.05
Fixes

For some recorders, it was possible to select recording speeds that
were not in fact supported.

Some older, low-speed recorders cannot correctly write high-speed
rated CD-RW media, but DirectCD would formerly allow you to try.

DirectCD now checks the media and
will reject as appropriate. === FIXED ???

DirectCD 5.3.4
Fixed:

Burn to Ultra High Speed media on non-Ultra High Speed Drives,
no longer allowed === FIX a FIX ???
-----------------------

Update at least to 5.3.4.

Gary Seven wrote:
My Samsung CD burner came with a CD-RW and it formatted and I can use
it at a 600 meg floppy. perfect. So I bought a few more RWs. When I
format those the drive is locked! I can't write to it. What the heck
did I do wrong?

In all likelihood, you bought discs which are poorly matched to your
drive. While there is some sensitivity to the right brand and line for
write-once discs, erasables are much trickier to get right - and then
are much more fragile and much less reliable.

On the simplest level, check whether your unspecified drive is
UltraSpeed, HighSpeed or unspecified and get erasable discs to match.

Better still, use write-once media.

Mike
--

http://www.mrichter.com/

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 20:28:55 -0700, smh wrote:

Gary Seven wrote:

My Samsung CD burner came with a CD-RW and it formatted and I can use
it at a 600 meg floppy. perfect. So I bought a few more RWs. When I
format those the drive is locked! I can't write to it. What the heck
did I do wrong?

It could be related to this:

-----------------------
DirectCD 3.05
Fixes

For some recorders, it was possible to select recording speeds that
were not in fact supported.

Some older, low-speed recorders cannot correctly write high-speed
rated CD-RW media, but DirectCD would formerly allow you to try.

DirectCD now checks the media and
will reject as appropriate. === FIXED ???

DirectCD 5.3.4
Fixed:

Burn to Ultra High Speed media on non-Ultra High Speed Drives,
no longer allowed === FIX a FIX ???
-----------------------

Update at least to 5.3.4.


I upgraded to 5.3.5.10 still have the same problem. Now even the disk
that came with the CD-R is locked and it wasn't before.
I'm using a Samsung SW-224b with 4x Memorex multispeed RWs. Again
even the Samsung disc that came with the drive is now locked.

....well... what type of RW media does your drive recommend use of... a
modern CDRW likely should *NOT* be using old 4x media.

I think Mike was also inferring you *test* your writing ability on write
once media...

It is well noted in the group Memorex media (especially RW) is crap;
try something else

Tim K

"Gary Seven" wrote in message
...
On the simplest level, check whether your unspecified drive is
UltraSpeed, HighSpeed or unspecified and get erasable discs to match.

Better still, use write-once media.

Mike

I can't use write once. I have files that are constantly changing on
there Otherwise that is what I'd do.

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Mike Richter (Hit&Run) wrote:

Gary Seven wrote:
My Samsung CD burner came with a CD-RW and it formatted and I can use
it at a 600 meg floppy. perfect. So I bought a few more RWs. When I
format those the drive is locked! I can't write to it. What the heck
did I do wrong?

In all likelihood, you bought discs which are poorly matched to your
drive. While there is some sensitivity to the right brand and line for
write-once discs, erasables are much trickier to get right - and then
are much more fragile and much less reliable.

On the simplest level, check whether your unspecified drive is
UltraSpeed, HighSpeed or unspecified and get erasable discs to match.

Is it not caused by the flaky, fragile, faulty, unreliable "format"?

Are you ever going to respond to this, Hit&Run?

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From: "BrianT"
Subject: Loosing Disk Space {formatting CDRW}
Date: 5/8/03

Mike Richter (Hit&Run) wrote...

BrianT wrote:

Hi this is strange, anyone else get this? or can explain it When I
re-format a CDRW with Drag to Disk Full Format {EasyCD 6}, the space
available after format drops by between 150 and 200 Mgs and I cannot
get it back. A full format on a new CDRW is OK. I have a LG
52x24x52x and use TDK or Packard Bell 10X CDRW. This never happened
with EasyCD 5.

The space you are losing is due to sectors found to be unreliable.
It's a good sign that the disc is developing errors and is ready for
the trash. You'll also find that formatting gets slower; it takes time
to retry verification and to mark the bad sectors.

If you insist on using fixed-length packets, you ask for that as well
as losing data.

Mmm, but if I format a brand new CDRW I get the full monty then if I
immediately re-format, quick or full, I loose 150Mg. Surly CDRW's don't
develop errors after 5 minutes?

Also from your statement "If you insist on using fixed-length packets,
you ask for that as well as losing data" are you suggesting that the
Drag and Drop part of Easy CD is unreliable and should not be used ?

If so why does Easy Cd 6 have this software and say how easy it is to
use. Now I am very puzzled.
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Gary Seven wrote:
smh wrote:
Gary Seven wrote:

My Samsung CD burner came with a CD-RW and it formatted and I can use
it at a 600 meg floppy. perfect. So I bought a few more RWs. When I
format those the drive is locked! I can't write to it. What the heck
did I do wrong?

It could be related to this:

-----------------------
DirectCD 3.05
Fixes

For some recorders, it was possible to select recording speeds that
were not in fact supported.

Some older, low-speed recorders cannot correctly write high-speed
rated CD-RW media, but DirectCD would formerly allow you to try.

DirectCD now checks the media and
will reject as appropriate. === FIXED ???

DirectCD 5.3.4
Fixed:

Burn to Ultra High Speed media on non-Ultra High Speed Drives,
no longer allowed === FIX a FIX ???
-----------------------

Update at least to 5.3.4.

I upgraded to 5.3.5.10 still have the same problem. Now even the disk
that came with the CD-R is locked and it wasn't before.
I'm using a Samsung SW-224b with 4x Memorex multispeed RWs. Again
even the Samsung disc that came with the drive is now locked.

Time to ditch the POS and get a decent packet writer like DLA (in
RecordNow):
http://www.stompinc.com/recordnowmax...tail.phtml?stp


Is it any wonder DirectCD is rejected even by none other than a cRoxio
Shill?

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From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Date: 8/19/02

I have used only DCD for packet writing,
have had no problems due to the software -
but too many due to the format itself

to bother with it any longer.

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From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Date: 6/17/02

uninstalled DCD
when I stopped testing for Roxio
=====================

The above Mikey's statement is the first ever case in which a Shill is
rejecting the very product IT is shilling for.

With a Shill like this, cRoxio doesn't need any critics!

Please note the *NEW* Abuse addy for SMH...

Be sure to mention this psychotic has been suspended from Usenet posting
many times; most recently from Giganews. As he may be just
circumventing abuse reports there, please continue to address them to
GIganews also until they state he is no longer a customer for TOS abuse.

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"smh" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:30:29 -0400, "Tim Kroesen"
wrote:

...well... what type of RW media does your drive recommend use of... a
modern CDRW likely should *NOT* be using old 4x media.

I think Mike was also inferring you *test* your writing ability on write
once media...



Yes, i can, I do it all the time, data and audio perfectly.

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------

Gary Seven wrote:

My Samsung CD burner came with a CD-RW and it formatted and I can use
it at a 600 meg floppy. perfect. So I bought a few more RWs. When I
format those the drive is locked! I can't write to it. What the heck
did I do wrong?

I upgraded to 5.3.5.10 still have the same problem. Now even the disk
that came with the CD-R is locked and it wasn't before.
I'm using a Samsung SW-224b with 4x Memorex multispeed RWs. Again
even the Samsung disc that came with the drive is now locked.

====================================
Mike Richter is a LIAR (supplied cd)
====================================

If Nero, the supplied cd is NOT the prob, but
if DirectCD, the supplied cd IS the problem!


If Nero, the supplied cd is NOT the problem

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From: Mike Richter (Lying Scum)
Subject: Burn my first CD-R,
Date: 11/11/02

And it failed. Got a Write Error, using Nero.
I used the CD-R disk that came with my new Lite-On Drive.

It should NOT be the disc
if it is the one supplied by the drive manufacturer ...
=====================


If DirectCD, the supplied cd IS the problem!

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From: col
Subject: DirectCD reports CD-RW as bad
Date: 10/6/01

DirectCD 3.05 reports my (one and only) CD-RW as "Unsupported or bad
media" yet Easy CD Creator sees it for what it is. It seems odd that
the CD-RW that came with the drive (a LG 8120B) doesn't work.

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From: Mike Richter (King Troll)
Subject: DirectCD reports CD-RW as bad
Date: 10/6/01

The report is probably accurate ...
Look for a line of blanks which fit your drive better ...

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From: AquamanA
Subject: DirectCD reports CD-RW as bad
Date: 10/8/01

I also have the LG CED-8120B drive, firmware 1.02. When moving to 3.05
DirectCD I got the same error message. When I dropped back down to
3.03b, the message went away and the drive worked properly.

I determined this to be a bug in the new software version as a result...

Just use the older DirectCD, your problem will go away.
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Mikey, you are a Lying Scum!
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