Chris R wrote:
I am more or less a Newbie so if I'm not looking in the right place please
feel free to tell me!

I have an HP 8200 internal CD writer which does not have underrun
protection.

It works OK under W98 SE using Adaptec/Easy CD etc. It works fine for data
files, and handled music cds which I first copied to an image file.

I have now upgraded (dual boot) to XP Home and Nero. Data files still work
fine, but trying to burn from a disk image (.NRG file) of a music cd , I
still get buffer underrun when I write them. I do not run any other
processes while the CD burn is happening. The underrun also occurs in
simulation mode. Reducing the write speed doesn't help (it was only X4
anyway!) Log file follows.

Any suggestions gratefully received - I'm getting fed up rebooting under W98
to burn music cds so otherwise its a new cd writer...


I'm at a disadvantage he I don't run Nero and write CDs only from
SCSI under Win2K. Still, underrun tends to have similar causes
regardless of the system.

1. Check with others on proper configuration of DMA for your drive under
XP and try to establish it. That is one factor which will change when
changing OS.

2. If the underrun occurs at the transition from writing the TOC (I see
that you're using DAO - though that's about all I'm able to translate
from the log), your medium may be too fast for your drive. Finding media
which write well at 4x has become difficult. If only for test purposes,
try a "DigitalAudio" disc; they must write at 1x, so should handle 4x.
If that works, hunt down a line that is acceptable to your drive and to
your purse.

Mike
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