Just an educated guess here,but I had the same prob with Nero. The way I
solved this was to change my virtual memory to approximately 1/3 more
capacity and I also went into the hd where Nero was installed and cleard off
as much space as possible. CDR Writer programs use the default install path
directory to temporarily cache lotsa data for on the fly burning.
If you don't have enough free space for this caching the software will not
work correctly and you end up with useless coasters
instead of correctly burned CDs.

Hope this helps,

Barry A.Clark (MCP) 3 down /3 to go!

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Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 7:28 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] CD-RW not writing


>
> I haven't been following the list in a while, so I apologize in advance
> if this kind of question has been asked before.
>
> Computer specs:
> O/S: Win98 Second Edition
> CPU: 350MHz AMD-K6 3D
> RAM: 128 MB
>
> Issue:
> I have an Acer CD-RW6206A 2x6 (Firmware v.1.6), and I burn using the
> program Adaptec's EZ CD Creator v.3.5(105).  My issue is that I had the
> CD-RW for about a month or so and was able to burn audio CD's perfectly,
> without problem.  Then I left home for the weekend, came back, and I
> wasn't able to record CD's anymore.  All programs are closed when I try
> to record.  It tells me I have TrackWriter and I/O errors.  In the
> recording phase, the red write light is on when it is "preparing to
> write the track", but then it breezes through the TOC phase (it's
> obviously not burning at this point even though both the read and write
> lights are lit), and ejects the CD-R disc.  I'm oblivious to what the
> problem is, so I've done a few things.
>
> A) I disconnected my generic CD-ROM and removed the slave setting from
> the CD-RW;
>
> B) I thought it may have been the CD-R discs (Maxell CD-R74's), so I
> tried burning onto another brand disc; and
>
> C) I uninstalled/reinstalled the CD-R, the drivers, and the EZ CD
> Creator program.
>
> None of these worked.  Can anyone help?  I'd be SO grateful.
>
> Mark Simmons
>
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