I'm having problems following what you're saying.  For example, what do you
mean a "different type of burn"?
Can you explain a little further what the PMA is?  When you talk about it
testing the calibration, is there a setting I should be checking for
someplace in the software?  I'll say that these discs are "known to be
excellent quality" due to the fact that we have already burned about 50 out
of a pack of 100.
Inregard to the ATIP, how do I go about reading this and where is this at?
Dave Schroeder
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Glazier" <

> I agree with another answer. It is a media/drive compatibility
> problem.  Sometimes you can work around messages like this
> by doing a different type of burn.
> Anything that uses the PMA (program management area) of the
> CD is more likely to cause this type of error, since those are
> burns of a more complex nature.
> It might just be that the drive IS a good one and is testing the
> calibration automatically and failing the disk in advance...
>
> If on the other hand, you are using disks KNOWN to be excellent
> quality, the drive becomes suspect.
>
> Knowing which disks may or may not work in a particular drive
> is more of and art than a science.
>
> I would try TDK (Japan,   not Taiwan)
> or  Taiyo Yuden Company Ltd.
> Sometimes you can only find out who actually made a CD disk
> by reading the ATIP information. They are making it harder and
> harder to read that info. (Partly because that info is etched on
> the glass master, and may or may not be accurate.)
>
>                        Rick Glazier
>
>
> Dave Schroeder <[log in to unmask]>
> > writes:
> > > I'm trying to burn a CD an when I tell it to 'burn' I get the message;
> > >
> > >         "Please insert an empty CD to write to...."
> > >
> > > with only the option to 'cancel'.
> > > I already have a new CD-R in the burner.
> > > Any ideas as to what is the matter?  Am I missing a setting or
> > something?
> > > My burner is a Yamaha CRW2200E.  If you need additional information
>
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