Rebooting to avoid coasters

In order to avoid coasters, I have to reboot before writing to DVDs with
either DVD Decrypter or CDBurnerXP Pro 3. Do I have an error in my Windows
XP settings or my setup for my BENQ DVD DD DW1650? Immediately after a
reboot I have never generated a coaster. Without a reboot, I generate
coasters over 1/2 the time. I had the same problem with a prior Sony drive
which I replaced because of the problem.
Stuart//

"Stuart" <sarooney@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> In order to avoid coasters, ...

For the info of those in West Sussex, BBC News are reporting that all 11
Council Recycling centres in the county now have specific facilities for
recycling CD/DVDs.

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:52:02 -0400 from Stuart <sarooney@mindspring.com>:
> In order to avoid coasters, I have to reboot before writing to DVDs with
> either DVD Decrypter or CDBurnerXP Pro 3. Do I have an error in my Windows
> XP settings or my setup for my BENQ DVD DD DW1650?

I think you must, because I burn data DVDs with CD Burner XP Pro and
have never had that problem.

Sorry, but I don't know which specific settings to suggest you look
at.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On 4/13/2008, Stan Brown posted this:
> Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:52:02 -0400 from Stuart <sarooney@mindspring.com>:
>> In order to avoid coasters, I have to reboot before writing to DVDs with
>> either DVD Decrypter or CDBurnerXP Pro 3. Do I have an error in my Windows
>> XP settings or my setup for my BENQ DVD DD DW1650?
>
> I think you must, because I burn data DVDs with CD Burner XP Pro and
> have never had that problem.
>
> Sorry, but I don't know which specific settings to suggest you look
> at.

OK, here's a WAG: the OP has Windows set up to allow writing to CDs &
DVDs on the fly. (Sort of: the Windows implementation of that is a bit
strange, in my view.)

On my XP machine, I have this:
Right click on the CD/DVD drive in the folder pane of Windows Explorer
and choose Properties
Click on the "Recording" tab.
Uncheck "Enable CD recording on this drive".
OK all the way out.

My experience is that enabling CD recording interferes with all sorts
of things, so I keep it turned off on my computer.

Also, even if Windows is not set up to do that, perhaps his CD/DVD
burning software - such as Nero - is. I would disable that if so, but I
have no S/W of my own to look at to suggest how one might do that.

If this is not the problem, sorry, it's my only idea :-(

--
Gene E. Bloch (Gino) letters617blochg3251
(replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")

That was the problem - thank you many times over!
Stuart//
"Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 4/13/2008, Stan Brown posted this:
>> Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:52:02 -0400 from Stuart <sarooney@mindspring.com>:
>>> In order to avoid coasters, I have to reboot before writing to DVDs with
>>> either DVD Decrypter or CDBurnerXP Pro 3. Do I have an error in my
>>> Windows XP settings or my setup for my BENQ DVD DD DW1650?
>>
>> I think you must, because I burn data DVDs with CD Burner XP Pro and have
>> never had that problem.
>>
>> Sorry, but I don't know which specific settings to suggest you look at.
>
> OK, here's a WAG: the OP has Windows set up to allow writing to CDs & DVDs
> on the fly. (Sort of: the Windows implementation of that is a bit strange,
> in my view.)
>
> On my XP machine, I have this:
> Right click on the CD/DVD drive in the folder pane of Windows Explorer and
> choose Properties
> Click on the "Recording" tab.
> Uncheck "Enable CD recording on this drive".
> OK all the way out.
>
> My experience is that enabling CD recording interferes with all sorts of
> things, so I keep it turned off on my computer.
>
> Also, even if Windows is not set up to do that, perhaps his CD/DVD burning
> software - such as Nero - is. I would disable that if so, but I have no
> S/W of my own to look at to suggest how one might do that.
>
> If this is not the problem, sorry, it's my only idea :-(
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Gino) letters617blochg3251
> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>
>

Every year or so I get something right. This looks like my 2008
victory.

I'm glad it worked out!

On 4/15/2008, Stuart posted this:
> That was the problem - thank you many times over!
> Stuart//
> "Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
> news:mn.729d7d8410b2af46.1980@nobody.invalid...
>> On 4/13/2008, Stan Brown posted this:
>>> Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:52:02 -0400 from Stuart <sarooney@mindspring.com>:
>>>> In order to avoid coasters, I have to reboot before writing to DVDs with
>>>> either DVD Decrypter or CDBurnerXP Pro 3. Do I have an error in my
>>>> Windows XP settings or my setup for my BENQ DVD DD DW1650?
>>>
>>> I think you must, because I burn data DVDs with CD Burner XP Pro and have
>>> never had that problem.
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I don't know which specific settings to suggest you look at.
>>
>> OK, here's a WAG: the OP has Windows set up to allow writing to CDs & DVDs
>> on the fly. (Sort of: the Windows implementation of that is a bit strange,
>> in my view.)
>>
>> On my XP machine, I have this:
>> Right click on the CD/DVD drive in the folder pane of Windows Explorer and
>> choose Properties
>> Click on the "Recording" tab.
>> Uncheck "Enable CD recording on this drive".
>> OK all the way out.
>>
>> My experience is that enabling CD recording interferes with all sorts of
>> things, so I keep it turned off on my computer.
>>
>> Also, even if Windows is not set up to do that, perhaps his CD/DVD burning
>> software - such as Nero - is. I would disable that if so, but I have no S/W
>> of my own to look at to suggest how one might do that.
>>
>> If this is not the problem, sorry, it's my only idea :-(
>>
>> -- Gene E. Bloch (Gino) letters617blochg3251
>> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>>
>>

--
Gene E. Bloch (Gino) letters617blochg3251
(replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")