CD burning problem

Sometimes, when I right click on a file and SEND TO my cd drive to burn the
file to CD, the CD burner door will not open after burn has been completed,
and will not open unless PC is rebooted. Anyone else heard of or solved
this?

It sounds like the drive is locked during the burn and not being released.
DLA - a common packet writing software program from Sonic is notorious for
doing this. Are you trying to open the drive using the eject button or are
you right clicking and using the "eject" option in the context menu? You
should try using the soft eject from the context menu rather than the button
on the device. Depending on the software you are using to burn with i.e.
packet writing software you may find that using the soft eject works for
you. there may be data waiting to be written held in a cache and that is why
you can't open the drive.

third party software such this freeware app can unlock a locked drive
http://www.alexnolan.net/software/driveman.htm
Select the CD device and right click. select Unlock. However you may find
that you are forced to reboot.
--

Harry Ohrn


"cmxl" <cmxlusegrp@xemaps.com> wrote in message
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> Sometimes, when I right click on a file and SEND TO my cd drive to burn
> the file to CD, the CD burner door will not open after burn has been
> completed, and will not open unless PC is rebooted. Anyone else heard of
> or solved this?
>

Thanks, am using the cd writing wizard that comes with xp (although I do
also have nero which was installed by the pc mfr, it works fine but is not
as convenient to use as the cd writing wizard). Drive will not open either
with drive button or software eject. I suspect what's happening is what you
said, that the pc thinks there is material still waiting to be written to
the cd. If I knew what the name of that program was, maybe I could just
control alt delete it under 'processes'. Problem goes away when I reboot,
but I need to be able to control this without rebooting.


"Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
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> It sounds like the drive is locked during the burn and not being released.
> DLA - a common packet writing software program from Sonic is notorious for
> doing this. Are you trying to open the drive using the eject button or are
> you right clicking and using the "eject" option in the context menu? You
> should try using the soft eject from the context menu rather than the
> button on the device. Depending on the software you are using to burn with
> i.e. packet writing software you may find that using the soft eject works
> for you. there may be data waiting to be written held in a cache and that
> is why you can't open the drive.
>
> third party software such this freeware app can unlock a locked drive
> http://www.alexnolan.net/software/driveman.htm
> Select the CD device and right click. select Unlock. However you may find
> that you are forced to reboot.
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn
>
>
> "cmxl" <cmxlusegrp@xemaps.com> wrote in message
> news:OKvtG17KIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Sometimes, when I right click on a file and SEND TO my cd drive to burn
>> the file to CD, the CD burner door will not open after burn has been
>> completed, and will not open unless PC is rebooted. Anyone else heard of
>> or solved this?
>>
>
>