Nero refuses to burn on CD-R

"Rouke" <zn.ten.esidarap.DeleteThis@rekkab.ekuor> wrote in message
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> On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I
> have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of
> things, including different discs, presumable all possible setting in
> Nero, and the available settings in the device manager for CDROM and
> Hard disk controllers. Is there any other place where I should look, or
> does anyone know of an obvious cause of the problem?

Something is wrong here cf. brun.
1. Even if Nero is installed, a CD RW drive is supposed
to read Cdisks (just like a CD RO drive) under Windows
before you run any Nero module.
2. If the drive reads disks OK by itself we need to know
more exactly what process fails, viz. which Nero module
(identified by Ctl Alt Del) and which version of Nero software.
You may get more specialized advice in one of the comp.periphs
newsgroups.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

I assume your version of Nero will run on Win 98 SE and also have you
checked to ensure it has the drivers for your cd drive? Does the software
that came with the drive ( e.g. PlexTools with a Plextor Drive) identify
disks OK and will that let you burn or not?
Alan
"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipson RemoveThis @ttrryytteell.com> wrote in message
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> "Rouke" <zn.ten.esidarap RemoveThis @rekkab.ekuor> wrote in message
> news:43d5e453@clear.net.nz...
>
> > On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I
> > have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of
> > things, including different discs, presumable all possible setting in
> > Nero, and the available settings in the device manager for CDROM and
> > Hard disk controllers. Is there any other place where I should look, or
> > does anyone know of an obvious cause of the problem?
>
> Something is wrong here cf. brun.
> 1. Even if Nero is installed, a CD RW drive is supposed
> to read Cdisks (just like a CD RO drive) under Windows
> before you run any Nero module.
> 2. If the drive reads disks OK by itself we need to know
> more exactly what process fails, viz. which Nero module
> (identified by Ctl Alt Del) and which version of Nero software.
> You may get more specialized advice in one of the comp.periphs
> newsgroups.
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>

Hi Don,

1. My son plays games on the PC (logged onto his own user profile) from
CD-ROMs, so I presume it reads OK
2. Pressing Ctrl Alt Del shows "Nerosmartstart" and "ISO1 - Nero Burning
ROM Enterprise Edition". The version is 6.6.0.14.

I hope you can help me further when you have this information.

Rouke

Don Phillipson wrote:
> "Rouke" <zn.ten.esidarap.DeleteThis@rekkab.ekuor> wrote in message
> news:43d5e453@clear.net.nz...
>
>
>>On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I
>>have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of
>>things, including different discs, presumable all possible setting in
>>Nero, and the available settings in the device manager for CDROM and
>>Hard disk controllers. Is there any other place where I should look, or
>>does anyone know of an obvious cause of the problem?
>
>
> Something is wrong here cf. brun.
> 1. Even if Nero is installed, a CD RW drive is supposed
> to read Cdisks (just like a CD RO drive) under Windows
> before you run any Nero module.
> 2. If the drive reads disks OK by itself we need to know
> more exactly what process fails, viz. which Nero module
> (identified by Ctl Alt Del) and which version of Nero software.
> You may get more specialized advice in one of the comp.periphs
> newsgroups.

"Rouke Bakker" <rouke.bakker.DeleteThis@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
news:43d6734a@clear.net.nz...
> Hi Don,
>
> 1. My son plays games on the PC (logged onto his own user profile) from
> CD-ROMs, so I presume it reads OK
> 2. Pressing Ctrl Alt Del shows "Nerosmartstart" and "ISO1 - Nero Burning
> ROM Enterprise Edition". The version is 6.6.0.14.
> I hope you can help me further when you have this information.

It looks as if you mean your Nero software does not burn
CDs as it should.

1. Nero software is a whole bundle of modules e.g.
(Nero v.6, as listed by Belarc)
Ahead software - NeroMediaPlayer Version 1, 4, 0, 21*
Ahead Software AG - Cover Designer Version 2, 3, 0, 6*
Ahead Software AG - InfoTool Application Version 2, 2, 1, 0*
Ahead Software AG - Nero Burning ROM Version 6, 3, 1, 12*
Ahead Software: Nero Fast CD-Burning Plug-in
Ahead Software AG - Nero CD - DVD Speed Version 2, 2, 0, 0*
Ahead Software AG - Nero DriveSpeed Version 2, 0, 0, 1*
Ahead software AG - Nero ShowTime Version 1, 5, 0, 23*
Ahead Software AG - Nero SoundTrax Version 1, 0, 0, 26*
Ahead Software AG - Nero StartSmart Version 1, 0, 1, 15*
Ahead Software AG - NeroVision Version 2,1,2,10*

The module you want to copy files to a CD is
"Nero Express" (as listed by Ctl Alt Del.)

2. If you have the Nero CD, the simplest route is probably
to uninstal everything then reinstal from the CD.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

In news:43d5e453@clear.net.nz,
Rouke had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hello,
>
> This may not be the most appropriate group, but I can't find a better
> one, if you no of one could you please advise...
>
>
> On my Windows 98SE machine, Nero 6 expects a CD-R/RW to brun to when I
> have put a CD-R in the drive. I've spent days trying all sorts of
> things, including different discs, presumable all possible setting in
> Nero, and the available settings in the device manager for CDROM and
> Hard disk controllers. Is there any other place where I should look,
> or does anyone know of an obvious cause of the problem?
>
> Regards,

Someone give me a hand here... It's been way way too long and my 98 test
image (VMware) doesn't seem to want to display anything to do with a CDRW at
the moment...

Were upperfilters and lowerfilters applicable with 9x? If so is there an
"easy" method to reset them? Additionally, could that be the problem?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

Hi Richard,

Richard G. Harper wrote:
> Have you tried cleaning the drive using a standard audio CD cleaning disc?
>

No, I will go, get one and do it....

--
Rouke