Hey there. Please take some time reading this if you think you can help. I've provided a complete diary of the troubleshooting steps I've taken:
I installed WIN XP PRO last month and ran into some problems burning CDs.
Data CDs seem to burn fine, but MP3 to standard audio CD locks after the lead in. I've read extensively on solutions offered here and on other sites. ASPI, AutoInsert, etc., none of them seem to fix the issue.
Neither MJ, Nero, nor Media Player will work.
With MJ the burn locks after the lead in, with MP the burn failes after partially complete, and Nero locks after the lead in as well.
After trying everything I could, I finally decided to use a system restore to an earlier time, pre-Nero & before changing MJ settings.
Of interest: I went with all defaults, no special ASPI stuff or anything.
The restore was from a time when everything was at default status. Anyway, I then installed Nero and all was well for a few days.
I installed a program called Diskeeper, a defrag app that let's you schedule defrags.
Shortly thereafter I went in to check and see if the User Account I set up for my fiance was running OK. I logged in and discovered that MJ wasn't working in there; all the right files (mp3s, etc) were associated with it, but it couldn't find MJ's EXE.
Don't know why that was, I thought maybe it had something to do with user account being set as a "Limited" type. Checking the account back to "Administrator" didn't help so I reinstalled MJ8. I just used the MJ8 EXE that I had, not thinking that it wasn't the newest version. After that, MJ worked fine for playing files in her user account. So, I logged off and went back to my account and thought I should probably test to make sure it was still burning fine. MJ prompted me to install an ASPI layer. (I probably shouldn't have done anything until I had manually upgraded to 388, but I didn't.) Anyway, the ASPI layer does it's install and prompts a reboot. When I get back in I test using Nero's Info Tool and see that the System ASPI layer is considered corrupt. The Nero ASPI layer was fine. I go into MJ to see if it will burn and it prompts me to install the ASPI layer again. After a few cycles of doing this and rebooting I realize the ASPI layer isn't going to take. Then I think to myself, aaah, maybe I'm running an older version. I didn't remember the ASPI prompting screen in the new version. So, I did an upgrade and brought MJ to 388. Even still none of my software would burn. So I search out the ASPI files installed by MJ in the WIN folder and pull them out, assuming they are causing a conflict. No help. I figure I've done about all I can. From my previous tests, I know that all the other suggestions offered didn't solve the issue before, so it's unlikely they will now. The behavior is identical. So I decide to go with the one thing that worked last time, a sys restore. Great, right? Wrong. For some reason all my restores prior to installing Diskeeper are corrupt! I can't use a single one. So, now I'm totally stuck. I tried uninstalling Diskeeper to see if it was screwing with my restores. No go. To see if I can get the machine to burn I tried reinstalling Nero. No go. I tried uninstalling Nero and MJ and just installing MJ on it's own. No go. Without sys restore as an option, the only thing I can think of doing at this point is reinstall XP and start all over again. I just don't want to do that. My software environment set up was almost finished!
Does anyone have any suggestions??? I don't know what to do. Any way that I can get these restores back? Any other way that I can figure out what is causing Audio Disk burning to lock? If I can figure that out I may not need to access my old restores. Current restores do work. Also, keep in mind, data disks burn fine.
I've got a serious coaster collection going on here. I could really use some help.
PS- Problems I had previously posted on regarding my old 98 setup don't seem to have carried over to XP. I just have this new burning problem....
Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.388
Install Path: C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\
CPU: AMD Duron 700 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 377 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
TDK VeloCD 401248
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer