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lionel

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cdrw will not read any media or blank discs
« on: January 25, 2003, 08:23:53 pm »

I was trying to burn a cd yesterday and MJ 8 froze.  I think because there was very little space on the harddrive for the temp file.  Anyway, MJ and XP froze so I had to do a hard restart.  Ever since then, MJ will detect the drive but not the media or blank disc in it.  So when I go to burn a disc the test packet doesn't go thru.  or MJ says that there is no disc even when put one in.

I tried setting the auto insert notification "take no action" or "prompt".  

I can't read anything thru in that cd rw drive from explorer either.  

I have tried removing the device from the hardware and letting windows pick it up on restart.

I have tried uninstalling and installing MJ 8 and 9 and could not read anything on the drive from either.
:-/

how do I repair what MJ uses relate to the cdrw drive?
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rocketsauce

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Re: cdrw will not read any media or blank discs
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2003, 11:23:02 pm »

Is Windows recognizing the drive as a CD-RW or a CD-ROM?  Maybe try reinstalling the drivers.

Rob
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lionel

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Re: cdrw will not read any media or blank discs
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2003, 12:09:01 pm »

I am running XP and it recognizes the drive as a CD-rw.  could this be the ASPI layer that has been corrupted?  is there any software to fix or check the aspi layer for windows XP?
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Re: cdrw will not read any media or blank discs
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2003, 12:27:07 pm »

looking on the bright side, you might need a new drive.
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Re: cdrw will not read any media or blank discs
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2003, 03:21:58 pm »

Don't know anything about ASPI and WinXP. You can try using Adaptec's aspichk.exe to see if it will tell you if the layer is installed correctly. You can find it with a quick Google search. It's just a small standalone program. Also, make sure you read any installation instructions before (re)installing a new aspi layer in XP.

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Re: cdrw will not read any media or blank discs
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2003, 03:30:10 pm »

http://www.dbpoweramp.net/dmc-support-audio-cd.htm

look at the section Windows 95-98
i know you have XP ,but there is a link to a ASPI checker
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