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Terrorbyte · 12-14-2001, 02:30 AM

there must be a setup problem with the recording software, with XP you can drag and drop from a folder view (like explorer) onto the icon for the burner, it will prompt for a disk (give it one) and click on write.

Try that and see if that helps, at least it will isolate the software as the problem.

I have a Aopen 52x, damm dangerous thing, it will damage disks and nearly chop off fingers coz it goes in and out so fast, got me a few times....

My drive will sometimes seem to not want to give back the CD thats in it, and "sometimes" will take 10 seconds or so to give it up, must be common to the Aopen CD or XP or the combination of both.

12-14-2001, 02:30 AM	#2
Terrorbyte Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 324	there must be a setup problem with the recording software, with XP you can drag and drop from a folder view (like explorer) onto the icon for the burner, it will prompt for a disk (give it one) and click on write. Try that and see if that helps, at least it will isolate the software as the problem. I have a Aopen 52x, damm dangerous thing, it will damage disks and nearly chop off fingers coz it goes in and out so fast, got me a few times.... My drive will sometimes seem to not want to give back the CD thats in it, and "sometimes" will take 10 seconds or so to give it up, must be common to the Aopen CD or XP or the combination of both. Last edited by Terrorbyte; 12-14-2001 at 02:51 AM.