Dunno much about CDs, but if disk activity causes a problem, you may want to disable your antivirus program temporarily. A lot of them will scan files as you use them, or check system files on a periodic basis; this activity can be enough to confuse Defrag, so it might cause problems with CD burning as well.
Laugh hard; it’s a long way to the bank.
Coldfire- Were you ever successful?
Try putting a penny on top of the laser.
Plunging like stones from a slingshot on Mars.
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
Just to warn everyone: CD/RWs burn out. A year, tops, of heavy use.
Lots of the supposedly longer CD-Rs just use ‘new math’ and are only good for the normal amt of space/time. A few truely are longer. Memorexes are one that really is longer. Also, close EVERYTHING, save Explorer, Systray, and your writing program. THEN write. That solves 90% of underrun problems.
–Tim
OK, now that I have this thing working correctly(Had to switch to CD-R’s to play on anything other than my cd-rom drive), I want to get some tapes on CD. The way I have it hooked up right now is through the headphone jack, which causes a LOT of buzz. I have tried connecting an RCA cable from the output directly into the sound card, but that doesn’t work. Do I need to use a midi cable or something? Help!
“Teaching without words and work without doing are understood by very few.”
-Tao Te Ching
Democritus- Get a program to help eliminate the static. Use as short a cord as possible. And make sure the CPU is grounded.
Poogas, are you going to let Homer get away with this?
Umm, Headless, cpu grounded? How do I check that? I really have no idea.
Also, any suggestions for a static-removing proggie?
Democritus
You have to plug into line in, not the microphone input. They have a different impedance.
I have tried software to elliminate the noise. It hasn’t worked very good. I found that recording noisey cassettes at 11 khz removes a lot of noise. When your CD writing software writes the wave file to audio cd format, it will change the file to the 44 khz standard. This is a good method for low quality cassette recordings.
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
I did it! I backed up my files onto a CD-RW. I intend to re-use this CD-RW until it’s dead, though, seeing how the helpful salesman neglected to mention that it took a freakin’ hour to format the CD.
So I can just write on the top of the thing with a permanent marker, right?
PunditLisa: I did it! I backed up my files onto a CD-RW. I intend to re-use this CD-RW until it’s dead, though, seeing how the helpful salesman neglected to mention that it took a freakin’ hour to format the CD.
So I can just write on the top of the thing with a permanent marker, right?
You can format the cdrw’s in advance, using the backup software. I do this when surfing the web or such in the background. It will save you time when doing the backups later.
I would write on the case insert only for backups, because you will be reusing the cdrw’s later. Some markers can’t be used to write on the cd. They eventualy eat through the surface. Your data is stored on the back side of the same surface. Use whatever th CD box says to use. I use a Sharpie marker.
You can buy cd labeling kits, so you can print on the label and put it on the cds you make. This is nice if you can afford it. Don’t put labels not designed for cds on a cd. The label might not hold up over time and come off in your cd drive.
I hope you are using a backup software. Make sure you have your emergengy recovery diskettes made for your cd backups. You make the diskettes from the backup software. Some backup software makes the first cd a bootable cd, in which case your bios has to be set to boot from cd. The diskettes booting method will always work for you.
Burning your files onto a cd media directly will make all the files read only. Any files transfered later to your hard drive will still be read only until you adjust the properties on each file.