Posts by qweasd

i have the same problem too. the only answer i could come up is this one: windows is freakin' stupid !!!

after i installed windows, with everything i had 2.21 GB free on c:

then i watched a few movies... restarted... (didn't install anything)... the next day i see i have only 1.82 GB free on c: !!

and no, it's not the swap file cos i set it to 512 MB right after it finished installing. it doesn't grow bigger except if i'm playing high-requirements games.

must KILL BILL !!!!!!

right.. i missed the part where it said winxp home, though he mentioned first i see

then i can't help because i don't use windows xp home edition... it sucks.

lol, sp2. make sure you read the "Things you should know before installing SP2 for Windows XP" before you decide to do that. it causes more problems usually.

and if the problem is the pio mode, sp2 will not fix it.

lol, yes microsoft always treats you like a moron in replies... yahoo too.

go to device manager and check if the drive from which you boot from is set on PIO mode. i had some stupid problems of this kind, identical to what you are describing... i also have the solution for it if this is the problem.

you are using simple file sharing.. sorry can't help. you need to switch simple file sharing OFF, and work from there. much more secure and reliable - but NTFS required.

LOL !!

300 ?!?! uninstall that mcafee... don't hesitate

just format and install a fresh copy of windows... no wonder tarantino made the movie KILL BILL !! he must of have installed windows :evil:

maybe you have a virus or trojan :lol:

try scanning the harddrive on another pc with some good antivirus like kaspersky... even norton av

if it's set on automatic, it will always be started. never stop.

if it's set to manual, it may stop if it's not needed anymore, and start again when it is needed again. also it depends on the service - what is it's name?

if windows is the problem i would just reinstall it... it's alot faster then trying to repair it
a fresh windows works better anyway

reinstall windows...

lol PRAKHAR, i thought it was obvious from that picture.
Well it's obvious offcourse for those that can give me a helpfull answer.

Can't edit (there must be a timout) so I have to double post...

Here's another pic:

[IMG]http://img28.exs.cx/img28/359/error3.gif[/IMG]

Well can't you see ? After minute 65-70 or so, the discs that I just burned are not read properly. I copy the movie back, or whatever I have on the disc and when i get to "10 seconds remaining" it takes 2-5 more minutes...

Other cd-rom's / writers have more problems reading these discs at the end aswell, some even more or are unable.

Here's a test done at 52x read speed on a cd that was writen at 4x:
[IMG]http://img4.exs.cx/img4/8213/error7.gif[/IMG]

- the test was almost perfect at 40x reading speed though... weird :surprised
- and the previous cd looks much worse when I test it at 52x reading speed

I want to to know for sure if this is a compatibility issue, a bad lot of discs, a software problem or a recorder malfunction.
I don't really have time to take the writer to the service and wait up to a week until it's repaired/changed, and I need it daily.

I clearly said I used Nero 6 and tried all speeds. Sheesh...

And drag and drop is an option to add the files... d'oh... :!:

I use drag and drop

And I'm using Nero 6.3.1.25, then I swithced to Nero 6.6.0.1... and I tried Plextools 2.17 - I have a plextor writer 52/24/52

I reinstalled windows and all the burning software... I defragmented my harddrive... I tried every writing speed... 4/8/16/20/24/32/40/52

And still the same problem.

PS: If I run the test at 52x reading speed it looks much worst.

every cd i write ends up like this:

[IMG]http://img26.exs.cx/img26/9446/error9.gif[/IMG]

why ?!?!?