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700 MB CDRW is recognized as "illegal"
  1. #1


    geewiz Guest

    700 MB CDRW is recognized as "illegal"

    I cannot record to new Sony 700 MB CD's because windows XP gives an error
    message "illegal disc). I have no problems with 650 MB discs. I am using XP
    Home 32 bit. I get the same message when attempting to record with my Nero 8.
    I was able to record to one of these CD's on another computer thats running
    XP 64 bit, using Nero 7. I then erased the CD, and attempted to record on the
    problem computer- same message. Both computers are using identical burners.
    Any Suggestions?



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  2. #2


    ngrTerry Guest

    Re: 700 MB CDRW is recognized as "illegal"

    On 4 Dec, 12:07, geewiz <gee...@xxxxxx> wrote:

    > I cannot record to new Sony 700 MB CD's because windows XP gives an error
    > message "illegal disc). I have no problems with 650 MB discs. I am using XP
    > Home 32 bit. I get the same message when attempting to record with my Nero 8.
    > I was able to record to one of these CD's on another computer thats running
    > XP 64 bit, using Nero 7. I then erased the CD, and attempted to record on the
    > problem computer- same message. Both computers are using identical burners.
    > Any Suggestions?
    How old is the CD burner?
    I had an old burner which would only burn 650Mb disks and I had to
    purchase a new burner to enable me to burn to the 700Mb ones.
    CD/DVD burners are cheap enough to replace these days anyway.


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  3. #3


    PvdG42 Guest

    Re: 700 MB CDRW is recognized as "illegal"


    "geewiz" <geewiz@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    >I cannot record to new Sony 700 MB CD's because windows XP gives an error
    > message "illegal disc). I have no problems with 650 MB discs. I am using
    > XP
    > Home 32 bit. I get the same message when attempting to record with my Nero
    > 8.
    > I was able to record to one of these CD's on another computer thats
    > running
    > XP 64 bit, using Nero 7. I then erased the CD, and attempted to record on
    > the
    > problem computer- same message. Both computers are using identical
    > burners.
    > Any Suggestions?
    Have you checked with Sony tech support?

    http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-contacts.pl?

    You also might consider posting your question in an applicable Windows XP
    discussion group, as this is a .NET programming group.
    Here's how to find one.

    As you appear to be using a web interface, start here:

    http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.aspx

    In the tree on the left, first open the English category, then open Windows.
    In Windows, find and open the category for Windows XP, then
    locate a group to post in.


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