Vista - CDs do not burn in nero on windows media

Hi i have a very strange problem with Burning CDs, I have always been able to burn CDs without a problem. It had been a while but a few days ago i had tried to burn a CD with windows media player using MP3s from my hard drive.

first the error with windows media player is that it begins to write all songs without analysing which it used to do, the burn rate literally increases every second however before ti used to take some time and stay a couple of seconds in each percentage. in the end all songs will fail to burn as soon as one or two fail all the others do at once. the red x error only says check the drive is connected and to check the cd is not damaged. non of theres erros could be so as i have used two different batches of CDs and the drive reads CDs and can clone CDs with nero still.

when trying to burn with nero the only error which comes up states that the burn failed. the log is very lengthy however. if i go to device manager the drivers are upto date. this is a very strange problem as nero is able to copy original CDs but however no files from hard drive can be written to a CD as an audio CD for some reason.

Please help, this problem is becoming very frustrating!!

Make sure the CD's are 'writable.'

Sean

hi Sean the CDs are blank, brand new, have even tried two different batches!!

any more suggestions!?

Well what is the name of the CD. Being blank doesn't necessarily mean you can "write" information on them. They should be like CD-RW. Let me know what your's say on them.

Sean

Hi Sean, they are CD-R's 80min/700MB! the brand is Traxdata and there is another brand too but i forgot the name! both are new though as i said

Alright well the CD itself isn't the problem. I know you say you used to use Nero but I would suggest using iTunes to see if burning is working in general. Let me know if this is an option for you.

Sean

jus tried itunes, attempt failed an unknown error (4880) this is what i meant about how strange it it!! it sounded like it was about to burn it, then nothing for a couple of mins and all of a sudden it fails!! grr!the general burning has worked with nero when i burnt an original CD

Try lowering the burning speed inside iTunes. This window should pop up when you press the "burn disc" button (latest version of iTunes).



Put it to 4x and try to burn.

Sean

hey i tried the first time on 1x just tried 4 this time, failed even quicker! this time it came up with an unknown error (4261) though!

Having very similar issues the past few days. Running Vista Ultimate. Never had a problem burning any brand of CDs via Nero 9 or Windows Media Player. I now get a message to insert writeable media. I've tried my usual TDK's and sometimes they work. However, I bought Sony CD-R and HP CD-R's this weekend and both brands will not read.

Strangely, I can burn both brands using Windows own burning software, using the Mastered selection ..not thru Windows Media Player though.

I have an old Plextor PX712-A that has been flawless until now. Not sure where the problem lies.