Windows XP Does Not Support Testing Before Writing to CD-R or CD-RW Media??

[Oliver Stone]

I just discover this piece of info that says you can't test burn before
actual burning under XP.. If u did,it could ruin ur disk..WEll, Nero
provides test burn featur without warning the potential problem with XP
though...
I always test burn and this could be the reason y i am having all the
trouble? But i used windows xp's burning function w/o test burn too, and it
fails consistently too. anyone have more info or experience about this?
thanx...

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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;302711
Windows XP Does Not Support Testing Before Writing to CD-R or CD-RW Media
The information in this article applies to:
a.. Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
b.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional
This article was previously published under Q302711
SYMPTOMS
In Windows XP, because you cannot test the CD-burning capabilities of the CD
burner before you start the write process, a CD-R disk could potentially be
ruined because of a buffer under-run. There is no way of running a test
write to the CD-R prior to the actual burning of the CD-R.
MORE INFORMATION
A test write to a CD is simple a test of the writing of data to the CD-R.
The reason it can be tested is because the test burn is done at a read
level. In this way, nothing is actually written to the CD-R during the test.

[Mark S.]

You are misreading the article. The native WindowsXP cd-burning application
will not do a test burn, as do other, 3rd party apps such as Nero.
Therefore, because you cannot test burn the cd, you run the risk of a failed
ACTUAL burn if there are errors somewhere on your data or disk drive (buffer
underruns). The process of doing a test burn in a third party app is
harmless.

MarkS


"Oliver Stone" > wrote in message
...
> I just discover this piece of info that says you can't test burn before
> actual burning under XP.. If u did,it could ruin ur disk..WEll, Nero
> provides test burn featur without warning the potential problem with XP
> though...
> I always test burn and this could be the reason y i am having all the
> trouble? But i used windows xp's burning function w/o test burn too, and
it
> fails consistently too. anyone have more info or experience about this?
> thanx...
>
> ---------------------------------
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;302711
> Windows XP Does Not Support Testing Before Writing to CD-R or CD-RW Media
> The information in this article applies to:
> a.. Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
> b.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> This article was previously published under Q302711
> SYMPTOMS
> In Windows XP, because you cannot test the CD-burning capabilities of the
CD
> burner before you start the write process, a CD-R disk could potentially
be
> ruined because of a buffer under-run. There is no way of running a test
> write to the CD-R prior to the actual burning of the CD-R.
> MORE INFORMATION
> A test write to a CD is simple a test of the writing of data to the CD-R.
> The reason it can be tested is because the test burn is done at a read
> level. In this way, nothing is actually written to the CD-R during the
test.
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jim Macklin]

XP's built-in burner is very limited in functionality, you
can set burner speed using device manager (I think) but with
EZCD Basic at $10, third party "real" burner programs are
the way to go. Roxio has upgrades for version 5.0 and 5.1
Basic that make it fully XP functional for CD-RW. If you
want to do DVD, get the new Version 6 Platinum Edition.



"Oliver Stone" > wrote in message
...
| I just discover this piece of info that says you can't
test burn before
| actual burning under XP.. If u did,it could ruin ur
disk..WEll, Nero
| provides test burn featur without warning the potential
problem with XP
| though...
| I always test burn and this could be the reason y i am
having all the
| trouble? But i used windows xp's burning function w/o test
burn too, and it
| fails consistently too. anyone have more info or
experience about this?
| thanx...
|
| ---------------------------------
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;302711
| Windows XP Does Not Support Testing Before Writing to CD-R
or CD-RW Media
| The information in this article applies to:
| a.. Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
| b.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional
| This article was previously published under Q302711
| SYMPTOMS
| In Windows XP, because you cannot test the CD-burning
capabilities of the CD
| burner before you start the write process, a CD-R disk
could potentially be
| ruined because of a buffer under-run. There is no way of
running a test
| write to the CD-R prior to the actual burning of the CD-R.
| MORE INFORMATION
| A test write to a CD is simple a test of the writing of
data to the CD-R.
| The reason it can be tested is because the test burn is
done at a read
| level. In this way, nothing is actually written to the
CD-R during the test.
|
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