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    Strange problem burning cds

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by drpoi, Feb 16, 2008.

  1. drpoi

    drpoi Notebook Guru

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    Hi all,

    I don't use my macbooks' combo drive much. Acutally, I'd say this is the first time I intend to burn a cd with it since I got it nine months ago. The thing is that when I tried today, I couldn't because the recorder says the disc has only 96.6mb of free space, which is insane as the cd's are brand new! (TDK 800mb). I'm totally lost and I've got no idea how to fix it. I tried with Toast 7 and Toast 8 and same problem, so I guess there something else...

    Any idea?

    Thanks!

    DrPoi
     
    drpoi, Feb 16, 2008
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  2. system_159

    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    Did you try another disc? Sometimes a blank cd can have a manufacturing error that causes them to show up with incorrect data sizes. I had a whole spindle do that to me once(checked in on like 10 computers). Try a couple more CD's and let us know if the problem persists.

    Alternatively, if it's a 99 minute/900MB CD-R, then it may not read/write correctly, because it involves overburning(much like dual layer DVDs) which is generally unreliable. If you have to use CD-R99, then you'll have to get a SuperDrive.
     
    system_159, Feb 16, 2008
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  3. drpoi

    drpoi Notebook Guru

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    I tried two discs and they're 800 mb. I don't know what the problem can be.
     
    drpoi, Feb 16, 2008
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  4. system_159

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    Regular CDs are 700mb, so that could be your problem.
     
    system_159, Feb 16, 2008
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    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    Have you tried deleting them in disk utility?

    ==edit==

    that is if theyre RW
     
    stealthsniper96, Feb 16, 2008
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  6. drpoi

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    They're new and just cd-r. My girlfriend can burn them normally with her Macbook.

    Still no clue. It's weird. I'm trying to discard a hardware problem.

    Cheers

    DrPoi
     
    drpoi, Feb 17, 2008
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  7. system_159

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    Does her Macbook have a combo drive or SuperDrive?
     
    system_159, Feb 17, 2008
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  8. drpoi

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    Combo, same as mine.
     
    drpoi, Feb 17, 2008
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    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    How many programs have you tried burning in?
     
    stealthsniper96, Feb 18, 2008
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    are they 800mb or 700 or 650?

    which is it :)

    not really too much you can do, get other discs
     
    kgeier82, Feb 18, 2008
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    Looks like your combo has either a problem that require a firmware update or you may need to tryout a different burn software. Are copying content from 1 cd to another? Creating a dupe?
     
    jujube, Feb 19, 2008
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  12. drpoi

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    I've got the same problem as with Toast when trying to burn directly from the finder by creating a burning folder, it simply says there's not enough space in the disc. I'm not gonna panic till I try with other brand of cd's, but this is weird.

    DrPoi
     
    drpoi, Feb 19, 2008
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