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    Vostro not burning

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by miligraf, Dec 13, 2007.

  1. miligraf

    miligraf Newbie

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    I received my new Vostro 1400 yesterday and decided to reinstall windows since it came with a lot of dell stuff.
    The problem is the it wont burn CDs or DVDs, it did before reinstalling. I have downloaded the lastest drivers but still doesnt work.

    The model is GSA-T21N DVD+/-RW.

    What am i missing something?

    Thanks!
     
    miligraf, Dec 13, 2007
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  2. billcsho

    billcsho Notebook Deity

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    What program are you using to burn media?
     
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    miligraf Newbie

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    Ok, i just made some tests. Sorry i didnt mention before that i was trying to burn an image in a CD-RW, the problem is that it can burn normal files but no images.

    I have tried with ImgBurn and followed a tutorial for image burning but it doesnt work...could it be the CD?
     
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    Rz_Ten1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It might be that ImgBurn is having trouble identifying the CD as writable. I'm fairly certain you won't be able to burn an image to a RW without first erasing it.

    You might try another program. I've had good luck with CDBurnerXP Pro 3. 4 came out recently but I haven't had a chance to test it. At the very least, it might give you a different message about why it can't burn.
     
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  5. miligraf

    miligraf Newbie

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    Ok, i tried CDBurnerXP and i get the error message "The drive(s) could not be initialized..."

    I google it and saw it was a problem with Vista, i have the Home Basic edition.
     
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    Are you running ImgBurn/CDBurnerXP as an administrator?

    You also might try turning off UAC while burning to see if that makes a difference.
     
    Rz_Ten1, Dec 14, 2007
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  7. miligraf

    miligraf Newbie

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    Yeah im administrator and have turned off the UAC...dunno what could be wrong, the least i think it could be are the CD-RW that are almost a year old lol.
     
    miligraf, Dec 14, 2007
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    CD-RW's don't usually go bad. I usually end up killing them by letting them get too scratched up then from dye related failures.

    It's possible you might be trying to burn a 700MB ISO to a 650MB CD-RW... but I have to say I'm at a bit of a loss.

    Since you can burn files, try extracting the ISO using something like ISOBuster and then just burning it like a normal CD.
     
    Rz_Ten1, Dec 15, 2007
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    Found the freakin problem, the ISO is 695mb and the CD has only 700mb, i went to the Vostro manual and it clearly says "Files equal or larger than 695mb wont burn into a 700mb CD"...doh!

    So i got a blank DVD and it burned as it should be.

    Thanks for your help!
     
    miligraf, Dec 15, 2007
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