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2.3Sleeper - 13 Apr 2005 04:57 GMT

I have encountered this problem before on an older operating system, but I
don't remember the cure.

If I were to start up my computer, and then put in a cd in it will recognize
it. If I were to take the cd out, it will not recognize the new one. I have
to restart the computer for it to see a new cd. This sucks when I am trying
to do mass burns.

Windows 2000 is the OS. Everything except the hard drive is brand new. Only
the burner does this. The new cd-rom works as it should. The old burner did
not work at all.

Don Manning

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Dinsdale - 13 Apr 2005 18:45 GMT

>I have encountered this problem before on an older operating system, but I
>don't remember the cure.
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>Don Manning

Since it takes a reboot to get things going again I'd look at a
software conflict. But you could still check the cables, jumpers, etc.
Maybe put it on a different IDE channel or switch the master/slave
roles. You might even check if your burner has a bios upgrade.

Back to the software, I saw something similar with my brother's
computer. His burner worked ok, but after he installed Nero it did
something similar to what you described. I did a search and found a
reference to removing "InCD" (part of Nero software). That fixed it.
Also, when I unistalled/reinstalled Nero I left out as much as the
extra crap as I could.

Here's a link that covers some Win2k /CDR stuff..like ASPI, DirectCD
conflicts, etc
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Tips/CDR%20And%20Win2k.asp

Hope that helps.

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