please help - CD writer has suddenly stopped writing

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Last night I put a blank CD in my CD writer and tried to copy some
files to it. I got the message: 'access denied - make sure the disc is
not full or write-protected'. When I clicked on Properties, it showed
the disc as full, even though it was fresh out of the box. I tried
another new disc and got the same thing.

I'm wondering if this has anything to do with something I did
recently. I was having trouble ripping CD's to MP3 using Exact Audio
Copy (dropouts of a fraction of a second every so often), and someone
advised me to 'enable DMA', by checking the DMA box in the Control
Panel dialogue box for the writer. It made no difference to the
ripping problem so I unchecked the box again.

I'd got a message before checking that box, saying it might damage my
hardware, but like a fool I ignored it. I don't thing I've written a
CD since doing this, so it looks as though this might be what's
causing my problem.

Can anyone here suggest anything?
 
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<matthewsarler@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Last night I put a blank CD in my CD writer and tried to copy some
| files to it. I got the message: 'access denied - make sure the disc is
| not full or write-protected'. When I clicked on Properties, it showed
| the disc as full, even though it was fresh out of the box. I tried
| another new disc and got the same thing.
|
| I'm wondering if this has anything to do with something I did
| recently. I was having trouble ripping CD's to MP3 using Exact Audio
| Copy (dropouts of a fraction of a second every so often), and someone
| advised me to 'enable DMA', by checking the DMA box in the Control
| Panel dialogue box for the writer. It made no difference to the
| ripping problem so I unchecked the box again.
|
| I'd got a message before checking that box, saying it might damage my
| hardware, but like a fool I ignored it. I don't thing I've written a
| CD since doing this, so it looks as though this might be what's
| causing my problem.
|
| Can anyone here suggest anything?
|

Did you restart after each change, and did DMA enable?

Likely the problem is not that DMA setting if you re-started after each
change. Your CD/DVD player/writer should support DMA.

You could try removing the CD in Device Manager, then restarting and
allowing it to be installed again.

What brand/model is the drive?

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