I have only just started to learn about Burners, I had it working properly and then it stuffed up, couldn't burn anything , getting all sorts of messages, I got an internal burner and I am using Nero. So , I uninstalled Nero and reinstalled it and every thing is OK now. Try it , you got nothing to lose. Lionel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "DH (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "PCTT" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:36 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- CD Burner(2) Hi everybody, My CD Writer - is it playing up, or what? In WinMe and when trying to write to CD's I've been getting a small window headed 'Insert Disk' and below: 'The shortcut "E'.lnk' refers to a location that is unavailable. The location could be on a hard drive on this computer, on a network or on a different computer on your home network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the internet or home network, then try again'. A right click and then 'Open' and I get a request to insert a disk into Drive 'A'' I have been getting this when I try to open CD-R's and CD-RW's that I have previously written to, sometimes more than once. in the case of the re-writables. I took some disks to a friends today and got similar results on his computer(Win98SE). This, I figured indicated that the CD's were to blame. I called in and bought a pack of 5 Mitsubishi CD-RW's from a local store and when I got home, I tried to use one of the disks, but obtained exactly the same results. The same with a second brand new disk. Now if I go to Desktop/MyComputer/Edrive/Properties the graphic is Blue for full, but the 'Used Space' and the 'Free Space' each show 0 bytes. I can't get to the 'Format' feature as the disks may need this. Any thoughts or assistance or suggestions, please? To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk