Rock wrote:
> "Cooler Dude" <down@thecrossroads.com> wrote
>> dfrog wrote:
>
>>> "Cooler Dude" <down@thecrossroads.com> wrote
>>>> XP Home SP2. I have two identical DVD writers (E: & F
. When
>>>> I first got the PC, I could use Explorer/My Computer to copy
>>>> files to CD. Some time ago I installed Nero and can
>>>> successfully write to
>>>> CDs or DVDs using either drive.
>>>>
>>>> However, I've now noticed that I can no longer copy files to
>>>> CD using Explorer/My Computer. As soon as I attempt to paste,
>>>> I get "E:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function.
>>>>
>>>> Is that because Nero has "taken over" the CD writing
>>>> operation or could something else be amiss?
>
>>> you'll find some information here, it may help
>>>
>>> http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/wind...t-function-message-on-an-external-burner.html
>
>> Thanks. The 'cure' mentioned there was"...going to the Drive
>> letter in Windows Explorer and right clicking on it. Go to
>> Properties; Click on Recording; Check "Enable CD recording on
>> this drive"". Unfortunately, I don't have a "Recording" tab in
>> my
>> properties for the CD drives.
>
> Go to Start | Run | Services.msc | Ok. In the services
> console scroll to IMAPI CD-Burning COM service. Start it and
> set the startup type to Manual. Now check for the recording tab.
Thanks. I tried that but I still only have "General", "Autoplay",
"Hardware" & "Sharing" tabs. No "Recording" tab. ("Sharing" tab
disappears when I put a disc in the drive).
Attempts to access the drive or Copy/Paste to a blank CD generate
the "E:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function." message, whilst
attempts to Copy/Paste to a CD which already contains a file or
two generates "Cannot copy filename: Files on this CD-ROM drive
are read-only. you cannot copy or move files over to this CD-ROM
drive". (With no disk in the drive, Explorer sees the drive as
"DVD-RAM Drive").
However, both drives perform perfectly writing to CDs / DVDs using
Nero, which must rule out any mechanical issues. I suspect that
Nero may have "taken over" the rights to CD writing and I guess
the only way I'll prove that is to uninstall Nero and maybe
uninstall/reinstall the XP drivers (unless of course anybody with
Nero v 6.6 installed can tell me their XP copy/paste to CD
function works perfectly!!)