From: /m 

On Mon, 29 May 2006 16:37:22 -0400, "Gregg N"
 wrote:

>I am having a problem with my CD burner.
>
>I can write to a CD-R that already contains some data, but I can't write to
>a brand new one.
>
>If I try, using either the built-in XP facility or Nero, the drive enters an
>endless spinup/spindown cycle with head-seeking sounds, with the burn LED
>on. I usually have to reset the computer to get out of this state.
>
>At first I thought it was a bad CD-R, but I tried several and even bought a
>new spindle of a different brand. This used to work.
>
>Any ideas?

With a new CD-R, the drive does some test burns to do things like set the
laser power level.  I don't think a partially-recorded CD-R needs that
operation to be performed.

I'm wondering if that functionality might be broken in your drive?

 /m

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