[Country-Goat]

I have windows XP and I am using EZ-CD Creator 5 Platinum and when making audio CD's, I was using "track-at-once" when ready to record, but it seems to hang up before I get to the last track, and of course it does not get to "finalze" the CD, and CD is ruined. But when I change over to "Disk-at-Once", it records fine as long as I leave about 4 or 5 minutes on the CD, if I got close (like 30 seconds left)to the limit of 650mb, it will give error "error on output device".
Is it ok to use Disk-at-Once on all my recordings?, that seems to work best, I have an Acer 6206A 2X writter.
Also I get static on track #1 when I record as "track-at-once"
Thanks in advance.
Bill

[EddiE314]

I use Disk at Once with no problems, i use 80min cdr's.

[Cynan]

I have similar problems.. though its related to my SCSI controller, but still, disc-at-once is better imo.

[Country-Goat]

Thanks guys,
I have been using Disk at once even for "copy CD", seems to work better.
Thanks again....
Bill

[insaNity]

I burn custom Data CD's in Track-At-Once (TAO), cd-duplicated in RAW-Disc-At-Once, audio CD's (CDDA) in Disc-At-Once (DAO).

DAO is much better for CDDA anyway, as it prevents noise at the start/end of tracks that some people might notice with home-burned audio compilations. It also has some other advantages if you are into advanced settings/effects.

But I would try to work out the problem still, as it would be nice to be able to fill the cd to the brim, and TAO SHOULD work, which shows signs your burner isn't quite installed correctly. There might be other issues down the track (no pun intended).

If you are intrested in trying to solve the issue's, I would do it in roughly this order:
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[*]Try another blank cd brand.
[*]Try another burning program. Though I admit to being a little anti-EZCD, It would also be useful for narrowing the problem down. If it happens in other burning apps, its a lower level problem. (software, then drivers, then hardware) I recommend Nero Burning ROM
[*]Check for ASPI layer Updates
[*]Check for Easy CD-Creator Updates from Roxio
[*]Check for new IDE bus master drivers (or USB or SCSI, which ever it happens to be) - probably from your chipset manufacturer (eg Intel, VIA, SiS...)
[*]check for firmware updates for your burner
[*]Check that the drive is installed correctly (master-slave, cable order if on a UDMA66+ cable, BIOS settings)
[*]Try DMA on and off.
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Yes, I do post just for the hell of it. -insaNity

[Country-Goat]

I have the Acer 6206A set as slave, BIOS?, I would never touch that, computer is working fine, computer is Compaq 5300US with Win XP, 1.1 ghz Celeron, 512mb SD Ram, using Maxell and TDK 650 mb CDR's, I have no other problems with burning CD's except problems with track #1 not recording, except "hash" packet noise, even that problem seems to have gone away using "disk-at-once", as I had mentioned before.

Thanks again.
Bill