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RW CD-ROM Drive Not Writing in ECS

Started by Dennis, 2008.01.02, 23:00:29

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Pete

Quote from: Dennis on 2008.01.20, 01:27:03
I now have the demo version that came with ECS installed on my notebook. is it supposed to be resident or do I have to open it every time I need to write to the cd? I'm also trying to figure out how to download the manual so I can figure out how to use it.


Hi Dennis

To use RSJ to copy files to in a similar manner to copying between disk volumes you need to start RSJ CD Writer Control and attach the Burner - usually drive letter Z:

Must admit that I have never bothered with the eCS freebie - I went for the option of the eCS upgrade to full package at a discount price a while back. I would expect the docs to be available with the installation though...

Search the boot drive and PROGRAMS folder for cdwdoc.pdf; also check the [BootDrive]:\eCS\DOC folder tree for RSJ related docs.

If you cannot find any docs then I guess I could email you copies of those I have.

Regards

Pete

Andi

Quote... The "DVD-ROM" also has the word "REWRITABLE" on it
This could mean that the Drive can _read_ Rewritables. In the early CD-ROM (and later in the DVD-ROM) days a lot of CD-drives are not able to read Rewritables because the different optical characteristics. Newer drives are marked with 'Rewritable' to indicate that the are designed for reading Rewritables too.

The first burners where clearly labled as 'burners'. Most times they are labled with 3 speeds - f. i. 48x/24x/48x which means reading CDs with 48x speed, reading/writing CD-RW with 24x and writing CD-ROMs with 48x.

Newer drives often are not labeled as burners anymore, cause most new drives are burners anyway (but not all!). To know the capabilities of the drive it is necessary to know the manufacturer and model type. Sometimes drives from the same manufacturer but sold to an OEM customer miss some functionality. f. i. the LG drive in my  HP pc in the office is nearly identical to the LG Drive with the same number, but the HP version miss the DVD-RAM cabability. So it's absolutly necessary to know which drive you are refering.

If you don't know the drive model number, probably you'll never be able to burn anything. Regardless of RSJ, CD-Record or UDF.

If you don't want to dismount the drive to look for the model number, there are software tools to read this too. (RSJ lockcdr.drv, sane-find-scanner.exe ....)

melf

Dennis, to clear things up: Could you please give us the model of your laptop, all numbers that you find as "Acer Aspire 1355 XC". (I've looked for this info in the thread but haven't found any) Search for that model on google and you have a pretty fair chance to see what type of optical device it has.
/Mikael

Radek

If you have installed RSJ then start the control dialog and click "Detect" on the first page of the dialog. You can get the following responses:
(a) Nothing is detected. In this case, your CD drive isn't a CDRW. It is only a "reader". Another possibility is that the drive wasn't recognized by RSJ. In both cases, you have almost no chance to burn with RSJ and only a little chance to burn with cdrecord.
(b) You get the type of your CD drive. Post it, it is neccessary for further discusion. In this case, the CD drive is a burner but it does not mean that you will succeed in burning a CD. You must try.
You don't need to burn anything for this test. You even don't need to have a blank CD in the drive.