Sigh!New CDWriter not recognised.HEEEELP!!
 

I have just got my new Iomega CDRW.It's this one here .It should work with my USB 1.1 connection(although there was a message that it wouldn't work as efficiently unless I installed a 2.00 USB controller).

Which it did for 5 minutes.Then I placed a CD in it and it worked fine.The second CD went cranky and everything froze.I had to reboot and now I can't get my new installation of XP to accept the Iomega CDRW.

Can anyone help me out of this mess?Pretty please?

Coggy. :bigcry:

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First thing I would try is to unplug the usb connector, then reboot, then plug it back in & see if it gets recognised.

Otherwise the only other thing I can think of is to uninstall everything & re-install...

- not having XP or an external CDRW I don't really know what else to suggest, although using Win98se I have found that some devices will work via a usb hub, but not plugged in directly??? - that may be a complete 'red herring', but I believe it's to do with the hub somehow managing to handle the power requirements for the devices, better.

- hope you get it sorted, Incog :)

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try different ports - also if u have other usb devices switch em around sometimes usb gets upset ive seen a few pcs get upset when a usb mouse and webcam where plugged in and only one would be recognised putting the other one on the last usb port would normally solve the issue

its a funny old world :)

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Have you downloaded the latest driver for the Iomega ?
There's been at least 2 updates this year that i know of.

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Well for the 20th time of retesting and pushing in all the cables it fecking well worked!!!

It's gonna be like my old HP CDRW.Sneeze and it had a hissy fit and would refuse to cooperate.

God I hate modern technology! :mad:

Thank you all.Panic over.

Does anyone know where I can get HI-SPEED USB host controller?Quickly?

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just get an internal ide one...

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You mean upgrade the USB port entirely?

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just buy a 2 or a 4 port USB PCI Card.

I bought a Belkin 2 port one and it was cheap, but it does its job.

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No he means buy an internal one and hook it up to one of the ide channels on the motherboard.

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Well now! The saga continues!

I've tried twice to format a new disc.Twice it has decided to pack it in and tells me I need to format the disc.I thought that was what I was doing.I'm not THAT dumb.I know I have to format a brand new disc.So why does it keep telling me it needs to reformat?


Now it's done it for the third time. :afire: :afire: :afire:

What am I doing wrong.I thought if I got away from Roxio things would get better. :(

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I'd definitely try a USB_2 card if you can get one.
I use the same Iomega CDRW and never had any problems.

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Well I tried a 4th time.I got another unformatted disc but before I began I disabled the screensaver and unplugged from the net(incase of my AV updating).This time it got beyond the 8% of the previous three attempts to 34%.

Is there something running on this pc that keeps upsetting things I wonder?

I wonder what it might be?

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OKaaaay!

Is there any CD burning software out there that is truly the bees knees and does precisely what it is supposed to do without any ifs and damned buts? :rolleyes:

I'm so fed up with this.

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nero 6 works fine for me , you can a demo from here :)

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I'm not sure that is right, better to get one of these

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Products/Mod...eNo=36024&MR=N

or this

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Products/Mod...eNo=29504&MR=N

which just provide the additional ports & don't need connecting to an ide socket. :)

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good call, it works for me, too, although I have to say that I have only been able to get the InCD module to work since they recently released the latest version.

As InCD is the module which deals with rewritable CD's & it looks like that is what Incog is wanting to use, I would definitely check out the demo, before buying (mine came as OEM with my burner).

Also I believe you can get problems if 2 lots of burner software are installed, so Incog, if you are going to try Nero, you will probably need to uninstall the Iomega supplied software, first.

What a pain eh :(

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Though they can be bought for less.

Ebuyer USB 2.0 4 Port PCI card £7.04

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=32620

4 Port USB 2.0 PCI Card - 3 External & 1 Internal
£7.99 inc VAT (£6.80 ex VAT)
24 in stock now

http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Produ...rase=usb%20pci

Plugging this sort of thing into a PC with Windows XP installed is not something you should worry about, the OS is 98% likely to find and configure the new card without you needing to do much more than stick the Windows, or supplied CD into the machine.

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i have heard of that problem but not suffered with it myself :erm: :D

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I heard that sometimes the USB ports built into motherboards are flakey - cheap parts. Not sure if it's true or not, but my HP printer has been happier on the 2 port USB card I bought.

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What software did you get with it?

You can get an internal usb 2 pci card (Who's gonna fit it? - come up to sunny bedfordshire if you don't want to - I'd still do it for ya :))

You haven't got away from roxio :(

Nero is the best (in my opinion) - So i'd try a demo of that.

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Well I decided to try a different brand of disc.Bah! It won't use my brand new Imation blank discs.I had to reformat a scratched old Verbatim disc.This worked just fine.

I really can't take this.Another choosy CDRW! :rolleyes:

Both exactly the same specs but there you are.

Frankly I've had just about as much as I can take from uppity software and hardware. :mad:

I still have to sort out the USB business as well.I didn't understand one word of any of the suggestions I'm afraid being a total muppet at this stuff. :(

Anyway thank you for everyone's forbearance.

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Although i'm not saying you SHOULD get one from argos...

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...oductId=104139

This is what you need to upgrade your usb on your computer.

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I'm going to go to the nice little independent computer shop where they built my son's PC and get some help.I don't mind getting advice from my son's 16 year old friend James who works there because he can be trusted not to BS me unlike the bigger companies like PC World or Dixons. ;)

Thanks for all the help and suggestions from everyone and if I haven't repped you yet I will get back to you. :kiss: