Error message on new CD-R

Question

I put in a new blank CD-R and got a message saying the D drive (which is my cd drive) Is not recognized. So I thought I might try formatting it using  Roxio EasyCD format utility, which seemed to work.   Then when I used Roxio EasyCD project selector to copy files to the disk, I got this message:   'The drive is in use by another application. Roxio DirectCD kernal easy CD Creator cannot use it until the application is closed.'   I closed everything and rebooted. Same thing.   What is going on?

Nascar Nut72 · Answer

You neglected to say if you your CD drive is also your CD-RW drive. CD-Rs are write once disk and cannot be used the same way as CD-RW disk. CD-R disks cannot be formatted using CD Creator format utility.

Please give us more information about the optical drives you have installed on your computer, before we go any further.

Frank-M · Answer

My optical drive is both for CD-R and CD-RW. I know these CD-R disks are write once, but it was a blank disk I put in. I used Roxio Easy CD Creator 5, Project Selector to write to the disk, just as I did many times before. Maybe it was a mistake to try and use Roxio to format it, but I did this only when I did not know what else to do. I did not have this trouble before. Like it somehow did not recognize that the D drive was the optical drive, at first, but when I thought I formatted it, it apparently did. Message Edited by Frank-M on 03-21-2006 06:24 PM

Frank-M · Answer

I just found out that when I try to copy to any cd-r disk using Roxio, even one where I have files written to previously by Roxio, I get this same message about Roxio being in use. This never happened before.

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