Samsung CD/DVD drive not functioning properly

Hi RoConMar,

If perhaps you have Sonic`s DLA program installed, consider disabling it, known to cause some issues with other programs.
Click on the CD/RW link in my post and scroll to Section 13-0, article 12.

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God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.

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CD/RW Link

Jeff,

Unfortunately no joy with Sonic DLA disabling. Any other possibilities?

Hi,

You can select or de-select automatic running of the CDs by going in My Computer, right click on the CD drive, and going to Properties. In Properties window, select the options at the end or select the option on the top and see if it works.

Bye

Hi RoConMar,

Lets try the Auto Repair Wizard, same CD/RW link in my post Section 6-5, article 11. Many Members have had good luck with this.


Best Regards




God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do
and the eyesight to tell the difference.

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CD/RW Link

Jeff,

Thanks for your reply. I'm working with Windows Me, so I had a look at section 6-2 instead. I cannot find registry editor as this suggests  in 'search file and folders' to find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\.... Am I far off the track?

Hi RoConMar,

Lets step back and cover a possible driver issue: at the CD/RW link, Section 15, article 1; Section 20, article 3; Section 11, article 2.
I will dig around some more for Windows Me.

Best Regards





God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.

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CD/RW Link

Message Edited by Predator on 07-18-2005 09:36 AM

I too would like to know where this DLA tab is. I don't have it. XP Pro with Samsung CD-R/RW SW-248F. I had been told elsewhere to disable this but I don't think I have it. I have Sonic Record Now 6.5.0 and am about to remove it. It is a pitiful program. I'm surprised Dell would stoop so low. It can't even burn an ISO image...geez. Pathetic.

Mele:

See this article from Jeff's site:

http://www.the-predator.com/dell/sec13-0.html#13-0-12

Thank you but I had already read that. I did NOT have Sonic DLA. It doesn't come on Dell's Sonic version 6.5 is what I learned. In fact, the Dell upgrade to 7.0 does one thing only: installs DLA that you then have to uncheck. Had I known that I wouldn't have done the upgrade last night. I thought the upgrade might give me the ability to burn an ISO file. I just can't believe Dell would install some junk that can't do this! Sonic is worthless. It can't do hardly anything. I was wanting to burn in Sonic because I thought it might actually work if I used Sonic. I had already tried several free applications for burning ISO files and Alcohol 120 and Nero 6.5 and none of them could burn it so I thought Sonic might until I realized Sonic doesn't have this very important ability! (As it turned out my inability to get burnatonce, Alcohol, etc. to burn the ISO file is because I have a bad CDRom R-RW drive which Dell is replacing).

BTW, why is is not made really clear to Sonic users that they must not try and install Nero if Sonic is still on the box? I had a disaster when I tried to install Nero a couple of days ago. I was told in the Software forum at dslreports that it is common knowledge that Sonic and Nero cannot get along. Well, it wasn't common knowledge to me. Darn good thing that I had System Restore running and had made a restore point prior to installing Nero.

I'm not sure that's true unless you are using a packet-writing program.