using hard drive space
 

Hi to you all.

I am using a Plextor16/10/40a and Microstudio, when I duplicate a whole disc I lose about 1 in 4 due to writing errors, however if I use the "import tracks & custom assembly" facilities of Microstudio I get more or less 100% good recordings.

I am of course left with millions of .CDG files on my hard drive and whilst I have a 20 gig hard drive I would like to store these .cdg files off my computer as I will at some, I am sure, run out of drive space.

The problem is I do not how to transfer .cdg files to another media such as a CD.

I rather suspect it is something very basic I have missed here but its a bit like not being able to see the woods because all the trees are in the way.

Any one help please ???

You don’t tell us the EXACT wording of the errors you are getting, nor your computer configuration. This is very important to fine the right solution.

Writing error are usually associated, not always, with buffer underruns.

Yes, your Plextor 16/10/40a has built-in burn proof technology. On the other hand, the burner only comes with a 2MB buffer and a slower 140ms average random access speed.

These numbers are little low and high, respectively

When using a burner with those specification you must have a quick system that can feed your current programs and the burner’s buffer a sufficient amount of data to keep the flow of data or burning is interrupted, even with Burn-proof technology, which can pause the burning process to catch up with the buffer.

These operations require FEWER resources than duplicating whole disks, hence, your higher success ratio.

Good luck,

Jon

Hi there Jaddams.

Thanks for your response, I will try to give some info which hopefully will be of some use.

The PC runs at 1200 mhz using Athlon processors and 256mb ram, I am using Windows ME, I have, as far as I am aware, stopped everything running in the background, I even turn of my cable modem so there is nothing interfering from that quarter.

The error messages indicate that a certain sector was not read (due to lack of resources I think it says), the last disc this happened on it had actully recorded 18 of the 19 tracks and it failed on the 19th, the other 18 tracks played perfectly.

When that error message comes on screen I have found that it is best to hit my PC's reset button there and then cause if I don't within a few more keystrokes the PC will lock up. This means of course that the computer does a "scandisc" test before it comes back on as it was not shut down properly and of course the disc I was duplicating has to be read again, by the way Microstudio is reading at 40x and writing at 6x although it is quite capable at reading and writing at much higher speeds with the spec of my PC, I have written at 16x with no problems.

Is that lot of any use?

daddybrubeck, I too use a 16-10-40 on an old 500 mhz cel, I find that you will need to adjust your write speeds for some discs, keep the read speeds up, just try reducing your write speeds. A little trial and error, using the same disc try write speed at 12X, and 10X to see when you get a good backup. You will find some brands can do great at 40 read and 16 write, and others need to be 40 read, and 10 write....

Jim

OH yea, I don't turn anything off in the back, never given me a problem!!!