Can NOT burn ANYTHING using ANY program!??? UPDATE

[gmrulz4u]

All of a sudden, I am no longer able to burn any CD's at all. It
doesn't matter what program I use, be it Nero, Adaptec, Windows Media
Player, Deep Burner, etc. NOTHING WILL WORK!

They all will just stop before the "Lead-In" is even written and just
state "WRITE ERROR" or "WRITER ERROR". WMP gives a little more info
by giving the error 0xC00D11AB:

Windows Media Player cannot burn (copy) the selected files to the CD. To fix the problem, do one or more of the following:
Clean the disc and verify that it is not damaged.
Select a slower recording (write) speed for the CD burner (recorder).
Try a different brand of blank discs.
Quit other programs.

Of course none of this crap actually fixes anything, and I've Googled this to death and no one has any answers other then to try a different burning program, such as Nero, which I obviously have done already.

Does anyone know what the heck is going on here? It is very
frustrating, especially since it just happened over night.

THANKS!

[MOVIEGEEK]

Install ForceASPI drivers and make sure DMA is enabled for all drives,if that doesn't help my guess it's your writer or bad IDE cable.

[SLK001]

Your CD burner died. Mourn it, bury it, then go buy another. Learn to "move on" after tragedies like this.

[daphy]

wowowo not so fast my friend
you should check the drive on another pc before you spend any money on a new one -> the advice with the cable is a good idea, I would also disconnect all other devices on this IDE port for checking

bye Daphy

[gmrulz4u]

For those that have read my previous message regarding my CD/DVD Burner no longer burning CD's, here's what I have founds since:

The actual error message was "Power Calibration Error".

From searching Google, I found that the main cause of this is "bad media". So I tried burning a DVD instead using one of my Memorex DVD+R's and it burned perfectly without a problem! I also verified that the drive is READING discs perfectly as well, with no problems.

So I'm assuming that the last batch of blank CD-R's I bought, which I will admit are not the most expensive, are bad. I have used this brand before with no problems but I guess I just got a bad batch or something. Or maybe this company is using ink that's not as good or reliable as before.

So far out of the 50-pack, only ONE has burned completely, and even the first song on that disc malfunctions after 5 seconds and won't play, but the other songs after that are fine. The other 12 or so blanks that I have tried have all failed, all of them almost immediately after starting to burn.

Even though my burner is still under Warranty until the middle of July, I'm glad that it appears to be fine. I am going to buy a single blank CD-R(TDK, Sony, Memorex or Maxell) later on today just to make sure that it was indeed just bad media.

[SLK001]

Trying to get by with cheap media is one of the most expensive routes you can go - as you have found out.

[dcsos]

We tried to help you,
ok you figgured it out yerself
but at least tell
us what brand it was to wtch out for!!![/code]

[gmrulz4u]

It was these:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&dept=2&sku_id=0665000...00&newdeptid=2

Only available at Future Shop in Canada....

[ViRaL1]

That's cool that it even tells you on the label what to do with them.

Bonfire.

[dcsos]

Thanks...I had a run in with Aterra Media
don't go there