Newbie question - DLA & DVD-R

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I have a Dell Dimension 3000 that I purchased just last April. Among
other things, it was the first of my computers to have a DVD burner
besudes a separate CD-R burner. I haven't had much time to tinker with

it, though I did install "Roxio 7" w/the idea of burning some
downloaded avi's to VCD or even DVD. Unfortunately, I've found
numerous complications.


First off, WinXP won't allow the CD-R and DVD-R to be set to
record-capable at the same time. Unless a drive is checked off DLA,
then any time I try copy a file onto either the CD or DVD, I get an
error message. Clicking DLA, I'm then told I have to format the disc.
After formatting, I try to copy the disc - sometimes using WinXP,
sometimes using Nero. After what seems like a normal burn, I get a
disc that either comes up blank, or won't run at all. The DVD drive is

an "ATP DD 2 X 16 X 4 X 16"; the CD-R drive is an HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE
8483B.


Is there any information that a potential answering posting might need
to answer the question. Responsea are most appreciated.
 
Jamie said:
I think easy cd creator has issues with xp
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...or was it with NERO that it was having problems? Wasn't the
solution, in either case, to remove CD Creator?
Another thing: I think I'd get the DVD-burner working and use it for
both CD AND dvd--assuming it has both capabilities. s
 
I wan't using EasyCD, though I may have the evaluation copy around
somewhere - I was just trying to copy soem avi files from my hard drive
onto a CD-R. I wasn't trying to make a VCD or DVD, or transcode or
anything (though I had burnt VCD's w/little trouble a few weeks earlier
when I last tried.) Just cut&paste in the WinXP file manager.
 
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