Question On Hi Md Disc Error

[simjack]

Good day to all. first off I would like to thank everyone on the forum. After much reading I finally purchased the Sony MZ NH-900 (after much prodding to purchase an IPOD or IRiver) I checked through the forum and could not find a similar thread.

I am using the MD Simple Burner 2 software, downloading from my CD ti Hi MD. There are times when the software does not "see" the CD even though the cd drive shows an audio CD. Also, the problem I seem to have regularly is that the MD simple burner shows the disc as "write protect" when it is not. The other day, I set the protect tab back and forth and it worked, but not today. I have about 30 minutes left on the disc, and I would like add some more tracks.

Does anyone know why the MD software would indicate the disc is protected. I tried reinserting the disc, but no good. Any help would be appreciated

thanks

[ROMBUSTERS]

try using the SB2 version found on this forum instead, do a search from the main page for 'SB2 Download'

I know on my computer it sometimes has troubles finding the disc if there is more than one audio disc inserted (i have 2 CD-ROM drives). It normally only sees the most recent inserted disc

[simjack]

Thank you for the reply. I did download the Simple Burner 2 from the forum. However I have read on some other forums that there may be a problem with the MZ NH1 and the MZNH 900 in that they falsely report the write protect tab is open. Funny but when I put a piece of tape over the tab, the write protect indiction was gone! If this is the only problem I guess I can live with it. One thing that software is touchy. It does not play well with other software running and it seems to like my sony DVD burner as the CD drive (don't know why). I give myself plenty of time now whenever I fire up the software, no telling what will happen next.

[ROMBUSTERS]

what kind of computer do you have? Which OS are you running?

MD programs usually run best with Windows XP Serive Pack 2

Also for Windows XP to run moderately well you need at least 256MB of RAM

if you have just 256MB or RAM or if you have even less then running anything else with the MD programs (which are known to be resource hoggers) will probably cause a problem (or a very, very slow computer)

It could also be your CPU but to a lesser extent

[simjack]

The machine is a pentium 3 700 mhz with 512 mb pc133 sd ram. The OS is Windows 2000 Professional with service pack 4. The internals are good quality, H/D is maxtor, ram is PNY etc, biostar mobo and sony 710 cd /dvd . Overall the system is very stable, no crashes etc. I disable all virus programs and anything that is resides in the background so that simple burner has access to as much of the system resources as possible.

Overall, I am able to accomplish the job, it is just a bit touchy. Put it this way, if I was an air traffic controller and simple MD was my traffic control software, I would be more inclined to take a train. I guess until I come across the steps I will have to keep experimenting.

But, that still does not explain why the disc shows up as write protect.

thanks again

[ROMBUSTERS]

Put it this way, if I was an air traffic controller and simple MD was my traffic control software, I would be more inclined to take a train.

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lol nice

ya i think Sony writes all their MD apps on XP machines, does anyone else here run Win2K and are you also getting the same problems?