Error 4261 when try to burn CD's

Have a Dell inspiron 530S and Cd-Rom drive HL-DT-ST DVD+ -RW GSA-H73N.
I've tried all different types of CDs and speeds in burning. No luck.
I've read iTunes may not support my drive but don't know how to find out or fix it. Help!

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I burned one CD then was about to do another playlist and I keep getting Error 4261. I've wasted a lot of blank CD's in the process. I have authorized my computer. What else can I try??
Thanks!!

Hi CathyAC,
If you are having issues burning CDs in iTunes on your Windows machine, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: Can't burn a CD in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1436
Regards,
- Brenden

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I was able to burn discs just fine but then suddenly I get this error 4261. The disc willl begin to burn and then I get a message saying cancelling disc burn and the disc ejects and I get a message ending with 4261.
Have lowered the recording speed, bought new CD-R discs;
Has anyone found the fix to this?

I am having the same problem - I just switched to 5.0 and can't burn.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
iTunes 5.0.0.35
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: 64MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TV Out\GeForce2 MX
IDE\DiskWDCWD2500JB-00EVA0____________________15.05R15, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
SBP2\AppleComputer_Inc.&iPod&CmdSetId104D8&GenDisk, Bus Type IEEE 1394
IDE\CdRom16X8DVD_DUAL___________________________A04b___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
IDE\CdRomLITEONDVD-ROM_LTD163___________________GDHA___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Current user is administrator.
D: LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163, Rev GDHA
Audio CD in drive.
Found 6 songs on CD, playing time 25:27 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 03:14:15
Track 3, start time 06:23:42
Track 4, start time 13:42:27
Track 5, start time 20:26:15
Track 6, start time 23:38:00
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
E: 16X8 DVD DUAL, Rev A04b
Audio CD in drive.
Found 9 songs on CD, playing time 36:29 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:00
Track 2, start time 05:13:73
Track 3, start time 08:37:63
Track 4, start time 11:33:39
Track 5, start time 16:09:71
Track 6, start time 20:48:29
Track 7, start time 24:03:50
Track 8, start time 27:19:00
Track 9, start time 31:47:46
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 48.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 48.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 48.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 48.

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What does a medium write error mean, when trying to burn a cd?

nwalls wrote:
What does a medium write error mean, when trying to burn a cd?
It's an error message returned by the burner. You can see the full list of these error messages here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Code_Qualifier>
It's not specific enough to pinpoint what caused it—it could be anything from a bad optical medium (CD-R) to a dusty or dying laser diode. You have to isolate the problem—use a different CD-R brand, try a different speed, use a different burn engine (eg, Burn), etc. If it occurs once or twice, randomly, it's more likely to be a bad disc. If it occurs consistently, and at the same stage of the burn process, it's more likely to be a drive or software issue.

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Apple Application Support
Reboot, download iTunes, then reinstall, either using an account with administrative rights, or right-clicking the downloaded installer and selecting Run as Administrator.
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HT1349 Having issues when try to burn a disc. It says "checking media" but just sits there. I know drive is working because I can put in a purchased cd and can import it into my library. It said something about I should "calibr

Having issues when try to burn a disc., which I never had an issue doing. Yesterday when I tried to burn a playlist it says "checking media" but just sits there. I know drive is working because I can put in a purchased cd and can import it into my library, but now it just sits there and hums until I maually eject the disc.Before all this started it said something about that I should "calibrate disc", since then it won't let me do any burning. I can't find any options in " preferences to change anything except the burn speed. Any suggestions? Tried rebooting, tried using my wifes iTunes on same comptuer.

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If you still can't burn CDs on iTunes, use Windows Media Player to burn CDs.
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Error 4261 when burning a CD with 7.0.1

Each time I try to burn a cd with 7.0.1 I get error 4261 and the burning is canceled, below is my cd diagnostic, can someone help please, thank you in advance,
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Dell Inc. Dimension 4700
iTunes 7.0.1.8
CD Driver 2.0.6.0
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.0
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), drvmcdb (1.0.0.1), sscdbhk5 (1.0.0.1),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.0),
Video Driver: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family\Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset
IDE\DiskST3160023AS____________________________8.12___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomHL-DT-STDVD+-RW_GWA4164B_______________D108___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Current user is an administrator.
D: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B, Rev D108
Drive is empty.
Force Optical Power Calibration before burn is turned on in the preferences.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4261(0x000010a5). It happened on drive D: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B on CDR media at speed 16X.

Each time I try to burn a cd with 7.0.1 I get error 4261 and the burning is canceled, below is my cd diagnostic, can someone help please, thank you in advance,
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Dell Inc. Dimension 4700
iTunes 7.0.1.8
CD Driver 2.0.6.0
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.0
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), drvmcdb (1.0.0.1), sscdbhk5 (1.0.0.1),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.0),
Video Driver: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family\Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset
IDE\DiskST3160023AS____________________________8.12___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
IDE\CdRomHL-DT-STDVD+-RW_GWA4164B_______________D108___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
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Current user is an administrator.
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Drive is empty.
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Error 4280 when trying to burn a CD...but not all the time

Hi,
I hope someone can help me.
I have never had issues before but in the last few days it has been HORRIBLE.
I have brand new CDs to burn to and sometimes I get an error to insert a blank disc(how can it not be it is brand new)
Other times I try to burn a disc and get:
"the attempt to burn a disc failed an unknown error occured(4280)
I have deauthorized and reauthorized my PC. Some of the songs I am burning are ones I loaded from a CD that I had burned one before with NO problems.
I have wasted at least 10 CDs in the last few days trying to get this to work.
I have checked EVERYWHERE for a list of Error Code numbers but I can find it anywhere.
It will check playlist then start to "write" a song and it stops.
ANY help would be appreciated I am seriously losing my mind!!
I made sure I had the latest version of ITunes and upgraded last night to be sure and I am the admin on my PC and I am the only one that uses it.
I was able to burn one this AM and then the next one the errors happened again.
I have seen a lot of fixes that ask if my drive is
Sony CD-RW/DVD CRX830E model drive
It is not when I did the diagnostic to figure out my drive I get this(and I have tried burning as low as 4X
The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4280(0x000010b8). It happened on drive F: PHILIPS CDD4851 CD-R/RW on CDR media at speed 8X.
Is there ANYONE that can help or at least point me in the correct direction
Thank you

I've done a little bit of searching on google and had no idea that this problem has been happening for YEARS... The ONLY solution I saw was for this Sony Driver, which i'm sure everyone here already seen... I haven't had any problem burning until iTunes 8.0...
Anyway, I tried that (Sony Drive), even tried the RegCure (whatever) but it wasn't exactly "Free", so that was a dead end... I even tried lower burning speeds...still nothing... As you know, I have two discs left to burn for a friend...
I just gave up on iTunes and burned it with my Windows Media Player... Just lucky for me, I burn all my purchases from iTunes to an Audio CD in case something happens to my CPU (also so I can import to my Xbox 360)... And once I do that, I re-import them so I can listen to the albums on my WMP...
But as I was saying, I just used my WMP to burn the album that wouldn't burn in iTunes... After everything burned fine, I went back to iTunes for the other disc and suprise, suprise...it burned without any problem... WTH, right?¿?
It may have something to do with the discs i'm using... Because I inserted a Maxell Pro discs to "test" the burn out in iTunes... It burned without a hitch (before I used the above method) but because of this, I only let it burn for 5 seconds; because it usually cancels out in 3 from the error... I was only trying to test the burn, and was surprised that it started burning... It was a better quality discs and I didn't want to burn the album that I was testing on it... I tried to cancel but 5 seconds was too long...ruined the disc.. lol
So for clarity the disc i'm getting the error with is a Memorex disc... And its possible that they are to cheap...which was pointed out during my research online... But the problem with that theory is, I already burned 12 discs using those Memorex discs; so why NOW do I constantly get the error?¿? I couldn't be, totally the fault of disc quality...but then again who knows...
All I know is, as of now...I was able to burn another CD on iTunes after burning 1 from WMP first... Since I don't have anything else to burn (or that I want to) at the moment; as far as I know, i'm just waiting to get the error again... Which from my history could be 4-6 more disc down the line...
Another possibility could be that I actually burned the CD when I had WMP open... Maybe iTunes burning needs a "crutch" to be free from the error and after you burn one; you can burn a few CD's without worry of the error...
Sorry to be throwing so many "theories" out there, but having something to work on, is better than nothing... Once I have other CD's to burn, i'll come back with an update and tell you how many burns I got with iTunes before I got the error again...
Disclaimer:
This is just my experience... I realize that many people have tried all sorts of CD-R discs and different burning software/hardware/whatever and they still get an 4280 error... I'm not trying to create false hope, as i've seen being pointed out from frustrated users...
So to summarize, individual results may vary... :P

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