Error Code 4261

Question

So the old burner on my Compaq Presario laptop died. I just got a new one installed, and I wanted to try it out by burning a CD. No luck. I looked through the forums and tried changing the speed and deleting IDE bus Device Manager. No luck. I tried changing the type of CDs I was burning. No luck. I don't know what to do. Here are my diagnostics:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Hewlett-Packard Presario R3000 (PC777AV)
iTunes 7.1.1.5
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), MxlW2k (1.0.1.104),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.1),
Current user is an administrator.
Video Display Information:
ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000/9100 IGP
Connected Device Information:
DiskDrive, TOSHIBA MK6025GAS, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
CDROM, HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N, 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.
D: HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N, Rev 1.19
Audio CD in drive.
Found 16 songs on CD, playing time 41:34 on Audio CD.
Track 1, start time 00:02:32
Track 2, start time 02:31:70
Track 3, start time 04:17:17
Track 4, start time 07:24:05
Track 5, start time 10:41:10
Track 6, start time 13:09:65
Track 7, start time 15:25:00
Track 8, start time 17:53:02
Track 9, start time 20:24:17
Track 10, start time 23:37:67
Track 11, start time 26:48:27
Track 12, start time 31:45:17
Track 13, start time 33:57:30
Track 14, start time 36:22:57
Track 15, start time 37:25:25
Track 16, start time 40:45:22
Audio CD reading succeeded.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4 8 12 16 24.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 4.
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 GCA-4040N on CDR media at speed 8X.
What can I do? I'm not the most techno-savvy, so please walk me through it slowly. Thanks in advance. :^)

Answer 1

try this...
This is how I managed to fix the problem...and I hope this helps others in the similar situation.
I tried with another program..latest version of Nero, and this was also stopping at the 'initialising' stage. I was now lost! I thought the last resort is to give Evesham (My PC manufacturer) a buzz. They were very helpfull. Basically go into 'Control Panel', 'System', and click on the Hardware tab, then 'Device Manager'. Uninstall everything in the DVD/CDRom Drives. Then uninstall everything under the catagory IDE ATA/Atapi disk controllers. This is where my problem was, as I only had one IDE channel here. You should have 4 or 5! Reboot your machine, and everything will automatically re-load. I tried burning using Nero and it worked. Then the big test was iTunes. It worked 1st time!
I asked why the IDE channels have dissappearred, and he said sometimes uninstalling Programmes occasionally removes them.
I hope this will help others who are having problems to burn stuff on iTunes.