Suddenly unable to burn cds
Hello, I have been unable to burn playlists onto a cd from iTunes. I get a "Disc Burner or software not found" error. However, if I remove the Image Simulation drive from Device Manager, the error disappears but then iTunes freezes and will not burn properly. This just happened Friday. I have tried different brand of discs as well with no resolution. Need help.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Compaq Presario 061 DF216A-ABA S4300NX NA210
iTunes 7.1.1.5
CD Driver 2.0.6.1
CD Driver DLL 2.0.6.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), Pfc (2.5.0.201), Iviaspi (1.0.0.0), Pfc (2.5.0.201),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.6.1),
Found aspi32 running.
Current user is an administrator.
Video Display Information:
Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Connected Device Information:
DiskDrive, ST3120020A, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
DiskDrive, WDC WD1200JB-00GVA0, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
CDROM, PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [1,0]
CDROM, Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1712, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
CDROM, Image Simulation SCSI CdRom Device, Bus Type SCSI, 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.
E: Unsupported CD or DVD drive.
Virtual drives can sometimes interfere with reading and writing CDs in iTunes. If this is a virtual drive and you are having problems with other drives, try uninstalling the virtual CD application.
F: Unsupported CD or DVD drive.
Virtual drives can sometimes interfere with reading and writing CDs in iTunes. If this is a virtual drive and you are having problems with other drives, try uninstalling the virtual CD application.
H: Unsupported CD or DVD drive.
Virtual drives can sometimes interfere with reading and writing CDs in iTunes. If this is a virtual drive and you are having problems with other drives, try uninstalling the virtual CD application.
Force Optical Power Calibration before burn is turned on in the preferences.
The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4251(0x0000109b). It happened on drive F: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 on CDR media at speed 4X.
I have the same problem.
Best I can make of it at the moment is that it wants everyone to be the administrator on their computer, wants you to remove any virtual drive software you have installed on the computer, and then it also doesn't like your cd drive anymore because its "unsupported"!! Or at least thats what has happened to me.
Still trying to find out how to fix it.
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When I start up iTunes, I get an error saying that the CD/DVD burner drives didn't install, and I need to reinstall iTunes.
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b reboot
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