Chances are after two years of burning CD's the drive has gone south. Cd-RW drives are notoriously shortlived. However perhaps you would do better on details if you repost in the "Hardware" forum.
yeah well thats what i thought too. i am completly clueless about anything computer related. i do know this i have a gateway pc, and i am running XP. My cd burner worked just fine for about 2 years but now when i hit record it gets stuck on "preparing audio data" and wont burn any of the songs. i dont have any of the restore disks for my pc anymore so if thats even an option chalk it up a loss. if anyone can help i would greatly appreciate it. i may need step by step instruction..... so my screen name for AIM is cEaCsUe, and my e-mail adress is cda0811@mail.ecu.edu
thanks, casey

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