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Nero won't burn

by jamesebaker Dec 19, 2003 3:33AM PST

Nero has all of a sudden stopped burning. I set up a burn either data or audio and then start the burn, it seems to go fine and then when it gets to 4% it freezes. The computer itself does not freeze though and you can continue running other programs. At this point the recorder buffer is greyed out. It is then impossible to stop the burning process, you cannot eject the CD and even using ctrl alt + del to open up the windows task manager and then trying to end the process doesn't work. The nero screen stays on and the program will not shut down. There is over a gig of space on each partition where the files are stored for burning and on the C drive where nero is installed.

My computer specs are: 512Mb RAM, Athlon XP2100, Windows XP and I'm running Nero 5.5.9.17

What's going on?

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Re:Nero won't burn

by Dick Humfrey Dec 19, 2003 3:56AM PST

You may like to grab the free upgrade to V6
http://www.nero.com/en/

Free Upgrade to Nero 6 - until 31st December 2003 only

Welcome to the free Upgrade from Nero 5.5 to Nero 6:

Please note:
A free upgrade is only available for users who have purchased the Nero 5.5 Retailbox version (NOT the OEM version that came bundled with your drive or PC) after the 1st of May 2003.

Please click here for your first registration

Please click here to get information about the status of your registration

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Even if you are not entitled to a free upgrade, you can still obtain Nero 6at an attractive special price. More details here:
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Alternatively you may like to browse their support area at
http://www.nero.com/en/support.html

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Re: Nero won't burn

by Steve Parsons Nov 1, 2004 3:40AM PST

I don't have a solution but you may be interested to know that I have an almost identical problem: When I am trying to copy CD to CD it gets to about 4% and then freezes. There are no error messages and all appears well apart from the fact that process make no progress beyond about 4%. However matters get worse at the point that I give up and close the programme down - this causes the programme to freeze and it is then impossible to shut the computer down. I am at a complete loss to know how to sort this matter out. I am running Nero 6 on windows XP (with service pack 2 installed. I am wondering if it is related to a combination of service pack 2 and Nero 6?

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