Problem burning additional photos to cd

Thanks for your help Grif. Can you tell me how I might have closed the session incorrectly, I certainly didn't click anything to say finalise. Can I tell if the disc is finalised? I do the same each time I add so why does the result differ. In one way I was pleased to hear you found the open session unreliable too so I may just do as you do and use a new cd each time. However this leaves me with another problem, how do I finalise cds I have already done if the info. on them is invisable.

You mentioned that you can read the disk in "read mode". If that's the case, then then copy all of the files from the CD to a folder on your desktop. Once they are there, at least you have them backed up..At this point, I'm not sure how you did something wrong, but you can attempt to add pictures to your current disk and choose to "close the session" at that time. If it doesn't work correctly, at least you can use that particular disk as a "cup coaster" and burn a new, complete CD in a new project using the pictures you saved to the desktop folder.

Hope this helps.

Grif

Have checked as you suggested with a new cd all seems well BUT
then checked with a cd which has data on it (verified by opening from ''my computer'')
''Disc Content'' dialog box is blank - Why would this be?
''Final Burn Settings'' box - ''allow files to be added is ticked''

''Disc Info'' box says: Session 01 (491MB)
Track 01. 00.02.00 55.51.25 (492MB) ISO 9660/Joliet (mode1) Does this indicate a problem?
The final dialog box says "Save changes to ISO1?" I have to admit not knowing what this meant I opted for "no" Should the answer be "yes"

I tried to add data to this cd despite the blank disc content but on clicking ''burn'' I was told ''could not perform fixation'' which I must say I expected.

I think I will have to do what Grif suggests and use a new cd each time, after all they are cheap enough but thanks for the help. I should mention I'm using CD-R a Read-only CD.

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Firstly, have you updated the Nero Program ?? = I am now using Version 6.6.0.16. [The Nero Updates are not small in size, so if you are only only ''Dialup'' you will need an hour or more to download the Update]
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Secondly, The ASUS burner I was using gave up [Had been using it over 18 months and had burnt well over 2000 discs]. The local computer technician recommended and installed a Samsung [which was at the lowest price range of their units] and over a few days burning data to thirty CD [with this burner], I received errors on twenty of the discs.
Yes, recently I found out the up priced Samsung Burners are all OK!!!
Nero ''Support'' tried about everything to assist, so I gave up and so I went out and ordered and fitted a ASUS CRW-5232AS which was only a CRW and now during the last three months I have not received a failure??
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Suggest you send an Email to ''Nero Support'' detailing your problems. I have found Nero Support have always come back to me within 24 hours and they always have been most helpful.

Re your comment =Quote = ''Have checked as you suggested with a new CD all seems well BUT then checked with a CD which has data on it (verified by opening from ''my computer'') ''Disc Content'' dialog box is blank - Why would this be?''
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With the above I have found with my Windows ME you have to remove the CD Disc from the CD Rom [Burner] and the reinsert the CD in the drive to enable you to read the content [It appears this is a glitch within the Windows programming]

Thanks for your help Colin. I'm sorry if I wasn't very clear in my e-mail. What I menat was, I know there is data on the cd because I read it from "my computer". I then tried to "add" using Nero and that is when the dialog box which appears and should show all that is on the cd, appears blank.

Further to your earlier reply, I am still on Nero 5.5. but will download the update as I am on Broadband. I will also e-mail Nero Support and ask their advice.

Sorry I don't understand. Yes I am using CD-R discs and I have added to them on a number of occassions. My problem was that after a number of additons I couldn't add any more despite the disc not being finalised and not be full. You're right I can't alter them as they are "read only"

thats it,no more burning on that media. CD=RW disc you can delete or add,if their is enough space..

Sorry to say I have added a few times on CD-R. I grant you you can't alter what you put on but you can add. I was only after 2 or 3 additions I had a problem

Very new in fact and you've lost me. I gather you think I should buy gold quality cds and I will look and see what is available. Mine don't give any indication just Parkard Bell, 52xspeed 700Mb Phillips same speed and size - no sign of quality.

As for chancing program, do you mean stop using Nero?

I think I'll just burn a session at a time using a new cd if I can't make additions but thanks for the help.

using Roxio, the previous data doesn't show up until after new data is added. So in other words, the CD appears to be blank until I click on add. I had Nero but never really used it so I don't know if it is the same with that program.

One thing I do is use a CD-RW to add data until it is full. Then I make a copy of it using a CD-R. I find using CD-RWs as temporary storage works better than trying to add to a CD-R. And by waiting until the CD-RW is full, I don't waste CDs or have to store as many.

Sounds a good idea but as I said I'm very new to this so what is the advantage of a CD-RW over a CD-R. If I'm right in thinking I could alter photos on the CD-RW which I can't on the CD-R it would definately be a good thing.

Did you buy your Roxio program or did it come with the CD writer as my Nero did? I might have to change if I still have problems.

is it can be erased. After I fill a CD-RW and make a copy on a CD-R, I erase it and use it again. I also have CD-RWs I use to transfer data to other computers that don't have easy access to USB drives.

I've used Roxio since I got my first burner. The reason? I like the program. I currently have 6.0 which I bought. Others like Nero. There are other programs but those are the most common.

If you like Nero, it should suit your needs. Every program has a help section built in or a service and support at the web site.

After reading your advice I though you might be interested in the contents of an article I have just read in my local Family History Magazine although it originally came from a Dutch magazine ''PC Active''.
''They placed information on a range of CD-Rs. The discs were stored in a dark cupboard for two years. In Aug.2003 they were removed and re-tested. The result showed 10% in aging problems. The dyes in the recording layer had faded - all that remained on the discs was a long string of nothing.''
They suggest storing on CD-RWs but haven't said if they ever tested the life-span of these as well as CD-Rs. They also say re-copy them every 3 years or so. Apparently The National Archives in Kew have echoed the same views - I would like to read what they have to say, must tried and contact them.

permanant storage. I also don't use programs like InCD or DirectCD, actually it's called Drag to Disk on the newer versions of Roxio, to create a CD-RW. I find adding data to a CD-R unrealiable. With so many other ways to store my "stuff" until I burn it to a CD or DVD, why take the risk?

I have found every cleaner Ive used in either of my cd-r/rw drive or my newer dvdr-rw drive spins the disk so fast it eats the brush making the cleaner usless after one or two uses.