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Question

Record Music Have HL-DT-ST-DVD-RW GWA-4165B

Jul 13, 2011 6:49AM PDT

It will record music from PC to cd,and play on PC. But will not play on my CD player in car or any other player.
Widows XP Home Edition Ser Pack 3

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Did you close the session?
Jul 13, 2011 6:54AM PDT

When you burn data to a CD you will have to close the session, otherwise only the PC you burnt it on will be able to read the disk.

But in any case, those CDs will not play in CD players, like in a car, unless you have burnt the data as a music CD. It has to be CDA format for that to work.

Mark

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What type of CD are you trying to make?
Jul 13, 2011 7:09AM PDT