Vostro not burning

[miligraf]

I received my new Vostro 1400 yesterday and decided to reinstall windows since it came with a lot of dell stuff.
The problem is the it wont burn CDs or DVDs, it did before reinstalling. I have downloaded the lastest drivers but still doesnt work.

The model is GSA-T21N DVD+/-RW.

What am i missing something?

Thanks!

[billcsho]

What program are you using to burn media?

[miligraf]

Ok, i just made some tests. Sorry i didnt mention before that i was trying to burn an image in a CD-RW, the problem is that it can burn normal files but no images.

I have tried with ImgBurn and followed a tutorial for image burning but it doesnt work...could it be the CD?

[Rz_Ten1]

It might be that ImgBurn is having trouble identifying the CD as writable. I'm fairly certain you won't be able to burn an image to a RW without first erasing it.

You might try another program. I've had good luck with CDBurnerXP Pro 3. 4 came out recently but I haven't had a chance to test it. At the very least, it might give you a different message about why it can't burn.

[miligraf]

Ok, i tried CDBurnerXP and i get the error message "The drive(s) could not be initialized..."

I google it and saw it was a problem with Vista, i have the Home Basic edition.

[Rz_Ten1]

Are you running ImgBurn/CDBurnerXP as an administrator?

You also might try turning off UAC while burning to see if that makes a difference.

[miligraf]

Yeah im administrator and have turned off the UAC...dunno what could be wrong, the least i think it could be are the CD-RW that are almost a year old lol.

[Rz_Ten1]

CD-RW's don't usually go bad. I usually end up killing them by letting them get too scratched up then from dye related failures.

It's possible you might be trying to burn a 700MB ISO to a 650MB CD-RW... but I have to say I'm at a bit of a loss.

Since you can burn files, try extracting the ISO using something like ISOBuster and then just burning it like a normal CD.

[miligraf]

Found the freakin problem, the ISO is 695mb and the CD has only 700mb, i went to the Vostro manual and it clearly says "Files equal or larger than 695mb wont burn into a 700mb CD"...doh!

So i got a blank DVD and it burned as it should be.

Thanks for your help!