Im going to make this as short as possible. Its already known, but I am fuming!

Windows Vista will not burn CD's or DVD's

The 5th client called today wondering why there were no photos on her DVD that she paid for. I know for a frikking fact I burned them. I even placed the damn DVD back in the puter to make sure...yeah...they are there.

...but not when the client pops the disc in to XP....

Oh how frustrating...sitting on the phone with a surprisingly awesome customer service....did you know that if you hit CTL+ALT+S it pops up your serial number? Huh...cool

It really doesn't make sense why Vista would not burn CD's or DVD's viewable by anyone else. I use Roxio on my Vista laptop and burn them just fine. Vista takes up way too much system resources to use though. I'm gonna build a new desktop and put XP back in.

Hey Jason et all.. May I make a suggestion....

That's a great suggestion, but some of us would need a nice ($) donation to afford going that route. I was about to go ALL Mac, but I just cannot justify the cost. So I decided to add on to my current system that is already great - plus it uses XP, not Vista.

I can rebuild my current desktop with a dual core processor, 2 gigs of memory and keep everything else I have thats already great for about 300 bucks. For me to get a mac with the same specs it would cost me about 3 grand. Macs are great! No doubt about it. Contrary to popular belief it is not the only way.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Question: Did you finalize the CD/DVD after burning it? If you want others (other than yourself) to be able to read the disc it must be finalized.

Hardware = $300
OSX = $2700

Seems reasonable to me.



Actually I totally see your point for a desktop, but I could never go back to a Dell (or whatever) laptop. And I don't have one of the new fancy ones, my 12" Powerbook is still cranking along just fine. In fact I think it's the most amazing piece of electronic equipment I've ever used. Small, sleek, does anything, never crashes. Tough to beat.... ;-)

I totally understand the great things about Macs. Who knows, I may even switch someday. It just doesn't make sense when my pc's work just fine and do everything I need them to do. If Macs were twice as fast and cut down on my worktime, it would be worth it. But that's not the case.

Crap...what a response! Somehow I knew someone would mention a Mac. Trust me, if I had a few grand, then I would definitely get Macs for the business.

Starting out new, I had other priorities.

Anyhow, yes its been "finalized." In fact, Vista wont eject the CD until its done "finalizing."

@Jason. Did you try to put the same disc in a computer running XP? If it does pop up, then I supposed I'll start using Roxio.

The way I am burning now....in every Explorer window in Vista, there is the "Burn" icon. I just highlight all the photos, and click burn. It does everything else from there.

I think I may just reformat with XP. The PC is nice. X2 Dual Core 6000 - 2GB Memory - Radeon X1600 - 400GB SATA...then their goes the warranty....although HP and Microsoft both said they could do nothing for me.

Ick.



I was under the assumption thats what Macs were twice as fast, given the price tag. Of course, I always wondered how this new rig would fair against a dual core Mac.....now Im curious.

I haven't used the built in software to burn CD's and DVD's. I did use the DVD movie maker burning software and the DVDs worked fine on my DVD player hooked up to my tv.

actually the number of people that say they are tons more productive on mac is outstanding. every single person i've talked to that has switched has talked about some aspect of the whole experience that helps them work better. the fact that macs don't get viruses, dont have registry problems like windows (they dont even have a registry) and run more efficiently than PCs are just a few little things that make them "just work." [rant] i spent countless frustrating hours with my PC solving the littlest problems... like network issues or random hard drive errors that the computer would run through that stupid blue screen diagnostic thingy every time the computer started up. [/rant]

anyway, the point is, if you give it a chance and try out mac os on just about any apple computer (and i dont mean go to the store and sit in front of it for 5 minutes, i mean borrow one from a friend or somehow spend a lot of time with one over a period of a few days) you may find that you enjoy it more than you think

I have had some issues with importing my files into my Vista layden computer...as in corrupting them beyond recognition. I can't tell if it is the reader, Visata, or what. However, when I use an external reader and import them into my work laptop, no issues.

Go figure.

That is not true.

http://www.macvirus.org/

Spoke to CS, and Microsoft. Nothing they can do for me. This is bullshit. I now have a $1000 laptop, and PC, that cant burn photos on CD/DVD.

Are you frikking kidding me? This is my job....what the hell do I do now?

I am stuck.

Did you try other programs like CDBurnerXP Pro or look around on Sourceforge.net?

I won't pile on and say something to the effect of "If you had a Mac..." but I do have to wonder why you'd risk going with Vista for your production machine.

As much as Mac users knock XP it is a pretty mature operating system at this point and most of its known flaws have either been addressed, corrected, or noted. If you were running XP you definitely wouldn't have this problem or would at least have an idea if it were a hardware issue.

If it were up to me I'd get an OEM copy of XP and reformat that laptop.

My .15 yuan.

Good luck!

Go for it. I don't know how reformatting the computer would affect your warranty. I'd make sure to read the accompanying documentation that came with your computer.

Since the OS is just software and you're not overclocking, modding, or otherwise molesting your computer, I don't see how changing OSes would render your computer sans-warranty.

I use Nero on my 'old' XP machine when I make CD/DVD compilations and copies. You might try that.

Neal, did you look at the dates on that blog? lol.




Now this is a virus.








Nick, check out this forum for some possible help.

Or here.

Actually, you cannot justify not buying a MAC.

If you really compare an "equivalent quality and feature" PC with a MAc you will be surprise that theuy cost about the same. But most people compare a $800 HP or Compaq deal at Walmart with a MAC and then say MAC are more expensive. They are comparing oranges with apples.

The bottom line is that you should buy the best tool for the job. If you want to spent your time and money combating virues, spyware, zombies, etc, defragmenting hard drives every other day so you can get back your system speed, having to re-load your system and software every 6 months, the you should get a PC. But if you want to be productive, you need a MAC.

I am not saying this to be hostile toward PC users, PC are good computers - windows is the problem, is because I use to be a PC user and even defended them using the very same excuses of cost, until I started to work using a MAC. I dicscover how much time i wasted cause of Windows. Now, I am a believer and I hate to see people waste money and time on Windows machines.

Even if MAC are more expensive they are worth every penny.

Man that's no good. I feel for you. As others have asked, have you tried using other burning apps? I know it's less than desirable, but everytime I've trusted an MS operating system to "just work" I've been let down. I used to use Roxio to burn everything before going Mac.

It's either your drive is messed up, your disks are bad, there's something burried deeeeep inside the OS that's going to corrupt anything you try to burn to any disk, or the Vista built-in burning system is buggy. I'd try something else to eleminiate the latter. You may as well try another set of disk media while you're at it. Try buring on DVD+R's as I've read they are the most universally read (others disagree, but I'm making all the suggestions I've got here) also try burning at the lowest speed possible. I'm sure Roxio has a demo you can download?

I know none of this stuff is optimal, but I'm trying to think of anything that may help you.

That really does stink.

I have Vista running on three computers and can burn disks from all of them.

I've actually had a great experience with Vista so far... not a single problem.

Could it have something to do with the drivers for your DVD burner? Maybe there's an update available on the manufacturer's web site.

I just bought a new PC because my laptop screen backlight went out. Of course I do all my work on the Mac but I need the PC to check my website designs on IE 6 and 7 so I had to have something. But I didn't go for Vista because I had to many friends tell me their problems with printers, networking, software, etc.

If you have a copy of XP and it's not to much trouble, I'd go back to that until the bugs on Vista are worked out. But do it quick because you almost can't buy a PC with XP anymore which means that Microsoft is probably trying to phase it out.

yeah, that looks like a real credible source.

I don't get viruses every other day. Actually, it's been a couple of years since I had a problem that would have been virus related, and that was easily fixable. If I was just starting out, did not own one piece of software, I might get a Mac. They rock! But, for someone who has invested in software for a PC, spent a lot of time learning the PC inside and out, and doesn't really have many windows related problems with them, it just doesn't make sense to go Mac. I have a custom built PC that I built myself with good parts. It's not a Compaq or Gateway or anything like that. I literally can upgrade the processor, mother board, and memory and keep everything else for a little over $300! That's what I'm about to do too.

The mere notion that Macs are the only way to go is such a lie. Macs are not problem free as many of try to convey. I simply don't have problems with Windows, and no, I don't spend hours defragging and such. That's ludacris! I bought a Sony Vaio back in Feb with Vista and the only issues I've had with Vista is that when it first came out it took a little while before software companies updated their software to work with it.

I love you guys, I really do. Macs are not the only way to go though.

What a drag! Maybe it's your burning softare? I've been using Roxio Media Creator 9 withoug problems. We have Vista on a laptop, and when I burn a CD/DVD on our Windows XP desktop, it does work on the laptop. Good luck.

See... those are the things I don't miss at all. That is why I would be crazy to go back to a PC running windows. Think about all the productive time you have wasted!

I am not saying this to be critical or naughty, If I can only keep someone to having to go through that...

You're so thoughtful...

Did you ever fix this problem?

I'm trying to burn a CD now and although it opens up on my computer, when i put it in my laptop (XP), the properties show that the disk is full, but if you try to open it, there's nothing there!!

just wondering what you did to fix it. i told my client i'd get the CD in the mail to her today!