Every time I enter a blank CD/DVD my computers restarts, unless I hold ‘Shift’ but this only works for when entering CD’s. For a DVD I need to open the tray during boot and let the try close itself. Once the computer has fully booted is when I can write to the media (Note: I cannot leave blank media in drive as PC will reboot).
Here is what I have done/tried to fix the problem as this started a couple of years ago. Also take note it has spread and affected my slave drive (Original Drive came w/ PC Pioneer CD-R/RW burner)
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[li]Seems to have started 5-6 months after installing new Memorex drive (back in 2005ish)
[/li][li]Has moved and affected slave drive (Pioneer CD-R/RW burner)
[/li][li]Memorex burner picky of brands of blank DVDs entered and see’s some as CDs NOT DVDs (see’s as 308MB for some DVDs, some are Memorex DVDs too)
[/li][li]Reformatted Hard drive (PC running slow and well over due for one)
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[li]Seems to of fixed problem until updated from Win SP1 to SP2
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[li]Swapped drives ie. Made Memorex Slave and Pioneer Master and had one drive of EACH installed at a time.
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List of ways I can get around it/other information:
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[li]Operates in safe mode just fine
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[li]Most likely something in services/processes upon boot
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[li]Insert blank DVD upon boot and let CD tray close itself and will work 80% of time/take disc w/o reboot
[/li][li]DVD size after UDF 2.01 format is 4.36GB, but won’t let copy a smaller Winrar file such as a 4.19 GB (says inadequate disk space/not enough)
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PC Info:
2.66Ghz Pentium 4
1GB RAM
120GB HD
Brand VPR Matrix
Drive information:
Memorex Burner Info. Click here
Pioneer came w/ PC:
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[li]CD-+R/RW burner
[/li][li]DVD-R/RW minus only
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Error after trying to format a DVD Memorex see’s as a CD-R and not a DVD( Memorex see’s as only 308MB and as a CD and NOT a DVD which it is)
Error recieved after inserting a Blank Disc
