Hi all, i hope someone can shed some light on to my problem before i throw my pc out of the window. Im using a athlon XP 2000, asrock mb. Pioneer 109 dvd drive 16x, btc dvd drive 4x switchable hds with xp sp1, xp sp1 and 98SE. My problem is i cannot burn disks dvd or cdr. I've tried changing the dma settings changing cables, changing software & speeds. With nero I get a message at 1% saying internal target failure. With easy cd creater i get message saying hardware failure. I took the pioneer back to the shop and he tested it for me,it works fine. If someone could help i would be very happy. Thanks in advance.

Is the DVD drive seen in the BIOS? In the Device Manager? Any yellow "!"

Have you tried just using the XP burning wizard?

Can you read disks on that drive?

Thank you for your reply.The drive is in the bios also there are no yellow marks by it and it says it is working ok.I did not know about xp burning wizard,anyway i have tried it and it has burnt a cd.Can you burn dvds with this wizard. thanks again

XP's native burning tools won't work with DVD.

The fact that it works for your CD's leads me to believe that your problem is with either Nero or Easy CD Creator.
I find burning software very touchy & very selfish

I would uninstall both & then reinstall just one; or another program dedicated to DVD burning & playing.

I will try re installing nero again.Its though the software does not know when the disc is in the drive because when i try to burn a disc the draw opens and shuts two or three times and has started freezing on 1% again . thanks

When you uninstall I suggest going thru all these checks:

Uninstall Programs Manually

Just because Windows XP has the Add/Remove Programs feature it doesn't mean your application will appear in the list. Furthermore, even if it does appear, it's no guarantee that the uninstall feature will work. When you run across one of these situations the items listed below will help in getting rid of the application. Be aware that these steps may not remove everything associated with the application and can impact other applications on the computer. Have a backup or restore point and use caution.

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Find the directory for the application and delete all the files in the directory. Delete the directory.
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Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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To remove the application entry from Add/Remove Programs (if present) open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
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Some applications have Services attached to them. If this is the case, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es, locate and delete the service.
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In Windows Explorer, navigate to the individual user settings and delete program references. Common places to check would be:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]

If no entries were found in the previous step and the application launches automatically, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
and delete the entry.

Again I suggest only running one piece of burning software. I see alot of conflicts with Nero & Easy CD Creator.

Thanks for your help and time,i have finally got to the bottom of this issue,it turns out that all my problems have been caused buy a tv card that i had put into my pc a few months ago but it had worked ok then suddenly this anyway i have taken it out and uninstalled the drivers and everything is working fine.Once again thank you for your time and input...

Thanks for the update & the thanks!

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