RE: Windows XP Tips?

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From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET)
Date: Mon Oct 08 2001 - 03:38:08 EDT


On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, James H. E. Maugham wrote:

> Vincent Poy [mailto:vince_at_pele.WURLDLINK.NET] wrote:
>
> > It's not a conclusion but if you have seen experiences of others
> > burning, most of the problems come from Nero and EZ CD Creator. It
> > depends on the version of EZCD as well and when you tried it, was it under
> > WinXP, that makes a difference too. One of a few versions of Nero 5.5
> > does have problems with burning standard ISO 9660 ISO's. CD Creator's
> > .ISO format is not the ISO 9660 standard if you researched it carefully.
> > People had problems it's even mentioned in the Roxio mailing lists.
>
> Not sure about the EZCD software as the few times I've attempted to load the
> latest version under W2K it's crashed both my desktop and laptops.
>
> IBME that if you want to reliably burn ISOs with Nero you need Ver. 5.5.3 or
> later. Otherwise you've got a coaster mill.
>
> I've burned about 10 copies of XPRC2 with Nero without any reported
> problems.

        Hmmm... what problems did you have with EZCD? You need 5.02 for
XP to work. Also, EZCD5 is known to corrupt the Upper and Lower Filter
Drivers for the CD-ROM.

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