NERO can not keep a Data CD Open- no multisession

[Chewy]

I shouldn't say never, my filters were written 6 years ago

the elby by one of the most famous programers of all time, ollie of clonecd fame

[src2206]

Thanks very much chewy

Will you do me one more favor please? If I post the screen shot of the Filter Driver Load Order for my system, could you please tell me which one/s are to be removed?

[Chewy]

just hit copy to clipboard and then paste into a reply

Remember all this is just semi-educated guess work, you might have a bad cable, a bad drive or anything causing these glitches, I just chose the most likely and easiest to fix first

the imapi and redbook are the only native filters to windows xp, everything else is suspect

sometimes the filters like sonics just get corrupt and like nero need to be uninstalled and can then be reinstalled later, I am not quite sure why people even want the sonic software tho

[src2206]

I agree with you...Sonic is a totally unnecessary piece of software...and I wonder why software vendors do not inform users when the installers tries to/actually modify system properties internally, like installing a new driver etc.

Thanks, I shall post the list after a while....

[src2206]

Here are the info chewy

===============================================
Filter Driver Load Order - ImgBurn v2.4.2.0
===============================================

Upper Device Filter: redbook
Upper Class Filter: GEARAspiWDM
Device: CD/DVD-ROM Device
Lower Class Filter: PxHelp20
Lower Device Filter: imapi

Filter Name: redbook
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys
File Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)
File Description: Redbook Audio Filter Driver
Product Name: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Product Version: 5.1.2600.5512
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
Copyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Filter Name: GEARAspiWDM
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\GEARAspiWDM.sys
File Version: 2.00.07.03 [2.0.7.3]
File Description: CD DVD Filter
Product Name: CD DVD Filter
Product Version: 2.00.07.03 [2.0.7.3]
Company Name: GEAR Software Inc.
Copyright: Copyright (C) GEAR Software Inc. 1997-2008

Filter Name: PxHelp20
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\PxHelp20.sys
File Version: 3.00.56a [3.0.56.0]
File Description: Px Engine Device Driver for Windows 2000/XP
Product Name: PxHelp20
Product Version: [2.0.0.0]
Company Name: Sonic Solutions
Copyright: Copyright © Sonic Solutions

Filter Name: imapi
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys
File Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108)
File Description: IMAPI Kernel Driver
Product Name: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Product Version: 5.1.2600.5512
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
Copyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Now I have no idea from where did I get the Sonic driver!

BTW, I have three burners: NERO ver 8, ImgBurn and CDBurnerXP

Update:

Removed PxHelp20 as well as GEARAspiWDM using ImgBurn, this made my IDE LITE ON drive come alive but the new ASUS one is still down. Windows still can not use it.

[Chewy]

keep the imapi and redbook, they are safe