I've been a Plextor fan forever, and I've got an old rig I use just for burning where the drive I use for extracting (an UltraPlex 40X SCSI CD-ROM) seems to have finally died.<BR><BR>(I've updated the ...

I have bought the Memorex 40MAXX 1248AJ CD-RW drive (40x12x48). When I go to burn a cd-r, it says that "buffer underrun protection" has been enabled and starts writing at 12X. The CD-R I put in is ...

Problems burning to external CD burners under Panther? MacFixIt reader Michael Parsons notes that he's received reports from two users he supports regarding issues with burning CDs on external ...

It’s been a while since I was asked about burning music CDs, but this week a reader asked how best to make music CDs from his music library. It’s been a few years since I wrote about this topic. The ...

No more temporary backups resulting in failed burns Mac OS X 10.4 no longer creates temporary backups of the data that is being burned to media. This saves time, but also results in more failed burns ...

While many people get music from digital sources—the iTunes Store, eMusic, Amazon.com and other on-line vendors—a lot of us still buy CDs. In addition, many people have never gotten around to ripping ...

If you’ve got a Mac with multiple CD/DVD burners—a Mac Pro with two installed drives, or any other Mac with a combination of internal and external drives—you can burn two (or more, perhaps) CDs at a ...

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Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...

I love my CDs, but I cannot deny that they take up loads of space. CD collections are often big, bulky and annoying to move from point A to point B. Thankfully, there's a better way to listen to your ...

When trying to burn CD using Windows Media Player, if you see the Burn to disc button greyed out in the File Explorer, this post will help you resolve it. The problem only happens when you use the ...