why wont it let me burn games anymore :(
 

Hey ppl..well ill get right to the point....ive had a burner for about two years now..ive been able to burn games no worries using BlindWrite Suite...but recently something hasnt been goin right...It lets me burn em i get no error, lets me install it fine...then when i go to play it says "Please Insert CD"..this never use to happen..and its happening with ALL games..even games i have burnt successfully before...ive even reformatted and this still happend...if tryed my friends brand new burner and the same thing happens so its not my burner..any ideas?

i use WinXP Pro..and well im not sure about my burner but from what i can see its a Diamond Data CDRW 32x10x4

if any of you ppl can help me solve this ill be a happy man :)

by the way..i have tryed using CloneCD and Nero with the same problem..

I dont think so..like i said i reformatted. and its only been recently which is wierd...for two yrs ive had no problems..some of the games i am having trouble with are -

Empire Earth
neverwinter nights
StarWars Galacticbattlegrounds
Warcraft 3
Ghost Recon
Grand Theft Auto 3
Soldier of Fortune 2

It has happend to every game i have tryed since i relised this problem was happening.

It looks like it could just be simple evolution.

CD protections have evolved to a point at which your burner can no longer copy them.

Or it could be that your burner is fecked.

As a simple test, copy an unprotected title and see if that works. If it does then you know it isn't your burner.

I know it isn't my burner...i said I tryed my friends brand new burner and still the same thing. and iv'e burnt Warcraft 3 and Ghost Recon Succesfully in the past.

to tell the truth, your list was reading like all the nastiest securom games and safedisc 2.51 ones, until you said sof2.

also - your friends new burner might not be capable of burning the protections either. check your hardware properties, see if you can find who manufactured your burner, or if it really is a diamond data (never heard of this brand myself), and then check its burner capabilities @ www.elby.org

When i burnt them succesfully before i was using XP.
and yes i DO have Daemon-Tools running and installed.

No. and i uninstalled it tryed to burn Empire Earth...and with no luck.

try and install with daemon tools from your images before you burn them back - make sure you have good ones ;). otherwise, im generally confused. slow down?

Blade, I've posted this before, but did you install CloneCD 4 with the HideCDR media solution on??? If yes that is probably the cause. I recently found that Hidecdr media causes problems as it intercepts with calls to try to hide the cdr media function. It seems most games now detect this feature.

Simple solution:

1.) DO NOT use your burner to play games.

2.) Turn off Hide cdr media.

Good luck and i really really hope this works for ya!

hide cdr media has nothing to do with burning..it has to do with reading....

anyone ever stop and think it might be the modchip thats bad

works fine
 

Well let me tell you I backed up these from your list
Neverwinter nights
StarWars Galacticbattlegrounds
Warcraft 3
Grand Theft Auto 3
Soldier of Fortune 2

& also Battlefield 1942 which is newer...

Using CloneCD or Blindwrite with NO Problems... So it must be a burner problem or Os causing conflict causing the errors.

have you tried reinstalling your os or flashing your cd-wrs firmware?

is it possible to back up battlefield 1942 and use the copy to play even though it has cd checks?