HELLO EVERYONE... ANYONE!!
To start with, this is my first time visiting this site. I'm fairly computer illiterate... at least when it comes to problems.
I have a Gateway computer that is about 2-3 years old... and Windows ME. I have Adaptec Easy CD Creator(v4.02c)/Direct CD(v3.01c). I've been using the Adaptec and the ACD-See software that came with my Toshiba Digital Camera for almost a year now... with absolutely no problems. Lately my discs have been coming up unreadable... or damaged. When I insert them into my E drive, Direct CD doesn't even recognize them. It won't let me scan them either. So, I've been saving all my pictures to my hard drive (C) to prevent losing them all together... and then formatting a new CD and copying them over... again!! Everything was working okay this morning... then all of a sudden my Edrive red light went on (as though it was writing to disk) and wouldn't stop. Everything froze! I had to turn the computer off at the switch and restart it. But now I can't even format a disk using Direct CD. It tries... but then a quick message flashes ... something about ABORTED COMMAND... ??? and disappears quickly. I've tried formatting about 5 or 6 new disks but the same thing keeps happening. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Adaptec Easy CD Creator/Direct CD from the diskette that came with my computer. I'M READY TO KILL MYSELF.... or smash this machine! I need that drive to be working. I'm unemployed and trying to sell some personal belongings on eBay... I NEED TO BE ABLE TO STORE MY PICTURES ON CD. I can't afford more memory on this computer so I can't store all the pictures on my hard drive. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, can someone help me? If anyone cares to try, please remember that I am really not up on computer lingo, etc.... Not to mention the fact that I've been sitting here trying to fix or figure this out ALL DAY! Thanks to all!
babs
To start with, this is my first time visiting this site. I'm fairly computer illiterate... at least when it comes to problems.
I have a Gateway computer that is about 2-3 years old... and Windows ME. I have Adaptec Easy CD Creator(v4.02c)/Direct CD(v3.01c). I've been using the Adaptec and the ACD-See software that came with my Toshiba Digital Camera for almost a year now... with absolutely no problems. Lately my discs have been coming up unreadable... or damaged. When I insert them into my E drive, Direct CD doesn't even recognize them. It won't let me scan them either. So, I've been saving all my pictures to my hard drive (C) to prevent losing them all together... and then formatting a new CD and copying them over... again!! Everything was working okay this morning... then all of a sudden my Edrive red light went on (as though it was writing to disk) and wouldn't stop. Everything froze! I had to turn the computer off at the switch and restart it. But now I can't even format a disk using Direct CD. It tries... but then a quick message flashes ... something about ABORTED COMMAND... ??? and disappears quickly. I've tried formatting about 5 or 6 new disks but the same thing keeps happening. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Adaptec Easy CD Creator/Direct CD from the diskette that came with my computer. I'M READY TO KILL MYSELF.... or smash this machine! I need that drive to be working. I'm unemployed and trying to sell some personal belongings on eBay... I NEED TO BE ABLE TO STORE MY PICTURES ON CD. I can't afford more memory on this computer so I can't store all the pictures on my hard drive. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, can someone help me? If anyone cares to try, please remember that I am really not up on computer lingo, etc.... Not to mention the fact that I've been sitting here trying to fix or figure this out ALL DAY! Thanks to all!
babs