How to burn a disc? Can you be more specific?

Six major elements of optical disc burning:

Faced with the increasing amount of data nowadays, as the prices of optical disc recorders and CD-Rs fall, many people are purchasing You have a burner and use it to burn and save data, which greatly facilitates data storage. As a result, many burning software have emerged, such as WinOnCD, Direct CD... However, burning a disc is not a simple matter. A damaged disc will happen to every user who burns a disc. Now with the ACER BenQ burner, the burning software is the Chinese version of WinOnCD 3.6 Power Edition. The lessons learned during use are summarized and released, so that everyone can master as many burning skills as possible and reduce the unnecessary sacrifice of CD-R.

1. Turn off energy management

Generally, it takes a long time to burn a disc. If energy management is set, it may cause the computer to stop responding for a long time, causing the disc burning to fail. Therefore, we must first turn off energy management. To turn off energy management, we must start from two aspects: first, set the Power Saving in Power Management to NONE in CMOS; second, enter the Windows "Control Panel", double-click the "Power Management" icon, and Select "Never" from the drop-down list for "System Waiting State", "Turn off monitor" and "Turn off hard disk", and click the "OK" button to return. And save it as the "Disc Burning" program.

2. Do not run other Windows software while burning the disk

Try not to install too many software on the computer where the burner is installed, otherwise it may cause software conflicts and cause burning failed, and you cannot execute other Windows software while burning the disk.

3. Use low speed to burn discs

Nowadays, the general recorders basically support writing discs at more than 4 times speed, but the author still strongly recommends that you use 2 times speed to burn discs. , because using 2x or 4x speed engraving can greatly reduce the occurrence of interruptions in the engraving process. The method is: In the "Disc" window of WinOnCD, click the "Output" tab, select "2x or 4x" in the "Speed" drop-down list, and then click the "Burn" button.

4. Test first before writing

Although most recorders now support the direct writing function, it is best to conduct a test before formal writing. If there is a speed problem If you cannot keep up (Speed ??testfails) or the operation times out (Buffer underruns), you should defragment the hard disk again and reduce the burning speed until it succeeds. The specific method is: In the "Disc" window of WinOnCD, click the "Write Test" tab and select "Write Test Once, If Successful Then Write".

5. Try to use the same kind of burning software

Since there are so many burning softwares on the market now, their burning principles are not necessarily the same. The author recommends that you pick your favorite burning software and use it to burn discs. For example, the author's machine uses the Chinese version of WinOnCD 3.6 Power Edition.

6. Do not burn continuously

Since the laser head used in the recorder is writable, when it burns a disc, it must reach a certain power to be able to burn CD-RW or The material on the CD-R is melted and burned. If used for a long time, the temperature on the optical recording drive will be very high, which may cause recording errors or even damage the optical drive. The author recommends that you do not burn multiple discs continuously, especially on a hot summer day!

The above are some basic disc burning skills. I hope it will be helpful to everyone, and I hope you will become a burning master soon.

Optimization and precautions for burning

How to optimize the quality of burning

The quality of burning depends on the stability of the burner, the quality of the burned disc and the burning operation. There is a relationship. First of all, the working condition of the recorder must be stable, which means that the recorder can be used normally.

The second is that the quality of the disc used for burning should be good. If the disc has spots before it is burned, it cannot be said to be of quality at all. The burning operation mainly refers to the burning speed. Generally speaking, the slower the better (2x speed burning), so 2-4x speed is a better choice. Most of the new recorders now have a burn-proof function, but using the burn-proof function will cause gaps in the recording. Although the gaps are very small and will not affect the use, the recording quality will be damaged (for audio discs). greatest impact). So try not to use the burn-to-death function, which is also one of the ways to improve the recording quality.

When using the recorder, try to pay attention to the operating temperature. Excessively high operating temperature will cause the recording quality to decrease or even fail.

The cleanliness of the burned disc will also affect the quality of the recording. If there is dust on the surface of the burned disc, this will inevitably affect the intensity of the laser hitting the disc and the quality will also be reduced. Therefore, we also need to Pay attention to the cleanliness of the recorder and recording disc.

Precautions when using a recorder

We should pay attention to the following matters when using a recorder: (For a recorder with an unburnable function, the following 1-3 points can be Ignore it at all)

1. Prevent cache underrun

“Buffer underrun (buffer under run) is a typical cause of disk burning failure. We know that all recorders have There is a cache that is used as a temporary storage area for writing data to the disc. If for some reason, the data flow into the cache is slower than the speed at which it leaves the cache, it will cause the recorder to underrun. There will be no data to burn temporarily, which will lead to the occurrence of bad disks. However, if there is no burn-in function, you must do everything possible to ensure that the recording data stream is transmitted stably and quickly without interruption.

2. Organize. Hard disk

The hard disk defragmentation mentioned here refers to disk scanning and defragmentation of each logical partition of the hard disk before each burning. In most cases, we use the hard disk as the information source disk. Burn or make the disc to be copied into an image and store it on the hard disk. The burned data is distributed in a continuous spiral track on the CD-R disk, and the sectors must not only be connected from beginning to end, but also the ISO 9660 format. It is required that the files on the CD-R disk must be an uninterrupted sequence of single-content sectors. However, since unorganized disk files are mostly distributed in a fragmented state, the hard disk cannot read data no matter how fast it is. , the read and write heads have to "work hard" between scattered files, which is very likely to cause unnecessary delays and lead to the generation of disk waste. Therefore, hard disk defragmentation is the first step for successful burning.

3. Avoid executing any irrelevant programs during the burning process.

These programs include not only screen savers and memory-resident programs (such as some anti-virus programs and instant translation programs) ), and also include other programs running in the background, games, etc. These programs may compete with the burning software for limited system resources at the critical moment when the data stream is transferred from the hard disk to the disc in the recorder, thereby affecting the data stream. Normal transmission may cause problems such as cache underload.

4. Choose the right burning software

“With a stable system, you must also cooperate with good disc burning software to effectively achieve it. Improve the success rate of burning. Find out the best burning software for the recorder you are using, but be careful to choose a newer version, because the new version means bug fixes and better support for the hardware.

5. Use reliable quality platters

Currently there is a wide range of blank platters on the market. According to the different materials of the reflective layer, it can be divided into four categories: platinum disk, gold disk, blue disk and diamond disk. There is no obvious difference between the advantages and disadvantages of these four types of disks, and you can buy them with confidence. In terms of characteristics, platinum disks have better compatibility, are suitable for low-speed to high-speed recorders, and are very cheap; blue disks have higher accuracy when writing and reading data; gold disks have better light resistance. Diamond disk has the highest disk recognition and reading speed, but it requires a high-speed burner to use it well. The key is to try out different types and brands of discs to find the one that works best for your recorder.

6. Pay attention to heat dissipation

Poor heat dissipation is also an important reason for damaged disks. Especially in hot summer, this problem is more prominent. In addition, if your machine uses a CPU with high heat generation such as AMD or P4, you should pay more attention to the heat dissipation issue. The following are several methods to solve heat dissipation problems:

1. Try to avoid continuous long-term recording;

2. Open the chassis to dissipate heat when burning;

3. If possible, it is best to do it in an air-conditioned environment.

7. Keep the recording laser head clean

When burning, the laser head of the optical disc recorder emits a higher-power laser to the disc to "write" information. Therefore, whether the laser head is clean or not plays a decisive role in the success or failure of recording. Because the dust falling on the laser head may be slightly sintered under the strong irradiation of the laser beam. Therefore, if you use an ordinary cleaning disk to clean it at this time, the effect is often unsatisfactory. Also, since the inside of the recorder is relatively precise, it is obviously not safe to open the cover and clean it by yourself. Therefore, the best way is: keep the surrounding environment clean!

Optimization and precautions for burning, a brief discussion on improving the success rate of disc burning

The reasons for failure of disc burning are very complicated, including hardware and software problems:

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The hardware reason that is most likely to cause recording failure is "UNDER THE BUFFER". Cache underrun is prone to occur. The best way to solve it is to only buy a recorder with a large capacity of cache when purchasing (it is recommended that it is best now. (Buy more than 2M), if financial conditions permit, you can buy a recorder with a SCSI interface (but now as the cache of the IDE interface recorder is getting larger and larger, the advantages of SCSI are no longer obvious).

When burning, try to use image files (also called ISO files) for burning. When burning, if the source disk is bad and has too many scratches, even if your cache is large enough, it can easily cause an underload in the data supply, leading to burning failure and the scrapping of the CDR disc. Solution: When burning, first create an image file of the source disk on the hard disk, and then burn it to the target disk after the image file is successfully created. This way, you don't have to worry about scrapping the disk.

In order to ensure the success rate of burning, it is best to close all other running programs, such as: automatic disc insertion notice, anti-virus program, screen saver, VCD automatic detection player, network resources** *Enjoy waiting.

If you want to ensure the quality of the disc after burning is completed, it is best to use a lower burning speed. There are many recorders now that support 8x speed or even 10x speed, but I do not recommend using such a high speed, because the higher the speed, the more unstable it will be during burning, and the quality of the data after burning will be difficult to obtain. ensure. It is strongly recommended to use a speed below 4x for burning.

Nowadays, when you buy a recorder, it will come with a set of recording software, but the included software is often not very powerful. Therefore, when we use the recorder, we usually install several different sets of recording software. . However, conflicts may occur between these burning software. For example, there are compatibility issues between software between Ahead Nero 4.0 and WinOnCd 3.6 Power Edition. If you want to use these two software at the same time, you must pay attention to their installation order: install Ahead Nero 4.0 first, and then install WinOnCd 3.6 Power Edition without any problems. If the installation order is reversed, a black screen may appear when restarting WIN98. Once such a problem occurs, the solution is as follows:

Use the WIN98 boot disk to boot the system, change the file:\\windows\\systemerocd95.vxd to another name, and then restart WIN98.

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10 tips for successfully burning a disc Tips

Today, as optical storage devices become increasingly popular, I believe that everyone will be familiar with optical disc burners, and will encounter many problems like me when using them. It is true that the recorder is much more delicate than other optical disc drives, so you must be more careful when using and maintaining it. For this reason, the author has summarized the following experiences, hoping to be helpful to everyone:

< p> 1. Do not run other programs during the burning process. The recorder consumes a lot of system resources when writing the disc. If you run other programs at this time, it may cause the data transmission process to be unsmooth, resulting in a lot of noise. In severe cases, May cause the system to crash. Therefore, during the burning process, try not to execute other programs and close all running programs before burning.

2. When starting to burn, try to use a slow burning speed. Burning too fast will cause instability in reading and writing data. If other unstable factors are encountered during the burning process, data will be interrupted and may Damage the disc. In addition, a higher burning speed may produce greater noise during data transmission, thus affecting the final disc burning effect and performance. Therefore, when starting to burn, it is best to burn at a slower speed to see if noise or other unstable factors occur during the burning process. If an accident occurs, measures can be taken in time to avoid damage to the disc.

3. The capacity of the hard disk must be large and the speed must be stable. The recorder first reads the data from the hard disk into the recorder cache, and then writes the data from the cache to the disc. Therefore, whether the hard disk can transmit data stably has a great impact on the success of optical disc burning. Therefore, it is important to choose a hard drive with stable transfer speed. In addition, the data input during recording is first transferred to the buffer, and then the buffer can continuously send the data stream to the laser writing mechanism of the recorder. The large capacity of the hard disk can provide a larger space for the hard disk buffer, so that it can Ensure continuity of data flow.

4. It is necessary to ensure that the data being burned is continuous. During the burning process of the recorder, there must be continuous data supplied to the recorder to burn to the disc. If the buffer is empty but cannot be obtained, In the case of data, it will cause burning failure (i.e. buffer emptying, BufferUnderRun). Make preparations before burning to ensure that the data remains intact and continuous. Generally speaking, the following measures can be taken: A. Store the files that need to be burned in the same partition, and run the disk cleanup program on the partition. B. Perform defragmentation operations, which can provide fast file access, so the burning performance will be improved. C. Run a hard disk scan program to avoid disk errors.

5. Turn off the power saving function before burning. It usually takes about 20 minutes to burn a disc. If the power saving function is enabled, the computer may suddenly lose response and stop working during the burning process. , thereby damaging the disc. Follow the steps below to turn off the power saving function: First open the control panel, open the "Power Management" window, set the power usage plan to "Always on", and set both the "Turn off monitor" and "Turn off hard disk" options to "Never" mode. Restart the computer, enter the BIOS, set "Power Saving" in "Power Management" to "NONE", save and exit, and restart.

6. Some preparations before burning, you should first disinfect the computer. Otherwise, it would take a long time to carve out a "poison plate" full of viruses. Then turn off the automatic insertion notification function of the optical drive. Open the Control Panel window and set the screensaver to "None". Finally, click Scheduled Tasks, select "Pause Scheduled Task Program", and terminate network sharing to prevent sudden "access" from online neighbors that may cause burning failure.

7. Try to give English file names to the burned information. Since many software do not support Chinese file names, it is necessary to use English file names during burning. Otherwise, if something goes wrong during the burning process, the recorded content will be destroyed.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, it is best to change the information to be burned to English names, and the English file names should not be too long.

8. Use burning software that you are familiar with. Since there are various burning software and they have different burning principles, some poor software cannot use Buffer properly and may often burn the disc. If it is not used properly, If you are familiar with the burning software and do not fully understand the special features of the burning software, it may cause burning failure. For this reason, it is recommended to use more familiar burning software to avoid unexpected failures.

9. Try to burn on a machine with high configuration. In the practice of burning many times, the author found that the success rate of burning on a high-performance computer is significantly higher than that on a low-performance computer. Generally speaking, the computer's CPU should be at least 200M or more, and the memory should be at least 64M, because these two aspects have a greater impact on system resources. The recommended configuration is CPU700M and memory 128M.

10. Test first. Although many recorders support the direct writing function, the author recommends that it is best to test it first. During the testing process, unexpected situations may occur, such as unstable computer performance, the optical drive's reading and writing speed cannot keep up, or high noise during the disk reading process, etc. Once problems occur, adjustments can be made in time to reduce the burning speed. speed until the trouble is resolved. This can be considered a officially recorded simulation exercise. At present, almost all burning software has the option of "do a simulation test before burning". In order to prevent the disc from being burned, the author recommends that you check this option.

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