Wow, with all the problems and bugs Easy CD Creator and Direct CD have you wonder how they can stay in business and ever get a good review. It's good to hear it's not just me though.
one solution I have found (well, not a complete solution, but better than nothing)...
I went to the HP site and went looking at the drivers section again for my CDWriter and found that there was some software for burning available there as well. Now this is what HP is making available for free as a solution. There is one that is similar to DirectCD, but it just doesn't work for me. It can't recognize the CDWriter!
There is another app available for free called RecordNow (similar to Easy CD Creator). I eventually got it to work (after creating half a dozen coasters).
What I found I have to do is quit absolutely every other application (as I had to do your Easy CD as well) and set it to record at the very slowest speed (1x).
I have made data CDs successfully.
In order to make an exact copy of a CD (as for a backup) I have to put the original into the CDWriter itself (it won't work just copying from a CD in the CD drive). It then reads and stores an image (or something) to disk, so you have to have the disk space. It doesn't give you an option which partition, so presumably it needs enough space on c drive. When it is finished copying the image to the hard drive it spits out the CD and asks you to put in a blank CD.
It works, but it's a far from optimal solution. Still it's free and I have a working solution to use while I check out alternatives (I am checking out NTI at the moment).
Just thought I would let you all know what worked for me just in case you wanted to try as well, I might save you a few coasters ;-)
Donna
