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New Dell 4600, winxp-pro, dvd (read only), cd (read&write). Received ms office pro 2003 under "home use " program offerred by employer. I've tried to no avail to copy the ms cd to a new blank (TDK cd-r 48x) for backup. Continue to receive message "recording error, try using new disk". I'm wondering if the media is bad or does ms have a means of preventing you from creating a copy. Media records data files just fine. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, CY

Corporate Yank,

Have you tried copying all the files from the CD to your Hard Drive and then burning a CD from there?

Take Care,

Richard

Yes, But when I try to copy the files, the whole process comes to a halt about halfway through with a warning that it can't copy a certain file (xb561408) with the message "invalid ms-dos function". Thanks,-CY

What software are you using to copy the CD ?

Try clonecd (just google it) it always (well nearly always) copies CD's with complete ease and no problems.

Regards

Maz

If you have Nero or Alcohol120% try creating an image of the disc then burn the cd from the image

Tried Clonecd to no avail. It appears that mr. gates doesn't want anybody to have a backup of his software. I can't even copy the disk in either my cd or dvd drive to a folder on my c:\ drive to try tro burn a disk that way. Thanks for your help-CY

Corporate Yank,

If this is true, then this is the first piece of software that M$ has put copy protection on. They rely on the Licence vs keeping people from being able to copy the CD. (Except when talking about M$ Games.)

Try this software:

Golden Hawk's CDRWIN

If that does not copy the CD, my guess is either your CD is damaged or your Drive itself has a problem.

Take Care,

Richard