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GD124635GD124635 Posts: 90
edited June 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
I recently started using itunes, putting on my music/ buying music, etc. Occassionally a friend would ask me to burn a disc for them- I had some old scratched and scuffed Memorox cd-r's and burned whatever they needed fine. My pc has been acting up recently and I decided I needed to back up my purchases to disc... I went and bought some shiny new Sony cd-r's and started to burn. I would get maybe 1 song and then it would cancel the burn and give me an error message, I believe 4261. I tried this repeatedly to no avail. I threw in one of the old scratched to shit cd-r's and it burned the entire disc, no prob. SOOO i bought NEW the same brand, style, speed disc as the old scratched ones and get the same error message.

Does anyone know how to correct this or what I'm doing wrong . Error 4261 is killing me! :evil:
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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
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  • GD124635GD124635 Posts: 90
    Thanks but I googled prior to posting here. Results were people similar to me asking the same questions with no answers.
  • vduboisevduboise Posts: 1,937
    What kind of computer you have and what kind of drive?

    without knowing those,
    its possible that your firmware on your burner is too old and is not compatible with the new media. Even tho you used the same kind of disk as the old scratched ones, the dye on the new disks are a bit different.

    See if your burner is ok- try burning from the finder( not itunes). If it works then it maybe the speed that itunes is burning at- and you can try slowing the speed - when you hit burn disk---> preferred speed---> slow it down.

    if it does not work, then try updating the firmware on the drive.
  • GD124635GD124635 Posts: 90
    Thanks for the help!!!!
    I've tried using different speeds with the new disc, no luck. Below is the result of my diagnostics, you will probably be able to tell more from it than me. :cry: Technology is moving a little faster than me...How do I go about updating my firmware safely?


    Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
    Dell Inc. Dell DM051
    iTunes 8.1.1.10
    QuickTime 7.6
    FairPlay 1.3.6
    iPod Updater Library 8.1d19
    CD Driver 2.1.0.1
    CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
    Apple Mobile Device 2.4.1.7
    Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.40.0.0
    Bonjour 1.0.6.2 (118.5)

    iTunes Serial Number 254733CB6693E556

    Current user is an administrator.
    The current local date and time is 2009-06-05 11:07:28.
    iTunes is not running in safe mode.

    Video Display Information

    Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family
    Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family


    **** External Plug-ins Information ****

    No external plug-ins installed.

    **** CD/DVD Drive Tests ****

    LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), drvmcdb (1.0.0.1), sscdbhk5 (1.0.0.1),
    UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.1.0.1),

    D: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B, Rev E113
    Audio CD in drive.
    Found 18 songs on CD, playing time 76:15 on Audio CD.
    Track 1, start time 00:02:00
    Track 2, start time 05:16:32
    Track 3, start time 10:23:32
    Track 4, start time 14:31:20
    Track 5, start time 18:32:32
    Track 6, start time 23:18:20
    Track 7, start time 27:47:20
    Track 8, start time 33:13:20
    Track 9, start time 37:05:70
    Track 10, start time 41:04:20
    Track 11, start time 44:44:57
    Track 12, start time 48:47:42
    Track 13, start time 52:55:57
    Track 14, start time 56:07:70
    Track 15, start time 60:15:32
    Track 16, start time 63:03:57
    Track 17, start time 68:22:42
    Track 18, start time 71:58:70
    Audio CD reading succeeded.
    Get drive speed succeeded.
    The drive CDR speeds are: 8 10 16 40 48.
    The drive CDRW speeds are: 8.
    The drive DVDR speeds are: 8.
    The drive DVDRW speeds are: 8.

    Force Optical Power Calibration before burn is turned on in the preferences.
    The last failed audio CD burn had error code 4261(0x000010a5). It happened on drive D: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B on CDR media at speed 16X.
  • vduboisevduboise Posts: 1,937
    Sorry to say, but I'm a Mac person- so I can't really help figuring it out. The only thing I can suggest is going to the site of the maker of your cd burner and see if they have the latest drivers (firmware) for your machine.

    Still my best guess is that the dye of newer cd just are not compatible to your drive. Try using an external drive and seeing if that works for you.
  • so-much-clearerso-much-clearer Posts: 303
    Backing up on discs is a waste, flash drive or USB hard drive is the way to go!

    Otherwise, your computer probably came with CD burning software and you can drag and drop files with that.

    Actually I think Vista (maybe XP but I forget) has the ability to just drag and drop files onto a blank CD window and burn from there.

    You can fit a lot more songs onto a data disc than a playable audio disc.
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