Why Nero 6.0.0.11 gave this error ?? 2

[busuabo]

I've been using Nero 6.0.0.11 for a few weeks with no problem. Yesterday, when I tried to burn a data CD from the HD , it gave out the error message : " Drive is in use by another application" even though there was only a blank CD in the CD-RW drive. Everything seemed normal until I clicked "Burn" in the final stage. I have done the following without success :

1) Uninstall Nero and cleanup its entries in the Registry using "Registry Crawler"
2) Reinstall Nero from scratch.

On the other hand , I could burn another CD using Cheetah on the same burner . So, this is a software problem with Nero.
__I wonder if DirectCD has anything to do with this as I also used this program to copy files on UDF formatted CD-RWs for backup purposes.

Please advise how to fix this problem ( My system : WinXP Pro Sp1, Celeron 900 ).

Thanks

 

[bcastner]

It may be an IMAPI conflict. Try it with the IMAPI service disabled.

BTW, stay current with updates to Nero 6.x, it is a remarkably buggy release.

 

[busuabo]

Thanks for the tip but how can I turn off IMAPI service in WinXP ? I am a real novice in this area.

 

[shaner66]

start - run, type services.msc

Find "IMAPI CD Burning service" in the list, right click and choose properties.

Change it to disabled and stop the service if it's running.

 

[busuabo]

Thanks ,shaner66 and bcastner, for the excellent tips. ! Bcastner's diagnosis was right-on ! and Nero was back and "Baby burns, baby !!" Thank you...