can I get a CD writer to work on my computer?

[jeff house]

I've just got a computer that has a Pentium MMX 200 megahertz CPU, 128
megabytes of RAM and 3 gigabytes of disc space.

I really want it for copying music CD's, but I've been told that the
machine just doesn't have a high enough specification to take a CD
writer. Is this true?

I don't care how slowly it copies - if it takes all night to copy one
CD, then that's fine. If anyone can advise me on a CD writer and
associated software that would work, I'd be very grateful.

[sethra]

jeff2003house@yahoo.com (jeff house) wrote in
news:9aa65bb7.0308120442.622d78f6@posting.google.com:
I've just got a computer that has a Pentium MMX 200 megahertz CPU, 128 megabytes of RAM and 3 gigabytes of disc space. I really want it for copying music CD's, but I've been told that the machine just doesn't have a high enough specification to take a CD writer. Is this true? I don't care how slowly it copies - if it takes all night to copy one CD, then that's fine. If anyone can advise me on a CD writer and associated software that would work, I'd be very grateful.

My first burner was a Ricoh 4x4x2, in an AMD K2-300 with 32 megs of ram.

It worked fine, as long as I didn't run anything else while I was
burning, or copy disks "on-the-fly."

Your computer should work just fine, but make sure the burner you
purchase supports slower burn speeds. Many of the newer burners, which
are optimized for high speed, do not burn at slower speeds. For example,
my 32x Liteon will *not* burn at less than 8x (unless there's some
firmware hack I don't know about).

Find a burner you're interested in and check reviews carefully. On that
old of a system, 8x may or may not be a problem.

cdfreaks.com may be a valuable resource.

HTH,

--
~sethra

[Eirik M Johansen]

I agree with everything written so far. However, if you only
want to burn/rip audio then I highly recommend Exact Audio
copy (www.exactaudiocopy.de) which is free!

-eirik

"sethra" <azoblue@myrealboxDOT.com> skrev i melding
news:Xns93D5DFACD80C3sethralavode@68.1.17.6... jeff2003house@yahoo.com (jeff house) wrote in news:9aa65bb7.0308120442.622d78f6@posting.google.com: I've just got a computer that has a Pentium MMX 200 megahertz CPU, 128 megabytes of RAM and 3 gigabytes of disc space. I really want it for copying music CD's, but I've been told that the machine just doesn't have a high enough specification to take a CD writer. Is this true? I don't care how slowly it copies - if it takes all night to copy one CD, then that's fine. If anyone can advise me on a CD writer and associated software that would work, I'd be very grateful. My first burner was a Ricoh 4x4x2, in an AMD K2-300 with 32 megs of ram. It worked fine, as long as I didn't run anything else while I was burning, or copy disks "on-the-fly." Your computer should work just fine, but make sure the burner you purchase supports slower burn speeds. Many of the newer burners, which are optimized for high speed, do not burn at slower speeds. For example, my 32x Liteon will *not* burn at less than 8x (unless there's some firmware hack I don't know about). Find a burner you're interested in and check reviews carefully. On that old of a system, 8x may or may not be a problem. cdfreaks.com may be a valuable resource. HTH, -- ~sethra

[Marc]

Eirik M Johansen <eirik.johansen@c2i.net> wrote: I agree with everything written so far. However, if you only want to burn/rip audio then I highly recommend Exact Audio copy (www.exactaudiocopy.de) which is free!

Great secure ripper, but the burn engine is not the greatest...
and it's limitations are most apparent on a slow computer...
I've seen Nero give perfect burns where other s/w gave buffer
underruns again and again-on a old writer that=coaster
on a newer one with burn-proof a useable disc may result,
but it will take FOREVER, and put more stress on the drive.

Your computer should work just fine, but make sure the burner you purchase supports slower burn speeds. Many of the newer burners, which are optimized for high speed, do not burn at slower speeds. For example, my 32x Liteon will *not* burn at less than 8x (unless there's some firmware hack I don't know about).

8x is the minimum, except for CDRW.
Find a burner you're interested in and check reviews carefully. On that old of a system, 8x may or may not be a problem.

If set up well, 8x should NOT be a problem for a
Pentium 1 200 MMX, assuming no other cpu or hard
drive intensive applications are running.
In some cases, some stuff that is running
in the background might have to be closed.
One thing to get rid of is Find Fast-it's
part of MicroSoft Office-and most users
don't use it anyway-but it DOES load a slow
computer down.

cdfreaks.com may be a valuable resource.

Agreed!