bought a used cd-rw with Easy CD but it wont burn a correct cd of mp3s

[AL Romero]

so i got this cd-rw with e.c.c. 5 and i installed everything to find out that the program wouldnt work on xp and you can download an update but im not the original owner so i cant get the update. i got mad and downloaded a bunch of different nero and adaptec programs to find out that non of them work. do burning sofware makers make there products not burn mp3s anymore? i have downloaded mp3s and copied mp3 of my cds on my computer and nothing will burn correctly. they sound crazy and scratchy. and when the burner is done with a burn it says "illegal medium, burn process failed." but all the text is write and the songs r the right length. i dont get it. is there anyway to make one of these programs work? i looked thru the property menu but couldnt really see anything that would stop it from burning an mp3 file.
help? :(

[bswst501]

try updating your CD drivers
try to get the ones directly from the company that makes the drive

also please give specs on the drive

[bchur83]

All you need to do is burn it as a Data CD. Try burning at a slower speed, like 8-16x.

[AL Romero]

um, as far as specs go im not sure what u mean. its a iomega zipcd 12x4x32x cd-rw. the driver that windows gave the cd-rw when i installed it was from adaptec and when says that the drive will cause some instability and shuts down the driver. that must be the problem. i will look at iomegas site for drivers but if they dont have one what is there anything else i can do or does that mean this drive is nolonger any good as far writing cd's goes.

bchur83:

if i burn it as a data cd then how is my cd player in my car going to read it. im pretty sure it will not. i have had it tell me that a cd is a cd-rom before. and as far as slower speed goes, i will try to lower it but its already running slow.

[OnDborder]

Hmm, I think you have to burn mp3's as "data"..
If your cd player is mp3 capable, then it will read the disk.

[AL Romero]

nope, tried that long ago. if you burn it as data cd then the cd player reads it as a cd-rom disk and wont play it. at least my last 2 cars did that. nice thought tho :D

i got sick of trying different things and wasting cds so i just registered the software in my name. im sure roxio will have a problem with this seeing as how this cd code is already registered in another persons name but at this point i dont give a rats as*. i got the update know and saved it on a disk so this wont happen again. i just hope roxio doesnt kick my door down with a fat copyright lawsuit. :(