atownpa

Hi ImgBurn Gurus. First some background: I download mp3 files from a radio talk show, burn them to a CD-RW on my ancient PC and then play them in my car because my car radio is capable of playing those types of files from that type of disc. I usually burn about 15 files to the CD every few weeks. The disc holds about 650 MB of data and the 15 files usually total about 20 MB. I'm getting tired of seeing this 20 MB of data burned to the same area of the CD over and over. That section of the CD becomes worn out and the other 630 MB of free space on the CD never gets used. So here's my question: I'd like to burn the 15 files to the CD and then a few weeks later just add the next batch of 15 files behind it on the CD so that those files cover a new area on the CD. I'd like to continue doing that until the CD fills up and then finally erase it and start over with the next batch. Each batch of 15 files would be in their own folder. So can this be done? Naturally, it would not make any sense to do this if ImgBurn is going to simply take Batch 1 and reburn it to the CD when it burns Batch 2 because I'm trying to avoid having the area of the CD under Batch 1 burned until it's time to erase the disc and reburn it from the start. Am I making any sense here? Hope so. And I hope there's a solution. Thank you.

"Ancient" would be a good word for my entire system. I'm pretty sure it was one of the relics pulled from King Tut's tomb in the 1920's by Howard Carter. Thank you for your help.

Thank you for getting back to me. Here is the log from that session: ; ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.4.4.0 - Log ; Sunday, 07 June 2009, 15:01:07 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 14:20:38 ImgBurn Version 2.4.4.0 started! I 14:20:38 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 14:20:38 Total Physical Memory: 523,568 KB - Available: 262,724 KB W 14:20:38 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 14:20:38 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 14:20:38 Initialising SPTI... I 14:20:38 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 14:20:38 Found 1 CD-RW! I 14:21:42 Operation Started! I 14:21:42 Device: [1:1:0] IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 G1.9 (F:) (ATA) I 14:21:42 Media Type: CD-RW I 14:21:42 Quick Erase: No I 14:21:42 Erasing Disc... I 14:42:48 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:21:05 I 14:55:43 Operation Started! I 14:55:43 Building Image Tree... I 14:55:58 Checking Directory Depth... I 14:55:58 Calculating Totals... I 14:55:58 Preparing Image... I 14:55:58 Checking Path Length... I 14:55:58 Contents: 15 Files, 0 Folders I 14:55:58 Content Type: Data I 14:55:58 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 14:55:58 Volume Label: KKomando I 14:55:58 Size: 200,607,677 bytes I 14:55:58 Sectors: 97,960 I 14:55:58 Image Size: 201,195,520 bytes I 14:55:58 Image Sectors: 98,240 I 14:56:13 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:30 I 14:56:13 Operation Started! I 14:56:13 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 14:56:13 Source File Sectors: 98,240 (MODE1/2048) I 14:56:13 Source File Size: 201,195,520 bytes I 14:56:13 Source File Volume Identifier: KKomando I 14:56:13 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.4.4.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 14:56:13 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 14:56:13 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 14:56:13 Destination Device: [1:1:0] IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 G1.9 (F:) (ATA) I 14:56:13 Destination Media Type: CD-RW* I 14:56:13 Destination Media Sectors: 359,847 I 14:56:13 Write Mode: CD I 14:56:13 Write Type: SAO I 14:56:13 Write Speed: 2x I 14:56:13 Lock Volume: Yes I 14:56:13 Test Mode: No I 14:56:13 OPC: No I 14:56:13 BURN-Proof: Enabled E 14:56:13 Failed to set Write Parameters! E 14:56:16 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:03 I 14:56:16 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A I 14:57:17 Operation Started! I 14:57:17 Building Image Tree... I 14:57:25 Checking Directory Depth... I 14:57:25 Calculating Totals... I 14:57:25 Preparing Image... I 14:57:25 Checking Path Length... I 14:57:25 Contents: 15 Files, 0 Folders I 14:57:25 Content Type: Data I 14:57:25 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 14:57:25 Volume Label: KKomando I 14:57:25 Size: 200,607,677 bytes I 14:57:25 Sectors: 97,960 I 14:57:25 Image Size: 201,195,520 bytes I 14:57:25 Image Sectors: 98,240 I 14:57:28 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:11 I 14:57:28 Operation Started! I 14:57:28 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 14:57:28 Source File Sectors: 98,240 (MODE1/2048) I 14:57:28 Source File Size: 201,195,520 bytes I 14:57:28 Source File Volume Identifier: KKomando I 14:57:28 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.4.4.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 14:57:28 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 14:57:28 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 14:57:28 Destination Device: [1:1:0] IDE-CD R/RW 8x4x32 G1.9 (F:) (ATA) I 14:57:28 Destination Media Type: CD-RW* I 14:57:28 Destination Media Sectors: 359,847 I 14:57:28 Write Mode: CD I 14:57:28 Write Type: SAO I 14:57:28 Write Speed: 2x I 14:57:28 Lock Volume: Yes I 14:57:28 Test Mode: No I 14:57:28 OPC: No I 14:57:28 BURN-Proof: Enabled E 14:57:28 Failed to set Write Parameters! E 14:57:31 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:03 I 14:57:31 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A I 15:01:07 Close Request Acknowledged I 15:01:07 Closing Down... I 15:01:07 Shutting down SPTI... I 15:01:07 ImgBurn closed! ;

Hi. Very very new to ImgBurn. I'd like to use it to burn mp3 files to a CD-RW disc as data files rather than audio files. I can fit a lot more files on a CD that way and they play fine in my car's radio/CD-RW player. I tried looking through the Guides here and of course it kept talking about burning mp3's as audio files. I tried using "Write Files/Folders to Disk" and it seemed to be going ok but eventually I got a message saying that I had not set the Write Parameters. Can anyone help? What procedure do I use to write mp3 files as data files and how do I get to the Write Parameters in the future if I need to set them? Thank you. AtownPA