No writer detected after several successful burns

[docwatt]

I am running windows seven with VM fusionware and have burned a number of disks until today when it tells me I have no writers detected in the destination field. I assume it isn't imgburn but my windows install on my Mac but just wondering if anyone has come across this yet.

 

I've attached a screen shot...

Edited February 14, 2010 by docwatt

[Cynthia]

Can you see the drives in Windows Device Manager?

[docwatt]

Can you see the drives in Windows Device Manager?

 

 

Yes it seems to...

[Cynthia]

My knowledge of VM fusionware is zero.

 

No idea if this helps.

 

http://communities.vmware.com/message/526994;jsessionid=C2D96CCBD02BAD8BB75FB83180BAA84E

 

There is also a setting in ImgBurn; in the I/O tab - SPTI - Device Enumeration method, that could be worth to try the different options. 'Drive Letter' sometimes works better when you are using emulators.

 

You can read more in this guide about the above option.

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=6232&st=0&p=65053entry65053

[docwatt]

My knowledge of VM fusionware is zero.

 

No idea if this helps.

 

http://communities.vmware.com/message/526994;jsessionid=C2D96CCBD02BAD8BB75FB83180BAA84E

 

There is also a setting in ImgBurn; in the I/O tab - SPTI - Device Enumeration method, that could be worth to try the different options. 'Drive Letter' sometimes works better when you are using emulators.

 

You can read more in this guide about the above option.

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=6232&st=0&p=65053entry65053

 

Interesting... That put me one step forward. Now it doesn't see the media. I will have to look at it again in the morning s It's getting late here and I have to work early. Thanks for the help so far.

 

[Cynthia]

'Unknown' could indicate that ImgBurn doesn't know if it's a DVD writer. Look in the Tools -> Device -> Capabilities to see what it can do.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It's not passing the I/O directly to your drive - hence why the name is the default VMWare one.

 

Double check you've got the drive configured for direct access in vmware options for that virtual machine and that it's not going to an image file or whatever.

[docwatt]

Thank you, that was the problem. I only downloaded VMware to run imageburn so I didn't take much time to learn it. Any chance of an Mac OSX version ever?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Nope, sorry