My aspire 5742 burns dvd but not audio music cds.it spins it and burns it but nothings written on the cd

You will need a burnable cd /dvd rw disc and cd dvd rw drive and burning software there are lots of these freeware on the web here is just a few you might try if you dont have a burning program
if you dont have two cd / dvd drives to do a copy disc

you will need to create a folder to copy the music to then burn it to a disc

to make a folder right click in my documents select new folder you can name it lets say my music blues for the sake of this exercise

click start all programs accessories open windows explorer navigate to your music cd

select the cd right click copy and then paste the music into your newly made folder folder or

click and hold the cursor and drag and drop the cd into your new folder

if you are downloading data from the internet

once it starts downloading windows will ask whether you want to run or save it
a browse option will open you can save it into your folder in my documents

once you have done this open up your burning software depending on which it is you can choose either a data cd or dvd or burn an image you would select the option make an audio cd or music cd depending on the burning sofware

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if you need more help with this post a reply

Hope this helps

is resolutions pixel problem only on the dvd disks you burn?
you might have to save the dvd to a file first then burn it to a dvd
are you copyning from another dvd or from a saved file ??
you might be burning it as data
this might be a problem with the quality of the dvd disks you are using or might be the software you are using there are lots of free burning sofrware programs on the internet
this might be because you have not selected the option to burn an audio or data dvd or your burning software does not support dvd burning
there are plenty of free burning software programs on the internet

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hope some of this helps you

codecs are diferent try burning the cd with another software like alcohol.... maybe you should adjust the speed of recording.....

Download and install Nero Burning Rom program, open it, set in the up window the option CD/DVD, get to preferite, copy CD or copy DVD option, depends by what you need, set the speed 4x for DVD or 8x for CD for have a good copy quality, insert the original disk, it will copy it, then insert the new disk to burn.

this might be because you have not selected the option to burn an audio cd or your burning software does not support audio burning
there are plenty of free burning software programs on the internet

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hope this helps

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Hi,

try re-installing your burning software ( nero-Roxio et,c )
Does it play a standard Music/Audio CD.
if not un-install and re-install the drive.
Are the cables to the drive connected correctly ?
Does the drive support CD+ And CD- media ?
Are the cds definately Blank, any small amount of data written to them, after failed burn attempts will not show the disk as being empty.

Mike @ Compurepair.

You may have what is called a combo drive...it can play and burn cds but can only play dvds, not burn them. Look at the face plate on the drive and see what is written on it. If it has the following:
Recordable Drive = CD Burner
DVD = DVD Player
RW & DVD = DVD Burner

If recordable drive and DVD is on the drive but no RW, chances are its a combo drive. Keep us posted.

Hi,
it,s one of 2 things.
1:) your recording MP3 to CD. Only recognised on a PC, or MP3 Player. The standard CD Format Is WAV.
If you burn with Nero. you should have a tickbox Which Says ( Normalise all audio Files )
2:) the disk is not finalised. Closed having written the T.O.C Table-Of Contents. this is to allow the reader viewing it, what is actually written on the disk.

Mike @ Compurepair.

IF you are burn youor CD make sure is read and writeable drive if not
get a dvd burner or cd burner a dvd is for dvd CD rewriteable
a cd is just regular CD blank CD for both make sure format when your computer
has detect 14x or 16x 700GB storage...