"Record Now" Software Woes!

This is for PC users:

Ok, so I have thrown out countless blank CD's after my burning program "Record Now" said the CD was bad and I needed to insert a new blank CD. We are talking probably 30 or more in the last year. I figure its because my computer is old and the drive is becoming less than reliable. After talking with a few people I discover they are also having trouble with "Record Now" software, so i decide to uninstall it and go back to using the right click on the file and select "send to" my CD drive. I then discover that option was dissabled (most likely by the demon "Record Now" program).

Long story short, I am posting this in hopes of saving someone many blank CDs that are not bad in the first place, its the software!

To re-enable the right click and send to CD option or the drag and drop into the CD. Open your "My Computer". Right click on your CD drive letter and select "Properties". Under the DLA tab, make sure the check mark is present for "Enable DLA on your drives". Then go to the Recording tab. Here you need to have a check mark present for "Enable CD recording on this drive". You now should have the option to right click and send to CD or drag and drop into the CD folder to burn your CDs.

After doing this, I pulled out one of those many CDs from the to be thrown away pile only to find it was perfectly fine. It recorded faster than the "Record Now" program had ever accomplished and proved that I have wasted many good and usable CDs thinking they were bad.

Oh well, at least the problem is fixed now and maybe someone else will be saved the headaches now...

Good luck!