PC help: Nero’s firing blanks

Check your disc-writing settings

Q I have created several CD-RW discs using Nero and my new CD burner, but when I insert the disc again to see if it has burned correctly, I find that there is nothing at all on it. I am using Windows Me.
John Wale

A Nero has an option to simulate the burning of a disc – this goes through the whole process, in the same amount of time as it takes to actually burn a CD, and you might see some activity on the light on the front of the disc drive. But in this case nothing is actually copied to the disc.

To see whether you’re accidentally simulating burning a disc instead of actually burning one, open Nero and go through the process of creating a new disc. Before burning it, click the File menu and select Compilation Properties. Click the Burn tab in the dialogue box that appears. Make sure the box marked Simulation is not ticked, and that the box marked Write is ticked. Click OK.

When you click the Burn button, a similar dialogue box will appear; make sure the same options are still selected – Simulation is not ticked, but Write is. Burn a disc – this time, data should appear on it when you check it.