don't know....it's preety complicated!!!!!!!!!!!!

There seems to be a slight misunderstanding.

I can't RIP an image file FROM the CDr or DVD rom TO my Hard drive.

Still looking for help. :-/

Does your computer lock up?
Is the disk still spinning? Does it sound like the drive is trying to access the disk?

Just some questions for a bit more knowledge.

The computer does not freeze.
The drive sound is going up and down, up and down, forever untill I cancel the rip.

ForceASPI 1.7 maybe???
 

On the issue of using WinXP. Did this burner work before you installed XP? XP needs ASPI layers installed. Search the 'net for "ForceASPI 1.7". It's ASPI layer for XP and Win2K. Might be your trouble.

p.s. This comes to mind since you mentioned a "fresh" install of XP. Burners just don't seem to work without loading an ASPI first. Try it.

OH FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!!!!
Ok boys and girls.. i guess i will have to sit all of you down and teach you people about something that has been an issue with XP since it was in BETA form...
BIONIC_TUNA (and the rest of you guys who dont know what it means to READ about XP and the piece of crap that it is!!!)
XP DOES NOT DO ISO'S !!!! i will only say it 1 time..
there are few things you need to do.. first off stop listening to these guys and just read what i am about to say.. the rest of you pay attention too...
1) since beta form it has been known that XP does not handle ISO images.. there is a special utility to bring the ISO aspect of recording to winXP but you got to download it and it is something that someone somewhere made.. but it works.. try cdrsoft.cc under downloads/cdr tools...
2) You HAVE to disable the cd burning aspect of XP if your gunna use something like NERO.. or any other 3rd party burtning program.. again tweakxp would have instructions on how to do that....now if you like adaptec then leave the XP burning program alone cause thats about how good it is.. in otherwords ITS JUNK!!!.. it has also been known since beta form that Microsoft integrated a copy protection protection scheme (that is not a type o ) into XP so that copying games/programs would be nice and hard.. again.. disabling the XP burning program should take care of it but thats no guarentee..
3)
well you already did 3 by getting the NERO update for XP
4) make your images which i assume is gunna be an ISO, with ISO BUSTER,, i dont wanna hear any crap talk about that program cuz everyone of you who are reading this knows its the best ISO program out there... then if you want to make a cd from the ISO.. just burn it with NERO..
This is not a hardware
4) if you are needing to use fast error skip then your not burning files for your lan party.. YOUR BURNING A GAME WITH AT LEAST SAFEDISK V1 or 2 on it.. and because you posted this on the 15th of Jan.. i would say your either trying to burn Medal of Honor or Return to Castle Wolfenstien... am i wrong.. no?.. then why are you trying to burn FILES to an iso.. thats just crazy.. there is absolutely no need to do this.. NO ONE in a lan party will be able to crap with an iso but download the whole thing.. and then what.. they need to unpack it to a file.. or burn the image to CD to ge tthe files.. by then the party is over..
5) updating the ASPI layer is an idea,,, but illtell ya from XPerience.. DONT.. it screwed up MY XP when i did it.. that is after about 3 times of trying it and it telling me that it could not install it. i dont remember the error i just know that i DID download the ASPI for XP.. so be careful..

Also. how long are you letting the iso burn at 0% .. uhm hello.. again here is an issue we have all known about for how many years now.. if it sits at 0% for a while let the friggin thing sit.. my god.. if it sits for an hour at 0% then id say your screwed..

you guys need to go to tweakxp and READ cuz XP is not Windows 98 nor Windows 2000.. Microsoft did things with XP that is causing havok for people like us.. and you know what i mean by that...

im sorry if i sound like a jerk but i read Tuna's posting and NEW RIGHT AWAY what the problem was.. and then i sat here and read about you guys leading this poor chap on a wild goose chase all over his system..
that LiteOn burner you got is top notch Tuna.. leave it be.. although i will say this.. and dont ask how i know.. i just know.. LiteOns are causing issues in XP.. so you might want to stick to the message boards and look for people having problems with liteon cd burners.. ill chk when i get back to work and see for sure what the issue was and post back here my findings..
ONCE AGAIN... ITS XP.. always has been the problem and always will be..ITS JUNK!!!
stick to Win2k or windows 98 if you want to get anything done Tuna..

Are you using the burning software included with XP? If you are don't! Go spring for something else!

I am having the exact problem that b/tuna is having. I am not running XP, I use 98. I have tried CloneCD, BW and Adaptec, all failed to read the cd in my CD drver. I am completely new to this burning stuff and its driving me nuts.

Well i got another idea...What Mobo do you have?

Well i never read V elstat;'s post. i have used Clonecd successfully on win XP pro....I have never had a problem so far. i haven't disabled xp burning software...

Me neither.
I have never had to disable anything in XP & have used Easy Cd Creator & Nero with no problems at all.
Even burning ISO's.
CloneCD has functioned fine too.
I have installed alot of cd writers under XP & have never had this problem with ISO's on them either.

Regards,
Einstein

But i must say that easy cd creator and Adaptec whatever have knwon to give problems

you gentleman are right about NOT having to disable the burning aspect of XP.. it does not need to be done.. i only mentioned it because TUNA was having such a hard time with making an ISO of the 1 CD.. no others.. just that one.. i still think he's tryin to iso a game with SD2 on it and not just a bunch of files on a disk.. of course i could be wrong on that part to.. i dont ISO cd's with JUST files on them.. there just is no need...
Another thing to think about Tuna is simply trying another type/brand of CD.. that is just something to try.. and your not trying to make an ISO from a CDR-W are you??.. i have never tried that.. but.. again.. just something to think about.. it might not work with a CDR-W...???

so when you try and rip from a cd, it keeps whirring and whirring, but never reads data. would these happen to be protected cd's? because this sounds EXACTLY like what happens when you try and image a safedisc cd with shitty software.

also, i have windows xp, and i never had an issue with it and burning using 3rd party apps. of course, maybe the bootleg version is to blame. all in all, i think bionic should fdisk his hd, format it nfts and install xp pro. no probs here :)........yet

music too?