burning cds error 0x80020022

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burning cds error 0x80020022

i can burn music cds, but nothing else.

"communication to the disc drive failed (error code 0x80020022)"

no, NOT using toast.

imac intel, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Oct 30, 2007 1:12 PM

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copythat Author

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Oct 30, 2007 1:16 PM in response to copythat

um, ok, now i can't burn music either.

this thing is 7 months old. is it already dead?

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copythat Author

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Oct 30, 2007 1:18 PM in response to copythat

sorry, more details.

using on-board superdrive, resident 10.4.10 software/utilities. have had success with burning music, data, backups, but now ... nothing. it won't read either.

grrrr.

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Dec 8, 2007 2:11 PM in response to copythat

I am getting the exact same error on my iMac with is virtaully out of the box and I decided to copy some data files to dvd and cd tonight. Absolutely no go. Copies part of the files then spits it out. Have not tried copying pictures or music yet, well I cant anyway.

Help or my "oh so perfect" Mac goes back to Apple and I stick with Windows!!!

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Dec 8, 2007 3:36 PM in response to SwissSnowMonkey

I had a similar problem, same error #. My regular CD-R's would not burn. After buying a new brand of CD-R it worked fine. So just get some new disks and try that before you call Apple and wait for 9 hours for them to tell you to zap the P-RAM or unplug the computer.

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copythat Author

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Dec 25, 2007 8:39 AM in response to copythat

ok, seems to be disk-related. tried other disks and it works ok. i've read elsewhere that slot-loading superdrives have very tight tolerances. that appears to be the problem.

so the question is answered, and the problem is solved, although not entirely to my satisfaction. (i mean, i wasn't using off-brand disks to begin with. so now i have a whole stack of disks that don't work in my $1,500 imac. hrummph. maybe i should buy an external burner so i can use them up. the on-board drive reads them fine, it just won't burn them.)

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mirisola

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Jan 5, 2008 10:18 AM in response to copythat

I guess this is a solution. What brands worked best?

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