Unable to Burn CD's using iTunes

I've been trying for a couple of hours to burn a playlist onto a CD-R. I click "Burn Disk" on my iTunes screen and I insert a disc. However, all it says in the top bar is "Checking media". Then, it goes back to normal and the burning never occurs. Anyone else have this happen to them? And doesn anyone know how to fix it?

Dell XPS

Posted on Dec 17, 2007 5:05 PM

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Dec 20, 2007 7:55 PM in response to Dzialo

If you have a Dell Laptop, then the fix is probably a firmware update. This link should definately help. Download the file and extract it to a folder. Double click the executable and then search for the bin file (button in the upper left hand corner). Open the bin file and if your cd or dvd burner matches the bin file, the update will run. Restart the computer. This has worked every time that we have applied it.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releasei d=R173097&SystemID=LATITUDE%20PRECISION%20M90&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid =14182&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=32&fileid =235346

Copy and past the above link into your browser and download the file (see instructions above). The whole process takes about 5 minutes.

Dec 21, 2007 10:07 AM in response to Dzialo

I attempted to burn an Audio CD from itunes last night, onto a CD-R and the Error Message I received was something along the lines of 'can not burn songs onto cd b/c they are itunes songs and they can not be burned.' Is this true? I was under the impression that since I purchased these songs from istore that I would be able to burn them to a cd. Please help! Are you not allowed to burn itunes?

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