I have an older PowerMac 8100/AV w/ built in CD drive. I can't get a blank CD to spin up and have the icon appear to open so I can copy some computer files to the blank CD. I have tried some already written CD's and they spin up and show an icon and I can open them but they're locked, obviously not re-writable CD's.
Need some help...
PowerMac, iOS 7.0.5
A normal Power Macintosh 8100AV would have a plain CD-ROM drive. With that type of drive, it is not possible to write/burn a CD at all.
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP375
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP378
Jan
Well. That's a fine how do you do. My problem is my output service bureau doesn't take my Zip disks anymore. They said I need to bring in a CD with my files on it. Being the Zip drive is on my SCSI bus, I believe I would need an external CD drive with capabilities to write to CD's. Any ideas where I could get one of these? Thanks.
You should be able to locate external SCSI CD burners at places like eBay.
A random search also resulted in the following internal CD-R writer:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Hewlett%20Packard/C6020I/
(but do verify the system requirements for CD-burning).
Which operating system is running on the 8100AV? One problem could be to find the necessary software. Before buying anything, ensure that an appropriate (old) version of a burning application is available for your machine.
You may also want to ask the service bureau why they are not accepting your Zip disks. If the problem merely is that they do not have a suitable/working Zip drive any more, one alternative could possibly be for you to provide them with a separate USB Zip drive (capable of reading the same type of disks that you are using in the SCSI Zip drive).
BTW, do you have access to any other computers (Mac or PC)?
Jan
Trouble copying computer files to CD
