hi

thank you for being so patient with me. I have been looking at all the info on the site and getting somewhat lost

ok,
my computer is evesham
p4 2.0 ghz
80gb ide
512mbddr
16xdvd rom (HL-DT-ST GDR 8160B)
32x10x40 cdrw IDE (burnproof) sanyo crd BP1600p 3.41 clone cd tells me the device capabilitys are all yes except for readind dvd's
windows xp home edition.

Primary ide channel properties (advanced settings)
device0
DMA if available
currant tranfer mode ultra dma mode 5
device1
dma if available
currant transfer mode not applicable

I can burn audio cd's psx and noncopy protection just fine

on my old computer i copied the sims (safedisc alt)

this computer just wont have it
i normally just use my cdrewriter to write to file and then read to file with the sims it just takes forever in the end i used my dvd to write to file it took 23 min


then when i used my cd writer to read from file it looked as if it was ok and i had solved the problem but at 56% i got writing to cd failed hardware error spindle servo failure (4:0x09:0x03)

does this make any sense to you, i hope you can help

thanks
maggie