Nero 8 DVD burning issues please help!

first

you have 3 drives yes? 2x roms and 1x HD

so in any case you should see a primary channel and a secondary channel, not heard of only seeing a primary before? but i could be wrong

are any of your drives SATA connection or are they IDE? you may have 2x IDE (primary) 1x sata not sure?

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Determine maximum speed : FALSE
Simulate : FALSE
Write : TRUE
Finalize CD : TRUE
Multisession : FALSE
Burning mode : TAO
Mode : 1
ISO Level : 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 char)
Character set : ISO 9660
Joliet : TRUE
Allow pathdepth more than 8 directories : TRUE
Allow more than 255 characters in path : TRUE
Write ISO9660 ;1 file extensions : TRUE

try burning in DAO mode not TAO (a silence remover)

and burn abit slower Burn process failed at 48x (7,200 KB/s)

but yeah on windows burning it may be running on spti driver (windows operating system default)

nero runs on or should? winaspi for IDE i think not sure on SATA rom drives...

for checking firmware to drives i use imgburn a free app very good, go to MODE/DRIVES/FIRMWARE update check

 

First I would make sure that IMAPI services is turned on in Windows Services. If this were my situation I'd go for a fresh install of the OS. A lot of times the more you muck with it the worse it gets.