Hello,
Thanks for your suggestion. I downloaded something called "CDBurner XP," and tried that with no success. The final message that I get is in a box titled "File View," and it says "D:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function." Truth to tell, I don't know what that means really. The CD comes out of the burner unformatted. And when I put the same CD back in the drive, instead of the original notation "Blank CD" it says "unrecognized data." And the only reason it comes out of the burner is because I shut everything down. If I don't do that the burner keeps the CD, the little light keeps flashing, and it can go on for hours like that. I've tried "Scan Disc," a function on the Direct CD utility screen, and the message I get is that Scan Disc cannot repair the CD because there is insufficient space on the CD. And this is on the CD that was, at first, blank, and then was notated with "unrecognized data." Curiouser and curiouser! I've placed other CDs in the drive, ones I've put family pictures on, and I can look at them with no difficulty; I can add photos to them and delete photos from them. Since I've reinstalled the software, Easy CD Creator Basic, I thought the formatting problem would go away. No luck. Any thoughts? Again, thanks for your responses.