Itunes Error Code 4261
can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked beasley71 Level 1 (0 points) Q: Cannot burn audio CD - Error 4261 Please help. I downloaded the new version of iTunes & now I can't burn CDs. I had itunes error 4261 cancelled burn no problem before.When I try to burn I get the error "The attempt to burn a the attempt to burn a disc failed. an unknown error occurred (-50) disc failed. An unknown error occurred. (4261)."How do I tell what this error means? Dell Dimension 4100, Windows XP Posted on Sep 5, 2006 12:46 PM I have this question too Close Q: Cannot burn audio CD - Error 4261 All replies Helpful answers by pac_80, pac_80 Sep 5, 2006 1:05 PM in response to beasley71 Level 6 (10,100 points) Sep 5, 2006 1:05 PM in response to beasley71 According to Toonz, 4261 is "Track following error" Top fixes for any burn issue in iTUnes is... 1) Goto the PC makers site and manually look for updates for your PC, especailly BIOs and chipset/IDE controller updates and firmware updates for the CD ROM (If it came with your PC when you bought it) 2) Slow the burn speed from "Max" to something like 12x 8x or 4x. you do this by going to edit>preferences>advanced tab>burn sub tab 3) Try a different brand or type of Blank CD You can also goto Help>run CD diagnostic and copy/paste the whole report here (So we can help you) and on apples site here (So they recieve feedback about the issue and help them build a better CD burn engine in future versions of iTunes) http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/windows/cddiagnostics/ Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by deef9, deef9 Sep 9, 2006 1:11 PM in response to pac_80 Level 1 (0 points) Sep 9, 2006 1:11 PM in response to pac_80 Sorry, already did all these things and the error still comes up. Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by SuperCarnitas, SuperCarnitas Sep 26, 2006 10:23 PM in response to deef9 Level 1 (0 points) Sep 26, 2006 10:23 PM in response to deef9 Hey folks -- My first post here, but have been lurking for a long time looking for the solution to this very frustrating problem myself.Just resolved it today, and wanted to report in. For me, it turned out to be a hardware problem.I run a Dell Dimension E310, purchased December 2005. Included was a 16X DVD+/-RW Drive, identified on its label as:H-L Data StorageDVD Writable / CD-RW DriveModel GWA-4164BManufactured September 2005ROM Ver D108I updated the firmware and still ran into Error 4261 problems.At this point I contacted Dell Tech Support, who diagnosed my m
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and i'm still having the same problem. brought my computer @ best buy they just did some diagnostics didn't solved http://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/attempt-to-burn-disc-failed-error-4261-occured.3761547/ the problem. I tried to lower my burning speed to 8x or even tried 2x nothing happened still getting that error 4261. I need help please. thanks S3xypinay, Mar 11, 2009 #1 Advertisements Bill Graham Guest "S3xypinay" <> wrote in message news:... >I wasted 20 blank cd's already and i'm still having the same problem. >brought > my computer @ best buy itunes error they just did some diagnostics didn't solved the > problem. I tried to lower my burning speed to 8x or even tried 2x nothing > happened still getting that error 4261. I need help please. thanks > > I found this on Google: A 4261 Suggestion by tracejm - 4/2/08 8:55 PM In reply to: itunes error 4261 when trying to burn disc itunes error code by sherbet I've just encountered this "unknown 4261 error" and a strange solution. Here's the course of how things went: 1 - Encountered two days ago trying to burn a specific play list in iTunes. Playlist contained both MP3 files and protected AAC. PC is four years old and never this problem to date. Restarted the PC - no change. Changed brand of media - no change. Finally decreased burning speed from "maximum" to 20x and was able to burn this playlist. I thought I had it solved. 2 - Encountered again today on a different playlist in iTunes. This playlist contained only MP3 files. No matter how slow you set the burning speed it didn't want to burn. Restarted PC - no change. Changed media - no change. Tried burning in RealPlayer - no change (same error, different looking dialog box). Tried burning different iTunes playlist - no change. I created a new playlist of one MP3 song and burned it successfully. I tried burning my original playlist and still got the error. Finally, I MOVED the first song of the playlist from the first t