Re: Extremely Weird CD Problem

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Indeed this is extremely strange! Hmmmmmm

when you plug in the USB drive into vista, (is that what you mean when you say notebook? vista is on your notebook?)
does it "see" all the files from the usb drive?

If so then its not vista that’s the problem.. something is wrong with your cd rom drive... !

I cant explain it any other way.. does the cdrom (or dvdrom) work with all other disks normally?

Are you sure you are using cdroms? and not DVD roms? if you are using DVD then there is DVD+R and DVD-R
that may be messing up the whole thing...if you are using for example dvd-r while the device can read dvd+r

You can download the TRIAL of dvdinfo pro that will tell you exactly what your device is capable of reading

http://www.dvdinfopro.com/index.php

is the original cd with the presentation along with all your copies written on the SAME BRAND OF MEDIUM, meaning
the same brand of blank cd? If so try writing the presentation on a blank DVD of a different brand....

why? not all hardware are compatible with all brands of disks....



"pbl" <pbl@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2F3436BA-B3D2-4C89-910A-021B5EDD78D6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Did exactly as you said leap frog - created a new folder on the 2nd notebook, copied all files (384 of them) to that folder, burnt the folder contents to another CD, checked to make sure the new CD 'worked' on the 2nd notebook - yep all working. Placed the new CD into my vista notebook drive and dammit only the three audio files show again. Not to be outsmarted by Vista, I copied all the files to a USB flash drive on the 2nd notebook, inserted it into a spare USB port on my notebook and guess what - the presentation started automatically.

So what's going on here?

"leap frog vista" <leapfrog@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:48c129d9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
then do this: create a folder on another computer, dump all the files in the folder from the cd,
and make a new cd and burn the files from the folder into the new cd.

I suspect that the image you tried, just creates an exact copy INCLUDING the split in "tracks" that is causing the problem in the first place.

Tell me if this works...



"pbl" <pbl@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:04042538-9E04-461F-9BAD-41F1DBA4BFF2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks but I tried this and it didn't work. Actually I created a disk image of the first CD and burnt that to a new CD. Is that what you meant? I get the same problem - only 3 audio tracks show up and none of the other files. Maybe it is a Vista thing because all the other computers I have tried it on where it works are XP machines, or maybe it is just peculiar to my machine????

"leap frog vista" <leapfrog@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:48c11379@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hello,

it seems you have a multisession cd that has more than one track, and for some reason the track where the other info is located is not accessible to your vista computer. I have seen this some times.. but mostly with older hardware. V

Make a copy of the cd on the laptop computer (by making a new cd - copy) and then use the copy for your vista machine.

it will work




"pbl" <pbl@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B271711E-1F34-4ECB-BB27-6EB1864320B4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Mick but these aren't powerpoint files, they're flv, which I think are adobe flash files. Just tried it on my wife's notebook - works perfectly and noticed all the .flv extensions.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0E6EC3C9-7CA9-4020-A569-9EA554961A7C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A lot of presentations are done in Power Point, and application in Microsoft
Office.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld (Sunshine State) - Australia


"pbl" wrote:

I have a training CD that delivers a presentation with links to video
vignettes. It also has three audio files that aren't a part of the
presentation. To start the presentation I simply put it in the drive and
away it goes. I'm assuming it is an Adobe Flash presentation or something
similar. If I 'open' the CD to view its contents I can see multiple media
files and folders. Well that's what happens for all other computers but with
my computer all I can see are the three audio files, there are no folders
and no other files are visible at all and of course windows media player or
PowerDVD wants to play these 3 audio files. I have the latest version of
adobe flash player installed and folder options are set to display hidden
files. Any idea what is going on here??




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