Re: can't read burned cd of pictures?

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From: Steve Nielsen (steve_nielsen_at_nospam.nowhere.net)
Date: 05/10/04


Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 12:12:07 -0700

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

> I Actually never made the cd's myself. It was an older
> gentleman, but he says the pictures were viewable and that
> he burned them with windows 98. I informed him that not
> untill later did windows add a burn cd function, but he
> was very sure.

He had burning software installed. It might be helpful to find out which
software was used.

>
> Also on the bottoms of the cd's there is an area that
> appears to be written, but it is very small area. Could
> this be a multi-session problem? I don't think the cd's
> look damaged at all.
>

Yes, sometimes multi-session CDRs are not readable on another machine
until the CD is finalized and you'll need burning software like Nero to
finalize them.

Steve



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