Re: XP CDROM not seeing data

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From: David Mineo (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/21/04


Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:21:52 -0700

Thanks for the reply.

This is for any CD. Purchased (pressed) and CDRs written
on other computers. All BIOSs are up to date according
to Dell.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>Did you create the CD in your computer ?
>You use what program to create it ?
>Did you use some kind of udf writer ?
>You create the CD with wich type of character set ?
>
>If the cds are standard cds you can try update the bios
of your combo
>drive... check who´s the manufacter of it.
>
>"David Mineo" <david.mineo@usa.xerox.com> wrote in
message
>news:159301c46f31$2fa88370$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have come across an interesting issue that I have not
>> been able to find any information about.
>>
>> I have a Dell C640 laptop with a combo DVD/CDRW drive
in
>> it. It is running Windows XP SP1 (with all latest
>> patches from Windowsupdate)
>>
>> When I insert a CDROM, the drive will spin for a few
>> moments. When I go to my computer, it will show that
the
>> CD has 0 bytes. I know the CD is good, and I have
tried
>> multiple CDs. If I look under Disk Management(under
>> computer management mmc) it shows that the cdrom has
>> 337MB (latest cd I put in) or whatever. So I know that
>> at some level the OS sees the CD properly.
>>
>> So the question is, why can't I access the information
on
>> the disk from Windows Explorer/command prompt/anything?
>>
>> I do not believe it is a hardware issue, as I can boot
>> from a bootable CD without issue.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>> Dave
>
>
>.
>



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