Re: XP can't see directory / file structure on CD / DVD


"mungflesh" <robert_rickard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>A friend of mine just bought a Dell Dimension 3000 and after the inital
> XP configuration wizard we tried a mixed mode CD which found (and
> played) the audio ok but wouldn't show the directory structure beneath
> D:\, even though it found and displayed the volume label OK.
>
> So I then tried a DVD+R which I had previously burned on another PC.
> Again, it showed the volume label but we could not view the folders. It
> just did nothing. So I tried a plain CD-R with files on it and again
> the same thing.
>
> I have been told now that it will also play movie DVDs too.
>
> It would appear the hardware and drivers are fine (device mgr reported
> DVD rom was working ok) but then something is wrong at the OS level so
> that it can't see file structures. Does anyone know of a fix for these
> symptoms ?
>
> I didn't check, but I assume it's XP SP-2, pre-installed.

The CD-R that it would not read was just a data disc?

Will it read or autorun a commercial program installatoin CD?

Will it read a USB mem stick and a floppy disk (assuming it has a floppy
drive)?



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