Re: CD Reader Not Reading

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Possibilities include:

1. bad CD drive. Try other CDs. If most can not be read, then get a new
drive. I have had some optical drives last for years, but I have also had
others die in as little as two years.

2. marginal/antiquated CD drive. Try other CDs. If some can not be read,
but others can, then either get a new drive or accept the situation. For
example, some older CD drives have trouble with some newer/faster CDs and/or
the precise color of the dye on the CD. Of course, you could try writing at
a slower speed and on some otther brand of media. Note that CD-R media is
more likely to be readable on an arbitrary drive than CD-RW media.

3. good drive but bad/maginal/imperfect CD: Try other CDs. If all can be
read, except this one, this there is something strange about this one CD.
For example, is the CD "closed" or "finalized"? A perfectly made CD can be
read on essentially any computer, even on a MAC or a LINUX box. But, the
default in some CD-writing software is to leave the CD "open" for additional
inforamtion. Such a CD can be read on the machine that created it, and on
some other machines, depending on what CD writing software they have. But,
it can not be read on all machines.

4. Format of the CD? A plain CD-R, written in Joliet format (current
standard for CDs), and finalized should be universally readable. But, a CD
made via drag&drop (e.g., Drag-to-disk, DLA, etc) will only be readable on
machines that have associated reading software. The reading software is
usually available free form the makers of the CD-writing software. However,
installing more than one type of this sort of software on a PC can lead to
problems.

5. If all else fails, try downloading a copy of ISOBUSTER. It is part
freeware and part shareware. But, the freeware part should be enough to
read most imperfect CDs and DVDs. ISOBUSTER has several ways to read
optical media, from simply using the Windows read software to using its own.
It has an explorer-like interface.

"ZootRot" <SendMeAsMuchSpamAsPossibleBecauseILoveReceivingSpam@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:%237kf50L3HHA.1164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
WinXP Pro

I have a CD-RW with photos on it. On one computer I can access all files.
On another I cannot- the drive shows no files on the disk. I believe the
original disk was "created" in Win2k.

What diagnostics or changes can I run to ensure that my disk drive can
read all disks of whatever format?

Thanks.



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