Re: Can't see files on a full CD-Rw

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In news:049A9F22-E2E9-4D8E-99CC-94FF1E9ED298@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Traci Z. <Traci Z.@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> How come windows XP views my full CD-RW as a blank CD, but shows that
> it has no available space on it. I just want to be able to view the
> files on the CD, but it won't let me. I checked and I have told the
> drive to use with DLA. What am I missing here?

Did you burn it as a multi-session disk and keep adding more and more stuff
to it? Sometimes that will make the disc corrupt at certain sectors and most
software will be unreadable. When this situation crops up I tend to use:

CD and DVD Data Recovery and Rescue tool (CD Data Recovery):
http://www.isobuster.com/download

Galen
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"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes


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