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

In news:C491AE95-BF59-435B-8DDF-2331CEB7947A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Traci Z. <TraciZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I basically used it as a floppy disk in that I dragged and dropped
> files onto it daily until it was full. It was formatted in Windows
> 98. The funny thing is that all the other computers in our office
> running Windows XP can see it. I thought maybe I was missing a
> setting somewhere in my computer.
>
> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> 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
>> --

The other computers see the files fine but that one does not? Does that
CD-ROM have problems with reading other CDs? If they can see it fine on
other PCs then the trouble is a bit more disturbing in that it could be
hardware related.

Galen
--

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

Sherlock Holmes


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