CD-RW drive cannot read CD-RW disc

[lowbk]

hi everyone, i'm having a little problem and need your advice.

i have a CD-RW disc that was formatted so that i can "drag and drop files" into the CD using windowsXP. initially all was fine, but now, the CD-RW drive is unable to read the CD.

surprisingly, when i insert the CD to CD-ROM drive, the contents can be displayed. but when i insert the CD to another CD-RW drive of another computer (also using XP), that CD-RW drive is also unable to read the contents of the CD.

i am baffled. does the problem lies with the DRIVE or the DISC?

the CD was formatted using roxio easy cd creator 5's directCD format utility.

 

[kiddpete]

Easy CD Creator, Nero, etc. use their own formats for creating this type of disk. You need a little program that Roxio provides on the second XP machine. Unfortunately, I don't recall the name of the program. Perhaps it is mentioned in your documentation.

 

[ANFPS26]

You need UDF Reader:

http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,39025604,39051301s,00.htm

Jim

 

[cdogg]

Either suggestion should work. If the other XP machine has DirectCD installed (same version), then it should have no problems reading the formatted CD. The problem is software!


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