Cant Read XP burned CD

[Matt H]

I a helping my friend on upgrading his software issues but I am running into a problem. I dont know if his cd-rom is not able to read CD-r's or windows 98 is not reading the CD. I used my computer that has XP to burn apps and upgrades for him. Is this a 98 issue or ahis CD-ROM? his cd rom is a dvd player so I figured it was ok of reading CD-R's

[gwallen4]

Can his DVD-drive read regular CD-Rom's (commercial software disks)?

Are you burning CD-R disks or CD-RW disks with your apps and upgrades?

[Matt H]

There normal CD-R's and yes he can read the commercial disks.

[gwallen4]

Try the disk(s) in a different computer or in a different drive. Can it be read in the computer that burned it?

I would try to burn the CD-R's with regular burning software (I'm not very familiar with XP's abilities to burn CD-R's).

I don't think this is an OS problem. More likely a CD-burner/drive problem.

By the way, nice rig. Did you build it yourself?

[Matt H]

Yea we put the CD into another comp and it worked but it had xp but funny thing is I have another friend that I used the same disk and it worked fine and he has 98 too. I used Nero 5 to burn it never had a problem but his comp. I really think its his CD-Rom.

I was trying to install sandra but its asking me to install the MDAC 2.5 first. Need to use it to ID the CD-ROM cause device manager doesnt say anything on it.

Yeah I built it my self took me awhile but most of it came from reading diffrenet forums and asking questions. Thanks

[gwallen4]

Yes, it sounds like your friend's CD-drive has a problem. Luckily, those drives are pretty inexpensive and easy to replace.