why a cd burn on my computer will not run on a other machine

[dirtfarmer]

hi i have a cd rewiter and a normal cd rom, and i make copy of all my download and info, both work fine, but both work fine reading the cd if i close them so it can be read by the normal cd rom, trouble is i made copy for my bother in law and it will not read them at all
i have win 98 he has 98 and a atapi cd rom 32x drive
i use adaptec direct cd 3.0, i try 2 time time now with the same result, all i can fique is he cd rom is not able to read burn cd, may be not a muti read who know, any anwer would be apperciate

[mjc]

It sounds likely that the problem is at his end. If you have anyone else nearby that you can try your CDs on it would be helpful in diagnosing which end the problem is at...

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[Gallaeglagh]

Try using some brand name cdrs such as TDK, Memorex or Kodak, the generic types can be hard to read on some drives. Make sure you "close" the disc when burning it.

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[iisbob]

When you burn a CD there is an option under the " advanced " tab to " close this CD so all PC's can read it" this is the one you want to choose. ( it may also be worded " close this CD so no further writing can be done ").

Your system ( since it has the CD burning software installed ) can read " open " CD's that you have created, in case you wished to add more info later-because his system doesn't have this software installed, you'll have to close them out ( finalizing " it so that his system can see the file system and correctly interpet the data on the disk. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif



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[Vic 970]

are these CDR or CDRW?

sounds like your b/i/l's rom is not a multi read.

other thing is that if you use 'packet writing' a machine without the prog requires a reader but some progs burn the reader onto the Cd during the format process, so that it automatically installs onto the donor machine.



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[dirtfarmer]

accord to adaptec yes a copy of the adapted udfread read is put on each cd when foemat, and i do close and enable standard cd rom compatibity so that not the problem

[Vic 970]

try the disc on another pc (to check that the disc is ok) & if you can get someone to burn something onto CD for b/i/l to try. it will help to narrow down the prob.

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[dirtfarmer]

try the disk on my nerhew computer work good, i can read it, so i guess my brother in law computer cd rom is NOT a mutiread cd rom, so it not able to read the disk, if it work on my normal cd rom and amy nerhew computer computer it must be his, it a old model IBM around 233 Mhz, as if that should make a diff.

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[rond36]

i use adaptec direct cd 3.0,
If you are copying the files in direct CD format your brother in law also has to be running direct CD to read them. Try copying them in CDFS format by using Easy CD Creator and choose make a data CD that can be read by... Can't remember the exact wording and cant run the prog in XP.

Does your nephew also have a CD-RW drive and running Direct CD or have the Adaptec Direct CD plugin installed?
If your nephew is running Win XP the plugin is installed with the OS
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[This message has been edited by rond36 (edited 11-25-2001).]

[iisbob]

It doesn't matter wehter it's multiread or not-the reason you " close out " a CD is to make it CD-ROM ( write once/read many ). I have an old system with a 2x creative drive and it reads my "closed " cd's just fine.

If you are able to use this cd on another person's PC, more than like the probelm CD-player is just dirty or going bad. Try a head cleaner on it, if that still doesn't work then he may just have to buy a new CD player.

Multi-read CD players debutted because people were using VCD ( video CD's ) and CDRW's-any standard CD player will read the CDR format because it was the first compatable format for CDROM's.



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[dirtfarmer]

no my nerhew computer does not have a rw rewriter cd nor does he have adapted direct cd 3.o, but he does have the adapted reader put in my me before

[rond36]

The reader is why your nephew can read them and your brother in law can't Might install reader on his PC also. It won't read Direct CD Disks till you do or write the disks in a format that his PC can read. His PC trying to read a Direct CD disk is like a Win 98 PC trying to read a NTFS formated drive (it won't happen without the right software)

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[dirtfarmer]

no i enter the adaptec reader on his computer to, as i put it there to, when i try the first time, i just try a second time last week same result as before, but this time i did not check to see if the reader was still ther, according to my brother in law it is http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

[Paleo Pete]

OK...IBM 233MHz machine tells me the machine that's having problems probably also has an older, slower CD ROM, probably 20X or slower. Those did not have the capability to read the format used with CD burners.

I had a 16X not long ago that did the same thing. I had some pictures on a CD that a friend made, and some programs backed up, they worked great on the 24X I previously had, but when it died and I got the 16X I could no longer use the burned CDs. It saw them as audio CDs with one track that wouldn't work...

Get a 24X or faster CD ROM for the problem machine. It may be 20X, I can't remember, but there is a certain cutoff speed, anything made after that should read burned CDs.

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[janparkhill]

My experience with difficulty reading Burned CD or C-RW disks by older CD ROM units began around 8x CD ROM speeds. A good rule is to install the ADAPTEC "UDF Reader" on the secondary computer that is running the older CDROM unit.

The latest version is UDFread_v501-191_inst.exe and can be found on Adaptec's home page or R O X I O's webpage (www.roxio.com)

Keep a copy handy for sharing with your friends.

Jan

[johnyuka]

Hi There

had a similar problem with a friend of mine. Turned out that the trick was that i always buy 80 min cdrs and his cd player couldn't deal with them. did him exactly the same burns using 74 min discs and everything was cool.

good job he only lives round the corner really!