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Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 24 Apr 2000 00:10:29 -0400
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> From:    Edna Sloan <[log in to unmask]>
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> I have a fairly new CD-RW drive(Memorex 2216, 2 x 2 x16).  I have no
> problems with it other than reading CD-RW media.

<SNIP>

>                                                      One other anomaly,
> is that when I eject the originally written and readable-once CD-RW with
> paperclip, and then insert a commercial CD it reads it OK, but still shows
> the name of the CD as the previously ejected CD-RW!
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Edna Sloan

This reminds me of the "phantom disk" problem that occurs with an open
CHANGELINE on a floppy drive.  It might be a bad cable, controller, CD-RW,
or a connection between them.

Check the pinout of the IDE/SCSI connection.

Boyd Ramsay

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