I'm taking another shot at it. Could it be that you got another CDRW
software on the old machine?
The reason why i'm asking is that, your system might be using another packet
writing software. It could be that when you use windows explorer to write
data, the CDRW is mounted onto by another software other than DirectCD. Like
InCD from Nero perhaps.
Also, why not try swapping cdrom drives (test, then back again) just to
eliminate a few more possibilties to your problem?
Not Jeff,
Jess Brazil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Stewart" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 6:37 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Problem reading CD media
> As initially suggested by the moderators of this forum, I posed this
problem
> to the folks at the hardware forum PCBUILD but have yet to find something
> that works. The solution may just be software rather than a hardware
thing.
> Perhaps the PCSOFT contributors have encountered a similar problem and
know
> of a workaround.
>
> What is the determining factor on whether a CD-ROM drive will read or even
> recognize a CD/R or CD/RW?
>
> Here's the reason for my question. I had made a number of CD/Rs and CD/RWs
> on a WIN98 machine using a 16/10/40a PlexWriter. A new WIN98 machine with
an
> old "HEX-Speed" Creative Labs CD-ROM would not recognize the backed up
file
> data on either media. As well, it would not recognize an MP-3 music CD/R
> made with the same application (Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum). For the
backed
> up file data, the CD/Rs and CD/RWs were formatted first before the data
was
> written to it using Easy CD Creator. The data was written to it by Windows
> Explorer. In the case of the MP3 music CD, it was made entirely within the
> CD Creator MP3 Music Project application. The new machine would not
> recognize the CDs at all under Windows Explorer. In the case of the MP3
> music CD, neither autoplay or Music Match Jukebox would recognize it for
> play.
>
> However it will recognize both file data and MP3 music -- if they were
made
> under the auspices of the "Make a Data CD project" option of Easy CD
> Creator. In Roxio's terminology, ". . . a data CD is ideal (having the
> highest compatibility) for sharing multimedia presentations, graphics, CAD
> files, Internet downloads, Websites, and company documents with your
> colleagues.".
>
> I was hopeful when a PCBUILD contributor suggested downloading a UDF
reader
> from Roxio (creator of Easy CD Creator) but after trying it out, the WIN98
> machine still refused to recognize that anything usable was in the drive -
> in this case, both CD/Rs or CD/RWs.
>
> So I guess my question really is, would a newer CD-ROM drive in the target
> PC likely be able to recognize the differing media such as my file data
> created on CD/Rs and CD/RWs as noted above, as well as MP3 music created
> using the "Make a MP3Music project" option of Easy CD Creator? Is it that
> later models of CD-ROMs have built in recognition for these formats or
> better drivers or something - OR - is there some other software patch that
> people have had luck with?
>
> Larry Stewart Ottawa, Canada e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
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