I have seen this kind of problem with CD's that were written with CD ROM
Writers. Regular commercial CD's will read just fine but CD's written by CD
ROM writers will freeze the computer.  Some CD ROMs just don't like some
kinds of CDR media and some will not read any CD's that were written by a CD
ROM writer at all.  If you look at the data side of the CD ROM and it is
blue, gold or green then it has been written on a computer with a CD ROM
Writer.  If this is your problem the only way to solve it is to get a new CD
ROM that will read CDR media.

Mary Wolden


>Hello all,
>
>I am having a baffling problem with my CD Drive. It plays audio CDs just
>fine, and some of my data CDs autostart just fine. But I have had
>intermittent problems with some of the data CDs that do not start, and do
>not allow me to start them manually (i.e. when I try to access the drive
>with a CD in it, I get an error message saying that the drive is not
>accessible).
>
>Now I have purchased a new program on CD and every time I try to install
it,
>the CD drive light goes on, the HDD light goes on, and that is the end of
>it. I get hung every time. The only escape is a hard reset. I have tried
>over and over, but to no avail.
>
>I know the CD is not defective, since I can get it to autostart just fine
in
>another computer. So, there must be something wrong with my drive. But
since
>some CDs work, and all audio CDs work, it can't be a universal fatal
>problem.
>
>Anyone have any ideas. I am dying to install this new program! :(
>
>Thanks to all,
>
>Michael Wosnick
>
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