On 17 Sep 98 at 20:37, Michael Gerke wrote:

> Recently I have found that when I attempt to read from certain
> CD-ROM's I get a message that tells me : (G:\ Is not accessable.
> The device is not ready.)

  Ordinarily, this message may mean that the drive door is open, or
that the drive is reporting no disk present.

> This has happened with several CD's that I've received from MSN
> and AT&T Worlnet. However, when I place my Encarta CD or music CD
> in my drive, it works fine.
>
> What could cause a perfectly new CD to become unable to be read?

  If the media is actually CD-RW [and this sounds *unlikely* in your
case, but not impossible], it may not be readable in some older
drives.

  If the CD was written in multi-session mode, and was not
"closed" (finalized -- no more sessions can be added later), it may
not be readable in some older drives.
  Yours may be one of them.

David G

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