You might have just gotten a bad burn, or the reader drive
does not "like" the brand of disk you used...
But more likely, it sounds like you might have used DirectCD
or Universal Disk Format (UDF), a "packet writing" type of burning...
You have two choices (if I am correct in what you did).
1) Install packet reading/writing software program on the XP machine
that is compatible with the one you used. They are (or always were)
particularly version specific and incompatible.
OR, Burn a new CD-R. Use the CD burning program as an authoring
or "Mastering Program" and burn in ISO Level 1, Mode 1,
Character Set ISO 9660, WITH Joliet Extensions. Joliet = (Secondary
Volume Descriptor and directories using Unicode.)
Another way to put that easier (since I don't use your burning program
and can't give an exact "follow the dots" answer) is to start a compilation
and add files to it normally.
If you need to find out how the existing CD-R was recorded, I recommend
ISOBuster. It will tell what filesystem is on the CD-R. The free version
(not registered) is "good enough" for a beginner.
http://www.isobuster.com/isobusterdownload.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loy Pressley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:37 AM
Subject: CD-R Readable Between Computers
> Hello,
>
> I have a friend who got a virus on a laptop. In the process of getting
> rid of the virus, they formatted drive C: updated to WinXP, and reloaded
> all the software. All went well and all the software loaded is
> operating. The laptop, however, had some free programs downloaded from
> the Internet that could not be reloaded because there was no disk to
> reload from. The laptop no longer has a modem installed.
>
> I copied the software that was missing on the laptop from the Internet
> to my computer, burned them to a CD-R, and attempted to install them on
> the restored laptop. The laptop will not read the CD-R that I burned.
> It shows only two UDF files on the CD-R -- not the files that I burned
> to it.
>
> I burned the CD-R using Roxio Easy CD and DVD Creator Ver. 6. and I
> elected, when the data disk was ejected, to made the CD-R readable on
> other computers.
>
> How can I get the laptop to properly read the CD-R that I've created on
> my system so that I can install the software on the laptop?.
>
> My system is WinME with Roxio Easy CD and DVD Creator Ver. 6. The
> laptop has WinXP Home with no other apparent, dedicated CD or DVD
> software. The laptop does, however, read and write CDs because the
> owner is writing and reading files from Microsoft Word to a CD drive in
> the laptop.
>
> I hope I've made the problem clear. I'll be happy to supply additional
> information.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help in solving this problem.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Loy
>
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