Help! Burned CD not being recognised

[FREDA]

hi all! I copied data from my old hard drive onto a CD using adaptec directcd on windows millenium edition. it copied fine and that old computer recognied the files on the CD whenever i loaded it, however, on my new PC (windows XP) when i try to load the CD to copy the files across, it doesnt recognise it as a cd with data on it and thinks its a blank one. I used all the correct options on the adaptec software which should allow the cd to be read on normal CD drives so im at a loss . any ideas?
cheers
FREDA

[newswatcher]

Two possibilities - firstly, have you made sure that the "burnt" file(s) was successfully "closed" when created? Sometimes a CD reader will not be able to "see" a file which is still "open".

Secondly, there may be a compatibility problem. Can you read any "burnt" discs on your drive? Try and create a CD on a friend's CDW and see if you can read that. Either way, contact the manufacturer of your drive to see if there are any known problems.

Sorry, can't offer any more at this stage.

[spannersatcx]

Further to newswatcher, I remember when I used to use ezcd/direct cd the pc that you were trying to read it from had to have a udf reader installed, if it didn't have ezcd/direct cd on it that is. What version of ezcd/direct cd are you using, if it is version 4 then this may be your problem, it may well need updating. Most info can be found on Roxio website.

I used to swear by ezcd, now I use nero, much better and easy to use for CD/DVD writing.

[Background Noise]

I've had that problem too. Is it a CD/R or a RW? I couldn't read CD/RW on another computer but could on my own. UDF reader sorted it I think, but have you tried reading it in the RW drive ie the one that wrote it? or just in the ROM drive?

Lastly, if it's a new install, you may need to install adaptec again on the new computer before you can read the old stuff.

[Kotare]

I used to use adaptec/directcd and found it a right royal b....d to re-install. You only have to miss one registry entry on the unistall and it will tell you you already have a copy and won't re-install. Along with other problems such as you are having, I eventually went to Nero and haven't had a problem since.
But that doesn't solve your problem. I did come across a site that gave information on how to retrieve data off CD's that had died. I could try and hunt it down again and post them if that would help?.
cheers

[Tonic Please]

This might help

I did some research for you...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;321640


I dont know, it might be a solution.

Dan

[FREDA]

many thanks for the replies everybody.
i gave up in the end and took the pc's round to my far more computer literate mate who networked them and transferred my stuff that way cos i needed it done sharpish (off to NZ tonight). Ill look into the nero software for the future though.

thanks again

[RomeoTangoFoxtrotMike]

A quick (well slow) "fix" is to try recording at a slower speed. I've occasionally had CDs recorded at 20x or 16x that wouldn't read on another system. Tried re-cutting at 8x and it read fine on the other system. Perhaps the two drives were right at the opposite ends of the tolerance band...

[Tonic Please]

I burn mine at 48x, and have never had problems on any format disc (video, music, data), on any machine other than mine.

Strange.