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CD Burning/compatibility question in XP

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  • 02-01-2004 10:18pm
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    Jokah
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have an old CD that was burned using old software. Its got some important data on it and I need to retrieve it.

    Now, when I put it in my machine, running on XP home edition, the CD is not recognised. I kinda expected this.

    Is there anyway of retrieving the data from the CD using a different reading/writing program, different to the one found on Windows XP?

    Any help would be appreciated on this.

    I know the CD can work on older machines but i have no way of transferring it onto this one.

    Thank you.


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    joePC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭joePC


    Must be very old if you cant read it under XP, I know its got to do with the ISO standard, try mounting it under linux if you can, if not maybe the CD is corupt, never can across this before...........


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    Jokah
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭Jokah


    Yes its quite bizarre. But im using a program that is recovering some of the stuff.

    Its taking its sweet time, but working.

    But its very annoying all the same.

    Thanks for your advice


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