Unreadable CDR

Jak

Quick Question,

Basically a company was copying a big group of Data files onto a CD for me. They did this and sent it off.

Now I've got the CD and having tried on two PC's it just giving "Drive not ready Error" each time.

They swear they copied the data on .. i reckon they fked up.

What i want to know (as i dont have a Burner and have no idea about this stuff) is

a) How did they Fk this up, if they are sure something was burned

b) Is there anyway to access data on a cd when the drive just keeps spinning indefinitely and saying "drive not ready"


Cheers,

JAK.

Canaboid

Cd burning can be hit and miss, especially so if they haven't a clue about computers. It would be safe to assume they messed up the CD. Get another one from them.

Shiminay

Sometimes, a CD can only be read by the burner that created it - it's a right pain in the bum, but what can you do?
Tthis usually only happens with lower quality CDs (at least that's what I've found).

---

All the best,

Dav
@B^)
My page of stuff

Hobbes

It's possible they didn't close the disk which would cause problems for other CD readers.

If you can read it in the burner then get them to close the disk.

Another option is...
1. Right click my computer.
2. Select properties.
3. Select the third tab (I think)
4. Go to filesystem and select CD tab.
5. Switch off everything (read ahead cache, speed setting).

If you have a high speed CD-ROM switching it all off actually speeds it up and sometimes fixes that problem.

WhiteWashMan

and....
unfortunately, sometimes burnt cds just wont read on smoe systems. its the same with audio cds, sometimes they just wont play on any system other than the one that created it.
just a fact of life im afraid

Jak

Well screw life so ....

podgeen

I cant read cdrw's for some reason
any ideaS?

Hobbes

Originally posted by podgeen:
I cant read cdrw's for some reason
any ideaS?

Yea and you won't be able to either. I have never gotten a CDRW to read in anything other then a CDRW drive.

Stephen

Lots of DVDs will read CDRWs without problems. Even my (rather new) hifi will play audio cd's on CDRW discs

PJ Hunt

If the people in question did'nt close the cd with the right protocol i.e. making it readable by any device...

You'll hafta find out which piece of kit was used and get the software for reading from cd's burned with that device..

Ya can get em here..
http://www.go2osirus.com/tech-cd.html

---

‡PJ‡

WhiteWashMan

just get em to use the adaptec easy copy for idiots software
just stick in disc to copy in one drive
stick cdrw in other drive
open adaptec copying for idiots in program menu
press continue
take out cdrw after half an hour
put cd anywhere and it works

none of this closing sh1te or whatnot. you just choose what you want to copy and it does it
bit like ronseal wood stain