Hi all,

recently went to the UK for a holiday and copied all our memory cards to a
CD. I get back home and find that I cannot access all but one folder. At the
time I created 2 CD's - one for a backup. I checked the contents and all was
good.

I have no clue what could have happened. I have tried it on my XP Pro
machine and a friends ME machine. They both hang when trying to access the
folders contents.

I can list the contents but cannot copy or launch a file ( have tried
through dos prompt as well).

Has anyone any idea what could be causing this and what I might try ?

This would be awful if the photos were gone for good.

cheers,

Adam

How were the CD's created?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Bomber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> recently went to the UK for a holiday and copied all our memory cards to a
> CD. I get back home and find that I cannot access all but one folder. At
> the time I created 2 CD's - one for a backup. I checked the contents and
> all was good.
>
> I have no clue what could have happened. I have tried it on my XP Pro
> machine and a friends ME machine. They both hang when trying to access the
> folders contents.
>
> I can list the contents but cannot copy or launch a file ( have tried
> through dos prompt as well).
>
> Has anyone any idea what could be causing this and what I might try ?
>
> This would be awful if the photos were gone for good.
>
> cheers,
>
> Adam
>

Hi Rick (and others),

I believe it was something other than Nero, not a 100% sure what program it
was. Could this make a difference ? The first of the four folders is fine.
But after about the 7th file or so in the Second folder it makes the
computer hang.

cheers,

Adam

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> How were the CD's created?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Bomber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > recently went to the UK for a holiday and copied all our memory cards to
a
> > CD. I get back home and find that I cannot access all but one folder. At
> > the time I created 2 CD's - one for a backup. I checked the contents and
> > all was good.
> >
> > I have no clue what could have happened. I have tried it on my XP Pro
> > machine and a friends ME machine. They both hang when trying to access
the
> > folders contents.
> >
> > I can list the contents but cannot copy or launch a file ( have tried
> > through dos prompt as well).
> >
> > Has anyone any idea what could be causing this and what I might try ?
> >
> > This would be awful if the photos were gone for good.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Adam
> >
>
>

It could be, WinXP has trouble with some disks written with packet writing
software. Often the only solution is to install the same software onto the
system.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"acs68" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Rick (and others),
>
> I believe it was something other than Nero, not a 100% sure what program
> it
> was. Could this make a difference ? The first of the four folders is fine.
> But after about the 7th file or so in the Second folder it makes the
> computer hang.
>
> cheers,
>
> Adam
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> How were the CD's created?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Bomber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > recently went to the UK for a holiday and copied all our memory cards
>> > to
> a
>> > CD. I get back home and find that I cannot access all but one folder.
>> > At
>> > the time I created 2 CD's - one for a backup. I checked the contents
>> > and
>> > all was good.
>> >
>> > I have no clue what could have happened. I have tried it on my XP Pro
>> > machine and a friends ME machine. They both hang when trying to access
> the
>> > folders contents.
>> >
>> > I can list the contents but cannot copy or launch a file ( have tried
>> > through dos prompt as well).
>> >
>> > Has anyone any idea what could be causing this and what I might try ?
>> >
>> > This would be awful if the photos were gone for good.
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> >
>> > Adam
>> >
>>
>>
>
>