Reading CDs and DVDs

[Don Schmidt]

Windows XP Professional.

My TDK CD/DVD burner/player will burn and play (music) ok but the CDs and
DVDs look blank when displaying the data on the monitor.

What could the problem be?

For instance; this morning I burned a downloaded copy of AVG program to a CD
but after the burn the disc looked blanc. I put the CD in my other CD drive
and all the files were displayed. ??

 

[Rich Barry]

Don, how much age and usage on it? Not reading burned CD's is one of the
first signs of the Drive wearing out or maybe
a dirty lense. You could try a CD Drive Cleaner kit.

 

[Don Schmidt]

Thanks for the response Rich. The thing is I can see cda files but not txt,
exe and others.
All I can think to do is uninstall all my CD/DVD software and then reinstall
it all.


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Don
Vancouver USA


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Don, how much age and usage on it? Not reading burned CD's is one of the
first signs of the Drive wearing out or maybe
a dirty lense. You could try a CD Drive Cleaner kit.

 

[Sharon F]

Thanks for the response Rich. The thing is I can see cda files but not txt,
exe and others.
All I can think to do is uninstall all my CD/DVD software and then reinstall
it all.

I agree with Rich. Music CDs are written and read differently than data
CDs. The key here is that you are unable to read any data CDs. That's not
<Martha Stewart> a good thing </Martha Stewart>.