Anyway to use Direct CD 3.01 with XP

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Opusita

Hello,

I previously recorded many data CD's using Adaptec's (roxio's) Direct CD on
my old, now defunct Win 95 machine and missed closing 3 of the CD's. Now my
Win XP machine will not recognize anything on those CD's.

A trial version of Isobuster reads the CD's but will not provide extraction
unless I buy the software. Roxio will not support Direct CD 3.01 with XP
patches so unless I spend $30 I'm out the info on the CD's. I guess I could
load Win 95 on a separate partition to run the Direct CD 3.01 but I would
like to avoid that hassle and the potential for corrupting something.

Does anyone have any suggestions, thoughts, ideas? Anything will be
appreciated.

Marian
 
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running Windows XP.

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| Hello,
|
| I previously recorded many data CD's using Adaptec's (roxio's) Direct CD on
| my old, now defunct Win 95 machine and missed closing 3 of the CD's. Now my
| Win XP machine will not recognize anything on those CD's.
|
| A trial version of Isobuster reads the CD's but will not provide extraction
| unless I buy the software. Roxio will not support Direct CD 3.01 with XP
| patches so unless I spend $30 I'm out the info on the CD's. I guess I could
| load Win 95 on a separate partition to run the Direct CD 3.01 but I would
| like to avoid that hassle and the potential for corrupting something.
|
| Does anyone have any suggestions, thoughts, ideas? Anything will be
| appreciated.
|
| Marian
 
Opusita said in news:e5%[email protected]:
Hello,

I previously recorded many data CD's using Adaptec's (roxio's) Direct
CD on my old, now defunct Win 95 machine and missed closing 3 of the
CD's. Now my Win XP machine will not recognize anything on those CD's.

A trial version of Isobuster reads the CD's but will not provide
extraction unless I buy the software. Roxio will not support Direct
CD 3.01 with XP patches so unless I spend $30 I'm out the info on the
CD's. I guess I could load Win 95 on a separate partition to run the
Direct CD 3.01 but I would like to avoid that hassle and the
potential for corrupting something.

Does anyone have any suggestions, thoughts, ideas? Anything will be
appreciated.

Marian
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Have you tried their freebie UDF reader?

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/software_updatesv4.jhtml
(bottom of page)
 
Opusita said:
previously recorded many data CD's using Adaptec's (roxio's) Direct CD on
my old, now defunct Win 95 machine and missed closing 3 of the CD's. Now my
Win XP machine will not recognize anything on those CD's.

A trial version of Isobuster reads the CD's but will not provide extraction
unless I buy the software. Roxio will not support Direct CD 3.01 with XP
patches so unless I spend $30 I'm out the info on the CD's. I guess I could
load Win 95 on a separate partition to run the Direct CD 3.01 but I would
like to avoid that hassle and the potential for corrupting something.
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That version of Direct CD is not going to run on XP. It depends on how
much it is worth your while to spend. Two thoughts: try to find an old
machine that still runs that version and use it to close the disks,
which should then be readable if the others are, or look around in
computer fairs, eBay and the like for a version 5 of Easy CD Creator -
its version of Direct CD will work (if you put on the latest updates
from www.roxio.com,. which *can* be downloaded). Note that the inbuilt
burning supplied in XP is not this (packet writing UDF) type at all, so
if you want to continue using disks in that true drag and drop manner
you will need to get an XP version of *something*. The one I'd perhaps
suggest is the DLA from
http://www.sonic.com/products/dla/features.asp
for your $30
 
Jock said:
But is it any better than InCD which is dire?
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I find it better - for packet writing for those who want to do that.
But you might find *any* packet writing program 'dire' if you expect to
regard the disks as archives. At least you need to get to a drive with
the 'Mount Rainier' (or 'EasyWrite') extensions, so as to avoid
rewriting the same sector over and over in the directories. A CD-RW
will only take so many rewrites, and if a directory sector gets worn you
have had the disk (before MR)
 
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