can't see contents of cd on 1 pc

[Guest]

On my laptop(Toshiba, windows xp sp2) I can read a cd, all of the 662 mpg
files but 14 files wouldn't copy to hard disk. On my 1 desktop I can copy all
the files, write them to a new cd and then copy them all to the laptop. On a
2nd desktop it show me 0 files 0bytes when I insert the cd. On all 3 pcs I
can read and write any other cd. Any helpfull ideas please

 

[Poprivet]

On my laptop(Toshiba, windows xp sp2) I can read a cd, all of the 662
mpg files but 14 files wouldn't copy to hard disk. On my 1 desktop I
can copy all the files, write them to a new cd and then copy them all
to the laptop. On a 2nd desktop it show me 0 files 0bytes when I
insert the cd. On all 3 pcs I can read and write any other cd. Any
helpfull ideas please

It sounds like whatever driver created that CD has a slight head
misalignment that the other PCs are able to see a little or more or none of,
depending on the tolerances in THEIR head alignments.
The PC that can't see anything, well, that might be software related
somehow or it's set up differently, OR it's more precise and simply can't
see the misaligned data.
Create another CD with the same machine that created that one and see if
the symptoms are still the same.
Pick one of the better machines and recreate the CD on that one; see if
the others can read it.

HTH
Pop`

 

[Guest]

the cd is part of a program package

It sounds like whatever driver created that CD has a slight head
misalignment that the other PCs are able to see a little or more or none of,
depending on the tolerances in THEIR head alignments.
The PC that can't see anything, well, that might be software related
somehow or it's set up differently, OR it's more precise and simply can't
see the misaligned data.
Create another CD with the same machine that created that one and see if
the symptoms are still the same.
Pick one of the better machines and recreate the CD on that one; see if
the others can read it.

HTH
Pop`

 

[Bob I]

Then there is likely a problem with the CD drive that is not reading the
CD. And it's on it's way to failing completely.

 

[dobey]

It's not uncommon for a CD/DVD drive to not like the occasional CD/DVD, even
pressed ones

Newer drives seem to be more fault tolerant, and be able to read "weak" or
failing sectors on disks.

How old are the drives?

You might be better investing in some DVD-RW disks, or thumbdrives to make
swapping file easier. I doubt there is anything short of getting new drives
to fix this problem.

The only thing I can think of is physically removing the drives and cleaning
the lenses with some isopropyl alcohol. I haven't tried the lens cleaning
kits, but I prefer to _see_ that the lense is clean, so I know if the job is
done.