cd's with pics I can't open

[Sammy Castagna]

I have four cd's I can not open. They are all the same kind RW 16x~24x. The
photos were taken with a Nikon 8800. I have accessed the picks many times
but now when I put them in the cd it just acts like it starts reading and
never stops. Any program I use to try and open them becomes unresponsive
while trying to open them. I have tried opening them on a Win XP Pro B's
Clip on a Win XP B's Clip and a Win 98 machine with InCD they all lock up
and become unresponsive. Last night I updated the firmware on the XP Pro
machine uninstalled reinstalled including all the updates. Does anyone have
an idea? Thanks.

Sammy Castagna

 

[Jim]

I have four cd's I can not open. They are all the same kind RW 16x~24x. The
photos were taken with a Nikon 8800. I have accessed the picks many times
but now when I put them in the cd it just acts like it starts reading and
never stops. Any program I use to try and open them becomes unresponsive
while trying to open them. I have tried opening them on a Win XP Pro B's
Clip on a Win XP B's Clip and a Win 98 machine with InCD they all lock up
and become unresponsive. Last night I updated the firmware on the XP Pro
machine uninstalled reinstalled including all the updates. Does anyone have
an idea? Thanks.

Sammy Castagna

Can InCD scan the CDs for errors? Your post certainly makes me think that
the CDs are defective. They don't last all that long.
Jim

 

[Sammy Castagna]

Jim I will try that thanks.

Sammy

Can InCD scan the CDs for errors? Your post certainly makes me think that
the CDs are defective. They don't last all that long.
Jim

 

[John Inzer]

I have four cd's I can not open. They are all the same
kind RW 16x~24x. The photos were taken with a Nikon 8800.
I have accessed the picks many times but now when I put
them in the cd it just acts like it starts reading and
never stops. Any program I use to try and open them
becomes unresponsive while trying to open them. I have
tried opening them on a Win XP Pro B's Clip on a Win XP
B's Clip and a Win 98 machine with InCD they all lock up
and become unresponsive. Last night I updated the
firmware on the XP Pro machine uninstalled reinstalled
including all the updates. Does anyone have an idea?
Thanks.

Sammy Castagna

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If these disks were created on a Win9X
machine...the following info may be useful;

(321640) CD-ROM Drive May Not Be Able
to Read a UDF-Formatted Disc in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321640

Free...Adaptec UDF Reader Driver 5.1.1.213
http://download.com.com/3000-2100-9497911.html


Next...try cleaning the CDs with warm
water and mild soap. Dry with a soft
cloth wiping from center to edge not
in circles.


Next...try copying the CDs...maybe
you can open the copies...

If that fails...try the following:

For recovery of corrupted files from a
CD/DVD...maybe the following software
will be useful:

ISO Buster
http://www.isobuster.com/

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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[Sammy Castagna]

John,
They were created with Win XP Pro. And I had no trouble opening them now all
of a sudden I can not get any of the ones made with the CoolPix 8800 open
which happen to be the same kind of cd's. Other ones that are on different
cd's and made with an Olympus work fine. It is so strange.

Sammy

 

[Sammy Castagna]

Jim,
I do not see any way to scan for errors.

Sammy

 

[John Inzer]

John,
They were created with Win XP Pro. And I had no trouble
opening them now all of a sudden I can not get any of the
ones made with the CoolPix 8800 open which happen to be
the same kind of cd's. Other ones that are on different
cd's and made with an Olympus work fine. It is so
strange.

Sammy

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If it's intermittent, your drive is probably
on the verge of failure.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
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[Sammy Castagna]

John,
It is not intermittent I have now tried the cd's on an xp pro an xp, win98,
and Linux. they will not open.

Sammy

 

[John Inzer]

John,
It is not intermittent I have now tried the cd's on an xp
pro an xp, win98, and Linux. they will not open.

Sammy

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Well....Ok...you are the one that said "all of a sudden"...

Anyway...it must be a problem with the disks themselves.
Did you try cleaning them? Did you try copying them?

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

 

[Sammy Castagna]

John I did not mean to mislead e-mail does not come out right sometime
trying to take short cuts. A friend suggested I try ISO Buster I am trying
to make a copy now. It says there is 576.63 MB on the disk.

Sammy