Direct CD and XP

[Ross]

I just upgraded to XP and now have a problem reading a CD
that I copied using Direct CD. I need some of the files on
this CD and can't seem to access it. XP says that it is
blank. My CD Rom will not read it. Any Ideas?

 

[Shootist]

XP has a built in CD writer program that interferes with other CD writer
programs. You need to turn it off. Find it on the properties page of the CD
RW drive.

 

[Bob Knowlden]

I'm confused as to the exact nature of your problem.

Did you use Direct CD on *another machine* and find that XP would not read
the result?

XP doesn't include a UDF reader. Search the web (Google) for "udfread". One
possible hit is:

http://ptm2.cc.utu.fi/ftp/hd-cd-fd/cdrom/tools/udfread_v5.1.1.213_inst.exe

(It's available from Roxio, at the cost of free registration.)

Good luck.

Bob Knowlden

Address may be altered to avoid spam. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

 

[NobodyMan]

I just upgraded to XP and now have a problem reading a CD
that I copied using Direct CD. I need some of the files on
this CD and can't seem to access it. XP says that it is
blank. My CD Rom will not read it. Any Ideas?

XP has a built in CD writer program that interferes with other CD writer
programs. You need to turn it off. Find it on the properties page of the CD
RW drive.

Incorrect. I use two other burning programs that coexist with XP's
inbuilt burning engine with no problems. That's not the problem here.

You can't read these cds because they were created using a
packet-writing (or UDF) protocol. These CDs need to be finalized and
closed before they can be used on a computer that doesn't have UDF
software on them. XP in general can't read CDs written with
packet-writing software until they are closed USING that
packet-writing software's closing CD function.

Bottom line: you need to find a computer that uses the same
packet-writing software you used (DirectCD), plop in the CDR, then
tell it to close the CD so that all computers can read it. At that
point you won't be able to put anything else on the CD, but you will
be able to access the files on your computer.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Just download a UDF driver from Roxio www.roxio.com

If you have Roxio version 5, install it on your computer,
download the 5.3.5 (or later update) and it will run just
fine on XP.


| | > I just upgraded to XP and now have a problem reading a
CD
| > that I copied using Direct CD. I need some of the files
on
| > this CD and can't seem to access it. XP says that it is
| > blank. My CD Rom will not read it. Any Ideas?
|
| On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:45:35 -0400, "Shootist"
<[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >XP has a built in CD writer program that interferes with
other CD writer
| >programs. You need to turn it off. Find it on the
properties page of the CD
| >RW drive.
|
| Incorrect. I use two other burning programs that coexist
with XP's
| inbuilt burning engine with no problems. That's not the
problem here.
|
| You can't read these cds because they were created using a
| packet-writing (or UDF) protocol. These CDs need to be
finalized and
| closed before they can be used on a computer that doesn't
have UDF
| software on them. XP in general can't read CDs written
with
| packet-writing software until they are closed USING that
| packet-writing software's closing CD function.
|
| Bottom line: you need to find a computer that uses the
same
| packet-writing software you used (DirectCD), plop in the
CDR, then
| tell it to close the CD so that all computers can read it.
At that
| point you won't be able to put anything else on the CD,
but you will
| be able to access the files on your computer.
|

 

[A.A. Fussy]

You need to install Roxio Easy CD Creator (that inludes Direct CD) onto
your PC.

 

[John E. Carty]

They only need to install the free UDF reader. Go here and scroll to the
bottom of the page:
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/software_updatesv4.jhtml