Drive won't read CDR with mp3 files

[Russ]

My non writable XP laptop CD drive won't read CDR's that I've filled
with mp3 files. Other discs read fine, including those with only a
few mp3's on them. The CD's will read ok on my desktop W98 system.
All I get on the laptop is a faint clicking noise with no results.

Russ

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

If you dragged and dropped the files to the CD-R as opposed to creating an
actual audio CD using those files, the reason your CD drive can't see them
is because you the CD was created using packet writing software. Packet
writing is not natively supported in XP. You need either Easy CD Creator or
Nero and their packet writing components in order to properly read the disk,
preferably whatever software you previously had installed on the computer on
which this disk was created. Check the Roxio site, www.roxio.com and the
Nero site, www.nero.com for versions compatible with XP and for information
about compatible drives.

 

[Russ]

Would I need this software even if I was not attempting to write to
the CD using XP? My CD on the XP machine is a read only drive.

Russ

 

[Russ]

Michael,

Why would this be true with just the full discs? I've done the same
with other data files and the disc is readable with XP. The only
difference is that I've made the full CD's to be non writeable while
the other CD can still have files written to them.

Russ

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

If you used XP's CD burning capability, this uses a form of mastering
similar to how audio CDs are created and can be read in most drives. But if
you used drag and drop or saved directly to CD, this requires packet writing
and while there is a UDF reader with XP, it doesn't work with many systems,
hence the disks appear to be blank or otherwise unreadable without the
proper software installed.

The process of creating the two types of disks is different. A new standard
has been created and the next version of Windows will likely incorporate it
at which time, this should no longer be an issue but for now, packet writing
requires add on software and quite often requires that software to read CDs
created with it as well.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Were the discs that won't read finalized (closed)?

Bobby

 

[Russ]

Yes they were closed.

Russ

Were the discs that won't read finalized (closed)?

Bobby