Files lost using Live File System

[Ian C. Butt]

I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2.

I copied a couple of folders to a DVD-R using drag-and-drop then ejected the
disc.

A few days later I loaded the disc, the folders were still there, and copied
another
folder. I then changed the file view from "Large Icons" to "Details" on all
the folders that I had copied, including the two original folders, and
ejected the disc.

The following day when I inserted the disc Windows could not see any of the
folders I had previously copied. The space still available on the disc was
the same as after the folders had been copied.

All the folders are still there and it looks as though I will be able to
recover them using IsoBuster but Windows will not show them.

What did I do wrong and how can I avoid this problem in the future? I have
seen a report of a problem that suggested that the disc should not be ejected
until three minutes after the folders had been written but that was supposed
to have been fixed by Service Pack 1.

Thanks for considering my problem.

 

[Earle Horton]

I agree. When I got my first Vista computer I tried the built-in CD/DVD
writing software and it produced a coaster. Now I use nothing but Roxio.
The IT people at my college recommend Nero but I haven't tried it.

Earle

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2.

I copied a couple of folders to a DVD-R using drag-and-drop then ejected the
disc.

A few days later I loaded the disc, the folders were still there, and copied
another
folder. I then changed the file view from "Large Icons" to "Details" on all
the folders that I had copied, including the two original folders, and
ejected the disc.

The following day when I inserted the disc Windows could not see any of the
folders I had previously copied. The space still available on the disc was
the same as after the folders had been copied.

All the folders are still there and it looks as though I will be able to
recover them using IsoBuster but Windows will not show them.

What did I do wrong and how can I avoid this problem in the future? I have
seen a report of a problem that suggested that the disc should not be ejected
until three minutes after the folders had been written but that was supposed
to have been fixed by Service Pack 1.

Thanks for considering my problem.

I thought the time delay has to do with the structure of CDs (writing
the directory and lead-out data)...If you ejected it early, that may be
the problem, but I would think that Windows would block the ejection
until the disk was ready.

Consider putting the CD back in the drive and asking Windows to
finalize it. That should either fix the problem or totally ruin the
disk.

Confession: I never use the Windows disk-writing, partly because of
problems like yours, so I am definitely not an expert.