Preventing caching of CD contents

[OCE]

Hi,

I've been backing up large files using spanned RAR
volumes on multiple CD-Rs. All of the CD-Rs I recorded
have the same volume label, which seems to be causing a
lot of problems now I want to restore the files. It looks
like Windows thinks the disc I put in is exactly the same
as the previous one if it's the same size and has the
same volume label, and actually reads the disc's contents
from a cache (so the files are the same as the last disc,
and I can even read a percentage of the RAR file before
it stops with an unexpected EOF error)

Is there any way to actually make windows read this
disc's contents *properly*, rather than letting it assume
I've just put the same disc back? Refershing in windows
explorer does nothing.

Thanks
- OCE

 

[Nathan McNulty]

This is rough and only a temporary solution until I think of something
better. Put the first CD in, copy the file to your harddrive. Now eject
it and reboot, then put in the second cd, copy the file, etc. Do this
until you are done. Hopefully that works. Hope I can find a different
way for you

Nathan McNulty

 

[Guest]

another possible solution,

if the disks are multi session and you haven't closed the disk just the session,
then rename the disk with your cd burning app and close the second session

 

[Guest]

I am having the same problem in XP home. My DVD/CD-RW can read disks
perfectly, but once I put in a different disk it thinks it's still the first
disk. These disks aren't anywhere near being similar. I'll have in a dvd,
then a cd, but only restarting clears the cache. Has anybody found a fix for
this?