Problem reading CD

[Guest]

After copying files to a 700MB CD-R (on a WinXP laptop) and successfully
reading that CD on same laptop and another win98 box at home, having problems
reading same CD on work WinXP desktop. It just hangs when I try reading CD
either from a command prompt or My Computer. Any idea what might be going
on here? (or how to resolve?)

 

[Wesley Vogel]

How to troubleshoot issues that occur when you write data to a CD-R or CD-RW
optical disc in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324129

How to Troubleshoot Issues with Reading CD, CD-R, CD-RW, and DVD Discs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321641

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[John Wunderlich]

After copying files to a 700MB CD-R (on a WinXP laptop) and
successfully reading that CD on same laptop and another win98 box
at home, having problems reading same CD on work WinXP desktop.
It just hangs when I try reading CD either from a command prompt
or My Computer. Any idea what might be going on here? (or how to
resolve?)

Many burning programs have proprietary formats where data can be
written to CD in several sessions. It works just fine as long as the
machine you put the CD in has that particular burning program installed
but if you go to a computer that doesn't have that particular program
installed you get what you see.

If this is your case, the solution is to "finalize" the disk with your
burning software before taking the disk to a foreign machine. This
will put the disk in a standarized format readable by any machine.

HTH,
John

 

[Guest]

John/Wesley,
Thanks for your replies....today was able to copy most files from the
suspect CD onto my work winXP desktop, but when it got down to copying the
last couple of files, got "Error copying file or folder" - "Cannot copy
filename: Data error (cyclic redundancy check)" error. Typically I get one
shot (at least between boots) at reading at most part of this CD, after which
it just hangs (repetitive CD drive activity (noises) going on all the while,
forcing me to manually eject hanging CD). I've looked thru various Microsoft
Knowledge Base articles (that Wesley referenced and others) without finding
anything that obviously points to this specific problem. I just used the
standard CD Writing Wizard that comes part and parcel with my home winXP
laptop; when the process "finished" I would have expected the software took
care of the "finish" process for the CD burn that you describe, John (don't
see any manual "finish" process that I could execute). Not using third
party CD burn software, so wasn't expecting any compatability issues. I do
appreciate your responses, however.....will keep looking for other clues.

Frank.

 

[John Wunderlich]

Thanks for your replies....today was able to copy most files
from the
suspect CD onto my work winXP desktop, but when it got down to
copying the last couple of files, got "Error copying file or
folder" - "Cannot copy filename: Data error (cyclic redundancy
check)" error. Typically I get one shot (at least between boots)
at reading at most part of this CD, after which it just hangs
(repetitive CD drive activity (noises) going on all the while,
forcing me to manually eject hanging CD). I've looked thru
various Microsoft Knowledge Base articles (that Wesley referenced
and others) without finding anything that obviously points to this
specific problem. I just used the standard CD Writing Wizard that
comes part and parcel with my home winXP laptop; when the process
"finished" I would have expected the software took care of the
"finish" process for the CD burn that you describe, John (don't
see any manual "finish" process that I could execute). Not using
third party CD burn software, so wasn't expecting any
compatability issues. I do appreciate your responses,
however.....will keep looking for other clues.

This sounds like a bad burn. If you haven't already, go to the website
of your CD Burner's Manufacturer and look for recent Firmware Upgrades
-- particularly if your CD Drive is over a couple of years old. I was
having problems burning CDs on one of my drives and a quick visit to
the manufacturer's website followed by running the upgrade program made
all those problems history - plus it burned a *lot* faster.

As always, YMMV, but it's worth a try.

HTH,
John