unable to read CDs after service install

[Rob]

Greetings,
A year or two ago I migrated a win98 machine to W2K.
System has a CDRW and CD. Both worked fine. I had
DirectCD (UDF driver) installed even though it wasn't
supported and it still worked.
I recently applied a service pack (since applied service
pack 4) to come up to speed on security patches. DirectCD
started failing (with blue screen) and had to be
uninstalled. No big deal.
However, many CDs that I own are now unreadable. Fail
with CRC checks, invalid MSDOS commands, etc. CDs I know
worked prior to service. CDs that also still work in my
486/Win95 dinosaur.
What has happened to the CD support with W2K?

Thanks,
Rob.

 

[Rob]

Cody,

were you having problems like CRC/bad MSDOS command prior
to SP4? I have installed it but it has not had an effect
on my problem. Reading the release notes I don't see a
fix that addresses a problem like this.

Thanks,
Rob.

 

[XS11E]

Greetings,
A year or two ago I migrated a win98 machine to W2K.
System has a CDRW and CD. Both worked fine. I had
DirectCD (UDF driver) installed even though it wasn't
supported and it still worked.
I recently applied a service pack (since applied service
pack 4) to come up to speed on security patches. DirectCD
started failing (with blue screen) and had to be
uninstalled. No big deal.
However, many CDs that I own are now unreadable. Fail
with CRC checks, invalid MSDOS commands, etc. CDs I know
worked prior to service. CDs that also still work in my
486/Win95 dinosaur.
What has happened to the CD support with W2K?

The question is what happened to the CD support from your CDRW
manufacturer? Go to their website and download the latest drivers for
your device.

 

[Rob]

I'll do that. Just seems odd that both CD Drives (from
different manufacturers) would experience problems. Looks
to me to be W2K ability to talk to them, not the devices
them selves.
Nevertheless I'll go look for new drivers.
Thanks,
Rob.

 

[Paul Dietrich]

Greetings,
A year or two ago I migrated a win98 machine to W2K. System has a CDRW
and CD. Both worked fine. I had DirectCD (UDF driver) installed even
though it wasn't supported and it still worked.
I recently applied a service pack (since applied service pack 4) to come
up to speed on security patches. DirectCD started failing (with blue
screen) and had to be uninstalled. No big deal.
However, many CDs that I own are now unreadable. Fail with CRC checks,
invalid MSDOS commands, etc. CDs I know worked prior to service. CDs
that also still work in my 486/Win95 dinosaur.
What has happened to the CD support with W2K?

Thanks,
Rob.

If the other suggestions do not work, you can uninstall sp4 via tha
add/remove programs menu.

 

[Chris B.]

Greetings,
A year or two ago I migrated a win98 machine to W2K.
System has a CDRW and CD. Both worked fine. I had
DirectCD (UDF driver) installed even though it wasn't
supported and it still worked.
I recently applied a service pack (since applied service
pack 4) to come up to speed on security patches. DirectCD
started failing (with blue screen) and had to be
uninstalled. No big deal.
However, many CDs that I own are now unreadable. Fail
with CRC checks, invalid MSDOS commands, etc. CDs I know
worked prior to service. CDs that also still work in my
486/Win95 dinosaur.
What has happened to the CD support with W2K?

Thanks,
Rob.

I'd try substituting the cable, preferably with a good quality 80
conductor IDE DMA66 ribbon cable that's not overly long.

 

[Rob]

true, the ribbon cable is another common factor. That is
a great recommendation Chris. I'll give that a shot in
the next day or so.

Regards,
Rob.

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