Windows XP can't find the real filenames on CD drive (just compdata.bin,)

[Jim]

This has happened before, and it seems like the files were salvageable
but I don't recall how.

When I put my CDRW in either drive, instead of the list of various
backup files all I get is:

compdata.bin , whose size represents the entire disk capacity, and
Non-allocatable Space of 0KB

rebooting did not help. Any one know how to find my files again?

TIA

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

If the disk was written with packet-writing (UDF) software, then you may
need to reinstall that software in the current installation. WinXP has some
trouble reading that format natively, and it doesn't work well in all
installations.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Jim]

I'm not aware of what it uses to write the CD's. Nothing in the
startup services seems to resonate, I don't have to manually start a
program and normally, all I do is drag and drop or "copy to" the files
to the CD RW and all is fine. This is an HP Pavillion machine.

Is there anything within XP that might fix this problem?

Jim