I want to check the files on my CD-R disc. Message read Drive D:\ is not accessible.?

Answer 1

This is what is now know as a "coaster" since it's best just to use it as that now anyways. Either it got messed up in the burning process (you should ALWAYS manually check to see if files are accessible on it instead of relying on software saying it burned successfuly BEFORE deleting your files off your hard drive), bad media or any number of different things.

Sometimes, rarely, you just need to restart your computer because another application won't let go of using information from it. The media can be fixed by what brand and model you get. You should check online for reviews of certain brands and model of CD-R's. They are not all equally built the same. My Imation model did much better than Memorex (a better know company).

Then again, CD-R's are only guaranteed to last around 10 years. Since not all makes and models are the same, you can't always get as much lifetime as you'd think. CD's already burned (music cd that you buy at a store) versus CD-R and you'll know the pre-burned one will have a shelf life of 100 years. This is because of the process to burn it. You're burning it on the outside for the most part and music cd's, cd-roms, etc are burned THEN pressed together. I've lost data to faulty brands in the past.

Also, your cd-rom drive could need to be updated. Check for firmware updates.

If you REALLY have critical data on that disc that you MUST need, there are specialists that can get it off for you. However, it's expensive.

Try a different cd-rom. Sometimes only CD-RW drives will read certain formatted cd-r's.

A trick that I've done before but rarely works is insert it into another cd-rom and use another disc to burn it again from the failed copy. It's not guaranteed but it's worth a shot.

Like I said, there could be any number of reasons and I just listed a few, not all. More than likely though, 99.99% of the time, it's a coaster and you can't use it. Should always check to see if it's on there BEFORE deleting your files. To reduce bad burns, go to a slower setting on burning it. Instead of 52X, try 48X and go lower if it need be. A certain brand of DVD-R that I've had before was rated for 16X, yet to get successful burns, I had to use the 4X setting. Slower but at least it's not failed.

Answer 2

The format of the disc (mp3 data) would not count. except thecontinual is marked with the DVD kind, the respond is not any. The laser utilized in a CDcontinual (participant or recorder) is basically too "extensive" to study a DVD disc. DVD makes use of a distinctive form of laser that enables greater records to be packed on the disc. maximum disc media are recorded from the indoors hollow out, in a non-quit spiral. The CDcontinual's laser isn't waiting to "concentration" narrowly sufficient to study the smaller "grooves" of a DVD. A smaller laser CAN, regardless of if, study a much broader groove, this is why DVD drives can study CD while a CDcontinual won't be in a position to study a DVD.

Answer 3

If other disks work in that drive, then the CDR has probably been burnt wrong and is broken..
You will probably need to burn the data again.

Answer 4

Either the drive or the disk have problems.

Answer 5

oh i got that last week, could be a virus, i had to set my restore point back to an earlier date .....