I just wrote two separate CDs with the same information on both of them from a Dell desktop computer with Windows XP, using the Windows CD-RW writing program (where you drag whatever you want into the file area and then finalize the CD). When I tried to use either of these CDs in my IBM Thinkpad laptop w/ XP, the D: (CD) drive comes open but the "CD" shows up blank. When I put them in the F: (CD) drive of my Dell they show up fine.
What is the problem and is there any way for me to fix it?
They both have XP home edition.
2007-02-05 07:29:39 · 4 answers · asked by Jayna 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
It's not the finalizing of the CD I'm having problems with; I don't care to put any new info on the CD. It's just that it will read on one computer and not the other.
2007-02-05 07:39:37 · update #1
The CD in question is a Memorex 700 Mb CD-R
2007-02-05 07:43:43 · update #2
I have a CD burning program on my Windows 2000 pro machine that requires that I take a step called "finalizing" the CD which completes the writing, and makes it so no new info can be recorded onto the CD. That might be something to check.
2007-02-05 07:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could be a problem with your D drive on your laptop. Try putting in just a regular cd and see if things show up. Also, is it a cd or a dvd? or a cd/dvd rw? If it is rewritable, try finalizing the disc before you move it over to the other computer. If it is a DVD, it may be just that you are using the wrong type (+ or -) for the drive in your thinkpad. Also, right click on my computer, click properties (on your thinkpad that is), click the hardware tab, open device manager, open the cd/dvd list (click the plus sign beside it), and make sure that d: is working properly (right click it and click properties, it should say "this device is working properly" if it is ok.
Oh and it wouldn't be that it's on a dvd when you don't have a dvd drive, cuz it wouldn't be able to read it at all, it wouldn't even recognize that the disc is in, as the spirals are much tighter on a dvd than a cd, and any cd burner wont be able to follow them, and thus thing there's no disc in it.
2007-02-05 07:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be that you do not have a combo drive(combination on dvd,writer/reader) in your D. Meaning, your D drive may only be a cd writer or the disk which you wrote may have been dvd, and could have been only played by the F drive which possibly may be the dvd drive on your laptop........hope this helps....:D
2007-02-05 07:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you waiting besides into Administrator Mode (common or threat-free)? in case you will get into common Admin mode, bypass for your "commence" and "Run" options on the bottom left nook. contained in the "Run" field, form this: sfc /scannow make constructive your living house windows CD is interior thechronic, because the approach seems for undesirable or bogus Win setting up archives on your equipment, and pulls the acceptable (maximum acceptable) document from the CD. once you ought to bypass into threat-free Mode, make constructive you go with the alternative that enables you to get admission for your CD-Rom/DVDchronic.
2016-11-02 09:58:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋