cant read cd

phaedrus · 10-06-2005, 08:40 AM

apologies if this is in the wrong section

a friend has burnt a CD (CD-R) with some important files on but for some reason cannot read the CD. im not sure whether he finalised the CD,he says he did, but is there any way to read the disc using some special software or something ? . if not he's going to cry a lot

Big B · 10-06-2005, 07:52 AM

Even if it's not finalized, if you have CD-burning software installed, you should be able to read it...

phaedrus · 10-06-2005, 08:06 AM

well i tried it in quite a few different drives but no luck, maybe he didnt burn it properly, hes no newb at computers maybe he did something wrong or the CD is messed up somehow

Waffle · 10-06-2005, 08:18 AM

I've burnt plenty of CD's in the past that didn't work properly.

If he was using, for example, the Roxio Suite, you need to finalise it before you can read the disk on computers without Roxio. From my experience any way.

harrack52 · 10-06-2005, 01:43 PM

Maybe what he burnt is on a different volume than the one you're looking at.
Right-click on the drive, go to properties and you should see a "volume" tab. From there you can swap between different volumes, if the cd is a multisession.

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phaedrus Geek Trainee Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 50 Posts: 43 Times Helpful: 2 Status: Offline	cant read cd apologies if this is in the wrong section a friend has burnt a CD (CD-R) with some important files on but for some reason cannot read the CD. im not sure whether he finalised the CD,he says he did, but is there any way to read the disc using some special software or something ? . if not he's going to cry a lot Last edited by phaedrus; 10-06-2005 at 08:52 AM.

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phaedrus Geek Trainee Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 50 Posts: 43 Times Helpful: 2 Status: Offline	well i tried it in quite a few different drives but no luck, maybe he didnt burn it properly, hes no newb at computers maybe he did something wrong or the CD is messed up somehow

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Waffle Alpha Geek Join Date: Apr 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 2,270 Times Helpful: 51 My Mood: Angelic Status: Offline My Computer	I've burnt plenty of CD's in the past that didn't work properly. If he was using, for example, the Roxio Suite, you need to finalise it before you can read the disk on computers without Roxio. From my experience any way.

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harrack52 Supreme Geek Join Date: Jan 2003 Age: 27 Posts: 1,638 Times Helpful: 16 My Mood: Sick Status: Offline My Computer	Maybe what he burnt is on a different volume than the one you're looking at. Right-click on the drive, go to properties and you should see a "volume" tab. From there you can swap between different volumes, if the cd is a multisession.

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