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| 173530 | 2003-09-07 04:17:00 | I am trying to help a friend with a 233mhz HP Omnibook running Win95 (yes, really!). She has 2 CD-Rs from a course (original and a copy) that are not recognized on her m/c - she gets "Disk not ready". The CD-R works OK on my WinXP m/c, and a different CD-R works OK on her m/c, as do standard CD-ROM disks. Any suggestions as to how or if I can get the dodgy CD-R to work on her m/c? TIA |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 173531 | 2003-09-07 04:35:00 | No suggestions are likely to work. Basically some drives just plain won't work with some media, only way would be to re-copy them onto a different media. My drive at home is a late model writer, but it won't work with Mitsubishi Disc's, anything else will work but not Mitsi's. I reccomend Imation discs, they are cheap and I have never had them not work in a drive yet. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 173532 | 2003-09-07 04:36:00 | Replace her CD Rom drive. :D Those disks don't have enough contrast to be read on it. The cheaper option would be to make another copy with a machine and brand of medium which you know can produce a disk her one can read. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 173533 | 2003-09-07 05:28:00 | I'd tried copying to an Imation CD-RW disk - didn't work either. :( I'd warned her she was probably SOOL, so it won't come as too much of a surprise when I tell her the best option is a new CDROM/laptop. Thanks for the confirmation. |
tbacon_nz (865) | ||
| 173534 | 2003-09-07 06:22:00 | Is it possible to network your friend's computer with your own and copy the files over that way? Just a thought. | tommy (2826) | ||
| 173535 | 2003-09-07 06:49:00 | a cd-rw disk most likly will not work. you will need to use a cdr and burn it so it is compatible with most os's (and make sure the session is closed and finalised). | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 173536 | 2003-09-07 09:11:00 | Networking is not an option unfortunately (that would have been too easy!) I was never confident that a CD-RW would work. It is interesting in light (pun absolutely intended) of the comment about contrast that one of the CD-Rs that did work was a Melody disk from Warehouse Stationery that has a blue substrate rather than a silver/white one. I'll do some more experiments, and keep you posted. |
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