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CD-ROM won't read homemade CD's
Name: Frustrated Date: January 17, 2001 at 08:58:28 Pacific
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I Have a 48X CD-ROM. Reads all CD's except the ones cut from a CDRW. It used to! What is the problem? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
Name: bob Date: January 17, 2001 at 09:03:11 Pacific
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Do you eat homemade cookies
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Response Number 2
Name: Frustrated Date: January 17, 2001 at 09:07:11 Pacific
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HA HA, yes I do as a matter of fact! You? Any, ideas on the CD problem?
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Response Number 3
Name: bob Date: January 17, 2001 at 09:14:13 Pacific
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I have never had one but I'd try anything once. I have seen this before when CD's weren't finished off properly or if you dont chhose to be able to read in different computers. Put the cd back in the writer and see if you get a choice for either of these
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Response Number 4
Name: TC Date: January 17, 2001 at 09:22:20 Pacific
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are you using CD recordables or rewriteables recordables can only usually be accessed by the cd writer. writeable any cd. Also what qualtiy CD's are you using? If you get cheap cd's you may find they just don't work. I do a lot of sound recording, editing and cd mastering for the comp I work for. We tried some none make cd's, load of rubbish, we use TDK's.
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Response Number 5
Name: Frustrated Date: January 17, 2001 at 09:49:55 Pacific
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Will have the person who cut these CD's for me check that out. I'm still kinda in the Stone Age when it comes to CD-ROMming & recordables/rewriteables! Don't use much in the way of music CD's on my PC. Friend & I share software as we buy it. Any other suggestions out there????
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Response Number 6
Name: dick Date: January 17, 2001 at 10:34:08 Pacific
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Yeah, don't SHARE software. Atleast don't tell people you do.
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Response Number 7
Name: Buster Date: January 17, 2001 at 14:20:51 Pacific
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TC, I don't think it really matters which cd disk you use, r or rw. I have used both and don't have a problem with them reading in my other cd rom nor my friends cd roms. The program Flustrated using may be the problem. I don't think it is the recorder unless there is a malfunction with it. I am using an el cheapo recorder and any disk, r or rw, that I can find cheap. I have heard a lot of unpleasant things about Adapted Easy CD Creator 4, of which I use, but I can not give one bad review about it.
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Response Number 8
Name: Lucky Eddie Date: January 17, 2001 at 14:58:34 Pacific
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Some CD-ROMs just plain don't like CDR or CDRW disks. I have a Creative and it just spins and spins when I put a CDR or CDRW in there. All my other drives read them ok.
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Response Number 9
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: January 17, 2001 at 19:05:31 Pacific
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I've had the same problem as Lucky Eddie, even with brand new cd-roms that were supposed to read cdrs. But if it used to read them you might try cleaning it.
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Response Number 10
Name: Frustrated Date: January 17, 2001 at 20:55:19 Pacific
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Thanks for all the helpful ideas. I just heard that a new driver for the CD-ROM may activate reading cdr or cdrw's. Will try to obtain it and see if it works. Driver Detective does not pick up the driver for my CD-ROM. Sent make & model info to tech-support and will have them look into it.
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Response Number 11
Name: cescuza Date: January 18, 2001 at 09:09:59 Pacific
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right click on my computer icon, properties,performance,filesystem,cd-rom,set speed to "no-read-ahead".if it doesn't work set speed to single (1X). ciao cescuza
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Response Number 12
Name: Jani Date: March 21, 2001 at 02:50:10 Pacific
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Try cleaning the lens of the cd rom drive.I had the same problem so i disassembled the drive, wiped the lens with some fine cloth and it worked again. There are also some lens cleaners available on the market but they are often not efficient enough.
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