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CD-RW won't read blank CD-R
Name: peachfuzthepirat Date: December 10, 2003 at 07:49:06 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: 2.0 - 768
Comment:
My CD-RW will not open brand new CD-Rs. When I try to open them it says its an Invalid Function I have tried several brands of CD-Rs and none work.
Name: ozyoiy Date: December 10, 2003 at 07:53:07 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, Umm I think your missing the ovious.. If they are blank ....how can you expect to read them??? Oz.
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Response Number 2
Name: aosclay Date: December 10, 2003 at 08:05:11 Pacific
Reply:
hey PEACHFUZ,
blank CD-R's don't read. there's nothing on them. you will always get that error unless you burn something to them.
CD-Rs are not like formatted floppies.
just a thought. aosclay
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Response Number 3
Name: zeb Date: December 10, 2003 at 09:55:57 Pacific
Reply:
may not be right but you may want to update the drivers for cd-rw.it may help.and yes they should open up even if they are empty.or at lease mine do.
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Response Number 4
Name: aosclay Date: December 10, 2003 at 09:58:46 Pacific
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hey ZEB,
your burner will open new-out-of-the-box, unformatted CD-RWs?
don't tell me it will open unburned CD-Rs too. I won't believe you. But if you can prove it... :)
aosclay
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Response Number 5
Name: zeb Date: December 10, 2003 at 11:00:25 Pacific
Reply:
aosclay sorry that yours want but I just double check mine,it open both cd-r and cd-rw disk brand new,neither has never been in cd-writer befor.
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Response Number 6
Name: aosclay Date: December 10, 2003 at 11:14:44 Pacific
Reply:
hold on, I gotta check this out...
this is as weird to me as the story yesterday of being able to rename/move files while they are open and in use in XP
brb aosclay
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Response Number 7
Name: aosclay Date: December 10, 2003 at 11:19:35 Pacific
Reply:
hey ZEB,
that gagging, choking sound you hear is my foot in my mouth.
I've built countless XP machines w/CD-RWs and never once bothered to see how XPs CD authoring functions worked. Most of my customers want good, multi-function burning software so I honestly never checked. Just assumed.
works like a charm. double clicking on a blank CD-R opens a write to cd dialog box.
the rest is utter simplicity.
wow, i'm feeling very old and set in my ways...
ZEB, do you remember this operating system called DOS? just kidding...you must be both young and inventive. I am crustily set in my ways.
bless you child.
I will now remove my foot from my mouth.
aosclay
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Response Number 8
Name: zeb Date: December 10, 2003 at 11:23:07 Pacific
Reply:
not young,just learning myself.thanks for your reply.
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Response Number 9
Name: aosclay Date: December 10, 2003 at 11:24:50 Pacific
Reply:
to all in this post:
for the record, ZEB schooled me like I was a kindergartener in a dodgeball match with fourth graders.
that sucks. :)
aosclay
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Response Number 10
Name: aosclay Date: December 10, 2003 at 11:31:25 Pacific
Reply:
PEACHFUZ,
go to 'My Computer' right click on you CD-DW drive select 'Properties' go to the 'Recording' tab
make sure 'Enable CD Recording on the Drive'is checked.
try that. aosclay
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Response Number 11
Name: aosclay Date: December 10, 2003 at 11:32:18 Pacific
Reply:
click on your CD-RW, drive rather
typo aosclay
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Response Number 12
Name: MaryB Date: December 10, 2003 at 17:07:00 Pacific
Reply:
It takes class to admit you might be wrong, and class not to say "told ya so" !
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