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Windows cannot read from this disk

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Name: TRodriguez
Date: August 25, 2003 at 08:26:29 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home
CPU/Ram: 1.7Ghz P4, 256MB DDR
Comment:

Whenever I try to play an audio CD (Retail, not one created with a burner) I get this error Message:

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Disk is not formatted
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Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with Windows.
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OK
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It doesn't like it in DOS either, throwing up this message:

C:\Documents and Settings\T. Rodriguez>D:
The disk media is not recognized. It may not be formatted.

The CDROM I am using is a TEAC DW-224E on a Toshiba 2410 Satellite Laptop.

If anyone could please help I'd appreciate it very much :)



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Response Number 1
Name: john
Date: August 25, 2003 at 20:48:36 Pacific
Reply:

Sounds like your cd player is bad.


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Response Number 2
Name: Vasco
Date: August 26, 2003 at 00:27:46 Pacific
Reply:

Could be the disk has an encrypted track to stop it being played on a pc. Have you tried it on a non-pc cd player?


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Response Number 3
Name: TRodriguez
Date: August 26, 2003 at 06:53:31 Pacific
Reply:

I have tried many disks, audio's tend not to work whereas data tends to work.


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Response Number 4
Name: Douglass Sigouin
Date: September 16, 2003 at 07:43:10 Pacific
Reply:

I am having the same problem. Perfectly good disks cannot be read from my DVD/CD ROM player. It seems to have happened all of a sudden. The computer is also a Toshiba Satellite laptop 1800-s254


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