CD drives won't read old disks

  • Thread starter Thread starter Elephant
  • Start date Start date
E

Elephant

Just got a new computer and it has XP home, SP2.

I have a bunch of CD's that contain data that I archived from my old
computer running ME. XP will read the disks and I can see all the
files in explorer, but when I try to copy a file to my hard drive, XP
tells me the files are corrupt. These are WAV files, by the way.

I can take the same disk to my old computer and it reads them just
fine. I can click on each file, and they play just fine.

Why isn't XP reading the files? Is there a setting that I need to
change?
 
Elephant said:
Just got a new computer and it has XP home, SP2.

I have a bunch of CD's that contain data that I archived from my old
computer running ME. XP will read the disks and I can see all the
files in explorer, but when I try to copy a file to my hard drive,
XP tells me the files are corrupt. These are WAV files, by the way.

I can take the same disk to my old computer and it reads them just
fine. I can click on each file, and they play just fine.

Why isn't XP reading the files? Is there a setting that I need to
change?
Click to expand...

Were the files written with some particular software (packet writing like
InCD or Roxio)?
If so - do you have the same software on the new machine?
Or - can you FINALIZE the CD on the old machine?
 
Try using a program called ISOBUSTER to read the CDs and copy files from
them. It can read a CD (or DVD) in ways that Windows can not. It can also
read them using the Windsows routines. Read the help to learn how to change
the mode of reading.

ISOBUSTER is a both freeware and shareware. The functions you need should
be in the freeware portion.

http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/
 
Elephant said:
Just got a new computer and it has XP home, SP2.

I have a bunch of CD's that contain data that I archived from my old
computer running ME. XP will read the disks and I can see all the
files in explorer, but when I try to copy a file to my hard drive, XP
tells me the files are corrupt. These are WAV files, by the way.

I can take the same disk to my old computer and it reads them just
fine. I can click on each file, and they play just fine.

Why isn't XP reading the files? Is there a setting that I need to
change?
Click to expand...


If the advice you have gotten does not work...
you could network your two machines and copy the files over
 
Back
Top