CDROM Query

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John.N.

Hi, NG,

When I use Easy CD Creator and its CD-RW facility to make a RW CD(
i.e.formatted)and then write data to that CD. I am unable to read or write
to that CD again when I place it into another CDROM Drive.I get message
'place CD into CDROM Drive' having already done so - what am I doing wrong?

John
 
The fact that the CD is formatted indicates that you are using packet writing. The other CD must also have Easy CD packet writing installed.
 
Thanks Mike,

Is there other software I can use to 'format' a CD that avoids this and
alows my CD's to be 'read and written to' on other PC's CDROMS?

Regards John

Mike Walsh said:
The fact that the CD is formatted indicates that you are using packet
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writing. The other CD must also have Easy CD packet writing installed.
 
I use CDR instead of CDRW and create "normal" CDs instead of using packet writing. This ensures that I can read the CDs in any PC. If you do this remember to finalize the CD.
When CDRW and packet writing first became common the packet writing software among various applications was not compatible. I don't know if the compatibility problem still exists. The closest thing to a standard these days is probably the packet writing that is embedded in WinXP.
 
Mike Walsh said:
I use CDR instead of CDRW and create "normal" CDs instead of using packet
writing. This ensures that I can read the CDs in any PC. If you do this remember
to finalize the CD.
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I've seen this before but never found out about it; why is it important to
finalize the CD?

Thanks,

Jon
 
Hi, NG,

When I use Easy CD Creator and its CD-RW facility to make a RW CD(
i.e.formatted)and then write data to that CD. I am unable to read or write
to that CD again when I place it into another CDROM Drive.I get message
'place CD into CDROM Drive' having already done so - what am I doing wrong?
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You are using packet writing for you CD.
Try use ISO standard instead. You don't need format your CD-RW disk if
you using ISO standard.

Read here http://www.cdrfaq.org/ if you don't know what hell I am
talking about.
 
If a CD is not finalized it can't be read as a standard CD in a CDROM drive. After a CD is finalized it appears as a standard factory pressed CD, and no additional data can be written to it.
 
Mike Walsh said:
If a CD is not finalized it can't be read as a standard CD in a CDROM
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drive. After a CD is finalized it appears as a standard factory pressed CD,
and no additional data can be written to it.

Thanks for the info; I always thought finalizing was only to let it be
played on audio CD players, not for CDROM units. Good to know.

Jon
 
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