"GrapeCrusher" said in news:
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Then you've got a very poorly written device driver for that CD drive. Are
you sure you are using a Windows XP driver, and not some invalid driver
meant for Windows 9x?
Yes, I am sure. This computer was new with XP, and I transferred only
data from my old computer, no applications at all. Wanted to start
fresh with this computer. And have installed all recommended updates
since day one. Aside from this occasional problem, the system has been
pretty damn stable. Particularly after years of coping (barely) with
Win95....
Are you using a UDF (universal data format) reader or writer program to
support the CD drive (using rewritable media) rather than using CD burning
software? InCD is a UDR reader/writer included with Ahead's Nero burning CD
software. DirectCD is Roxio's (Adaptec's) UDF reader/writer. I haven't
trialed the latest versions, but in prior version InCD and DirectCD were too
flaky and caused BSODs (blue screens of death). They work by loading an
All my computers have used Adaptec (Roxio) software, dating back to
when Win 3.1 was state of the art, and 4x was "Lightening fast writing
speed"
Some of my older discs were written using UDF, most not. Currently I
only do DiskAtOnce burning, using EZ CD Creator, which is really
nothing more than straight copying from hard drive to cd. No
formatting involved.
I also burn music discs using Acoustica CD burner.
installable file system on Windows startup. So far, they have not proven to
write a reliable file system. Also, although both might be using the UDF
standard to write to the CD media, they may use differing formats within
that standard so you end up with a UDF-created CD that you can only read on
just the host where you created it. If you have InCD, DirectCD, or another
UDF writer driver (UDF read-only is okay), uninstall it and see if your
system gets stable again.
The system is stable.
This is a very rare occurrence, which seems to be caused by a damaged
or somehow corrupt file. I have the same problem if I try to read the
same file on either my CDR drive or my DVD Drive. Different makers.
But it is very rare. My drives work just fine 99.9% of the time.
The problem occurs with specific files, not with any regularity or
frequency. It can be any kind of file. A music file, an art file, a
movie clip, a chapter of a book. Other files on the disc are usually
readable. But If I try to read the offending file, I get stuck as
described in my original post.
I was hoping that there was some way to simply tell windows to stop
looking at the file, or stop seeking, or whatever. Some way to cancel
the command. I guess nothing that simple is possible, is there?
I appreciate the time you've taken to respond. Perhaps I will just
have to learn to live with this occasional nuisance.
Thank You
Grape Crusher
