Reading DVD Data discs

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Anthony

Hey there, firstly thanks for looking! Here is my issue,
I recently got a DVD burner and burnt a back up of all my
documents onto a DVD as a Data DVD then took it to my
friends house to transfer some files on his comptuer - XP
would not read the disk saying "Windows can not read from
this disk. The disk might be corrupted, or it could be
using a format that is not compatible with Windows". So I
thought it might be his DVD Burner. Anyhow, he burnt me a
disk of some of his files that I needed, I brang home his
disk and put it in my drive and I got the same error
message. Both DVD's work on their native computers but
not each others? Why is this?
 
Hi Anthony,

The system is dependent on the DVD software for reading the disks. Unless
you are both using the same program or at least one of you is using a
program that can read the other's file format, you will not be able trade
data this way.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
There are many DVD formats, some of which are not compatible. A normal
DVD-reader can usually read DVD-R media written in Joliet format, which is
the same format used for many data CDs. (Other media include DVD+R, DVD-RW,
DVD+RW, DVD-RAM.)

If you used a drag-n-drop of data to the DVD, it may be in UDF format, of
which there is more than one flavor. Finally, if you wrote to the DVD via
some backup program, the inforamtion could be in a special proprietary
format that only that program can read.

Suggestion: Get a utility called ISOBUSTER. It can usually determine the
format of CDs and DVDs. Further, it has reading abilities beyond those of
windows explorer and can often see/recover data that explorer says is
corrupt or simply not there.
 
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