Windows XP and CD Rom

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Steve Bancroft

I have three computers, two running Windows 98 and one
with WindowsXP. I made a CD on the desktop running 98
with pictures and after making the CD and trying to place
the pictures on the XP machine it keeps saying that the
CD is contaminated or not compatible with windows. But it
works just fine on both of the machines running 98.
 
Youm probably made the CD by some form of packet writing, also called things
like drag&drop, DirectCD, INCD, etc. This format requires compatible reader
software, and XP does not automatically support all possible variations.

It is safer to write CDs using a format called "Joliet". Such CDs are more
likely to be readbale on more machines. However, Joliet is a write-once
format, and does not support treatng the CD as if it were a magnetic disk.

If you can not re-write the CDs in Joliet, think about one of these possible
appoaches:

1. Get a UDF reader and install it on the XP PC. See the adaptec website
for a free reader.

2. Get a program called ISOBUSTER, most of whose options are freeware.
ISOBUSTER can read more formats than can XP, beacuase it does not use the XP
CD reading routines.
 
Steve said:
I have three computers, two running Windows 98 and one
with WindowsXP. I made a CD on the desktop running 98
with pictures and after making the CD and trying to place
the pictures on the XP machine it keeps saying that the
CD is contaminated or not compatible with windows. But it
works just fine on both of the machines running 98.
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What software did you use? It must have been some third party product
to make the CD in 98; that is probably in a mode that is not supported
natively in XP, and you will have to get a compatible package. It is
also possible that the burner/media/reading drive are not adequately
matched
 
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