CDROM Query

30 Mar 2005 1:55 PM

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

30 Mar 2005 2:29 PM

Mike Walsh

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.

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"John.N." wrote:
>
> 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

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

30 Mar 2005 2:44 PM

John.N.

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" <mikew***@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:424AB7BC.59E2C035@sbcglobal.net...
>
> 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.
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>
> "John.N." wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> --
> Mike Walsh
> West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

30 Mar 2005 3:55 PM

Mike Walsh

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.

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"John.N." wrote:
>
> 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" <mikew***@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:424AB7BC.59E2C035@sbcglobal.net...
> >
> > 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.

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

30 Mar 2005 8:54 PM

Jon Danniken

"Mike Walsh" wrote:
>
> 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.

I've seen this before but never found out about it; why is it important to
finalize the CD?

Thanks,

Jon

1 Apr 2005 6:04 PM

Mike Walsh

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.

Jon Danniken wrote:

>
> "Mike Walsh" wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> I've seen this before but never found out about it; why is it important to
> finalize the CD?

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

1 Apr 2005 9:02 PM

Jon Danniken

"Mike Walsh" wrote:
>
> 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.

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

31 Mar 2005 2:42 AM

WebWalker

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:55:20 +0100, "John.N."
<jm***@jfneal.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

>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?

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.

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WebWalker