CD Burning

[sri2000_uk]

Can someone please help me with this.
When I burn a data CD using Nero, three out of four times the Socrates re-writer will read the disc ok, but the normal CD Rom thinks that no disc is inserted, it spins up, then goes quiet.
I have tried the discs in two other computers and they will not read in them either.
I had this same problem using Adaptec.
Occasionally there is no problem.
System is as follows.
Hard drive is on primary ide.
RW Is master on secondary ide, with CD Rom as slave.

Win Me full install, not an upgrade, plus all critical updates and latest media player 7
850 Athlon
256 meg pc133 ram
Elsa 32 meg graphics card
Creative live 1024 sound card
30 gig hard drive
48 speed CD Rom
To get one decent disc I have to scrap three or four.

Thank you in advance

Jack in the UK

[sri2000_uk]

Forgot to mention.
I put the data on the hard drive and copy from there.

Jack

[RJ]

Did you close the cds after burning ?
If you don't close a session, only the burner can read the cd, not normal cdrom drives.

If you're using a CDRW, many older drives (manufactured before 1998) can't read them.

RJ

[sri2000_uk]

RJ Thank you for such a prompt reply.
No I did not close the session because I have had them occasionally read in the normal CD Roms.
If I close the session, can I add to it later, or is it permanently "fixed"

Thanks again

Jack

[RJ]

Well, I'll explain a little bit datailed:

Each CD contains at least one session. Each session has a lead-in and a lead-out, and between them the data.
If you write a single-session-cd, and close it, then you can't add any data to it. It's fixed forever.

There also is the possibility to write multisession cds. Then you can write more sessions onto a cd. Then you only close the session, not the whole cd. You can add as many sessions as you want until the cd is full. Many older cdrom drives can't read multisession. In that point I'm not sure if they can't read the whole cd or just the added sessions.

But what I know for sure is that you have to close your cds to make them readable for normal cdrom drives. CD-Writers always can read unclosed cds, because they have to be capable both to write data to an unclosed cd and close one.

RJ

[Edited by RJ on 02-08-2001 at 05:39 PM]

[sri2000_uk]

RJ

I did a little experimenting last night (it is 06:30 here)
and you are absolutely correct. I wrote a disc just to test things and closed it, it will read ok in any cd rom drive, I tried it in mine and my daughters.
I only recently went on to "Nero" and still have a steep learning process.
Many many thanks for your help.

Jack