Unable to read CD-R disks on CD-RW after Win98 -> WinXP ..

External Since: Dec 01, 2003 Posts: 4

Greets!
*whew*

Been reading for a couple of hours to little avail...here's hoping
there's a solution to this problem out there.

If I've cross-posted this to an improper group (I think they're all
valid...), please change Follow-Up to appropriate group.

System: Asus P2B 192Meg RAM, 40GB Hard Drive (divided into three
drives), Teac CD-R55S, Yamaha CDW3200E (this is the issue...),
upgraded this weekend to Windows XP with SP1 from original Windows 98
installation, Radeon 7000 video, Initio SCSI controller, NIC, et. al.
(further details upon request...)

Problem: Unable to read CD-R media (TDK 700MB) recorded on the Yamaha
CDW3200E drive. I am able to read a couple of audio CD's, as well as
several commercial data CD's. All of the CD-R media was recorded on
the Yamaha -- I've also got some older media burned on a Teac CD-R55S
(SCSI...) that will not read in the Yamaha either.

I noticed this as I was attempting to perform an upgrade install of
WindowsXP from a licensed CD-R copy of Windows XP slipstreamed with
SP1 in the Yamaha. Switching over to the Teac, I was able to complete
the install with no problems. I have read several CD-R disks fine
with the Teac; not a disk (out of a dozen...at least!) with the
Yamaha.

Now, the odd part of the whole situation is that the original Win98
had a Nero 5.5.10.0 install. I've been able to burn data disks with
no issues using Nero; in fact, I used the Teac to check them out; they
seem to be fine!

I don't think this is a software issue; but I'm not that sure of when
I was last able to read a CD-R with the Yamaha. I'm fairly sure that
reading & writing from both drives were fine before the upgrade; but
how long before, I don't recall.

Going into Device Manager | Properties, then pulling up the device,
there's no question mark indicating error, pulling up the Properties
tab on the device, then hitting Volumes, will pull up the fact the
drive has media installed, but it can not recognize what kind it is.
(same trick on the Teac brings up correct media information).

So the drive can basically see it has media; audio data it can play --
standard commercial audio CD's play fine. It doesn't like anything to
do with reading CD-R media.

Any clues?

Thanks; reply to the group; email address is valid, and can be used to
reply as well.

External Since: Nov 30, 2003 Posts: 276

An upgrade from Win 98/ME to 2K/XP rarely works, especially when third-party
drivers like Nero's are involved. You should have uninstalled it before
upgrading.

Install Win XP to another partition and see it works.

<kwthom.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Been reading for a couple of hours to little avail...here's hoping
> there's a solution to this problem out there.
>
> If I've cross-posted this to an improper group (I think they're all
> valid...), please change Follow-Up to appropriate group.
>
> System: Asus P2B 192Meg RAM, 40GB Hard Drive (divided into three
> drives), Teac CD-R55S, Yamaha CDW3200E (this is the issue...),
> upgraded this weekend to Windows XP with SP1 from original Windows 98
> installation, Radeon 7000 video, Initio SCSI controller, NIC, et. al.
> (further details upon request...)
>
> Problem: Unable to read CD-R media (TDK 700MB) recorded on the Yamaha
> CDW3200E drive. I am able to read a couple of audio CD's, as well as
> several commercial data CD's. All of the CD-R media was recorded on
> the Yamaha -- I've also got some older media burned on a Teac CD-R55S
> (SCSI...) that will not read in the Yamaha either.
>
>
> I noticed this as I was attempting to perform an upgrade install of
> WindowsXP from a licensed CD-R copy of Windows XP slipstreamed with
> SP1 in the Yamaha. Switching over to the Teac, I was able to complete
> the install with no problems. I have read several CD-R disks fine
> with the Teac; not a disk (out of a dozen...at least!) with the
> Yamaha.
>
> Now, the odd part of the whole situation is that the original Win98
> had a Nero 5.5.10.0 install. I've been able to burn data disks with
> no issues using Nero; in fact, I used the Teac to check them out; they
> seem to be fine!
>
> I don't think this is a software issue; but I'm not that sure of when
> I was last able to read a CD-R with the Yamaha. I'm fairly sure that
> reading & writing from both drives were fine before the upgrade; but
> how long before, I don't recall.
>
> Going into Device Manager | Properties, then pulling up the device,
> there's no question mark indicating error, pulling up the Properties
> tab on the device, then hitting Volumes, will pull up the fact the
> drive has media installed, but it can not recognize what kind it is.
> (same trick on the Teac brings up correct media information).
>
> So the drive can basically see it has media; audio data it can play --
> standard commercial audio CD's play fine. It doesn't like anything to
> do with reading CD-R media.
>

Unable to read CD-R disks on CD-RW *after* Win98 -> WinXP ..

Unable to read CD-R disks on CD-RW after Win98 -> WinXP ..