Adaptec Direct CD or CD-RW Drives

[nino]

Was wondering if you could help me out. I am a Graduate Student at Purdue University and we have several Dell machines that use Sony CD-RW drives with EZ-Cd creator and Direct CD.
I've scrapped several CD-RW's trying to go back and forth from school to home. Writing data to the CD-RW using Direct CD at home is just fine. The problem occurs when I bring that CD up to school and try to use the school's CD-RW and Direct CD. If the CD was written to previously using Direct CD at home then the CD becomes corrupted by the school's burner. Both software packages are identical. Shouldn't the packet format be the same regardless of the burner. I have another friend that ran into the exact same problem. I also have a friend that is using NTI's package and ran into the same problem. Shouldn't packet writing format be standardized so that a CD formatted using Direct CD CAN truly be used as a floppy. It appears that this isn't the case.
I'm trying to figure out why this occurs. Among us we have 6 CD-RW's that don't work. Once the CD becomes corrupted the CD-RW won't even recognize the CD to erase it.

 

[nino]

Anyone? C'mon, somebody else has run into this

 

[vaylon]

Which version are you using? I have found that trying to transfere between diff versions can be a pain. you may also want to check and make sure you have the latest "atapi cd.sys" file on your system. this one file can make a world of diff.
If you have two drives on your system, record a cdrw on your burner then try to read it back on your other drive, if you cant then it it most likely just a matter of updating the atapi file. Also remember if the cd drive you try to play it back in is over a year or so old, it may not be able to read it.if thats the case see if the manufacturer has an update. also if you cant read from one system to the next that may mean its not configured right. if the other systems can read each other the most likely its just yours. a fresh install with an uptodate version should take care of that.