EPO - DVD Rom can not read CD-RW's - Why?

[Copperpipe]

Herkulese,

My EPO 16X drive reads files that were burnt onto an Imation 4X CDRW disk from my LiteOn 16X CD burner using Windows (98SE) Internet Explorer. I have Nero 5.5, and INCD activated when I put the RW disk into the burner.

The EPO drive didn't hesitate at all in reading the disk (I was pleasantly surprised at this - almost as surprised as when I first fired up my newly built K7S5A box without a problem). So my EPO drive can read RW's from my HP 8X (Adaptec EZCD Creator) and LiteOn 16X (INCD) burners.

I haven't used my LiteOn burner much so I don't have as much experience with it. But I do recall that I had problems with other computers reading my HP CDRW's (using EZCD Creator), and that I solved that problem by loading Adaptec's UDF reader into those problematic computers. I don't know if Win2K has some similar driver that you can use.

In any case, good luck in solving your problem.

 

[Herkulese]

Copperpipe,

Thanks for the comments.
This is the kind of info that I am looking for, as it gives me some more places to look for possible solutions.

Deanodarlo also ave me several good suggestions that eliminated several possible hardware or driver issues.

Thanks again guys,
Herkulese

 

[Copperpipe]

EDIT: "My EPO 16X drive reads files that were burnt onto an Imation 4X CDRW disk from my LiteOn 16X CD burner using Windows (98SE)" EXPLORER (not "Internet Explorer" per my previous post).

I've got a feeling your drive is fine - perhaps you can swap it with a CDROM drive in another system and/or try to get a hold of RW disk burnt from another machine.

I recently loaned an RW disk (burnt with my HP burner) containing graphic files to my sister - and her computer's DVD ROM drive couldn't recognize the disk at all. She has WinME on that machine and after I loaded the UDF reader into it, she could read them OK.

Good luck.

 

[Herkulese]

Copperpipe,

Thanks for the comments, but if you wouldn't mind, I would like a bit of clarification.

In your earlier post you mentioned using NERO 5.5 with INCD activated when you pot in the RW.
What is INCD?

In your current post you mention loading UDF reader.
What is UDF reader and where do you put it?

 

[Copperpipe]

Herkulese,

For info on InCD, go to: http://www.ahead.de/en/incdinfo.htm

For info on Adaptec's UDF reader: http://www.roxio.com/en/support/udfwin/udfwinupdates.html


You should probably install InCD's UDF reader (found on the first link) on your EPO DVD-ROM computer since you are trying to read RW disks that were burnt using Nero.

Give it a try.

Good luck.