Cannot read CDFS disks-UDF disks work fine

[Tranman]

Hi All,
Fairly new Compaq/XP Pro SP2. Two CD drives (1 reader/1 burner) Both drives Read UDF CDs and Drag and Drop CDs fine, but cannot even read the label of CDFS disks. Flash the light a bit then just stop.

Not too many ideas of how to proceed. Remember I can't read CDFS, so even reinstalling XP is not an option unless I can do it across the network.

Anyone have any ideas?

Tranman





"Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however,...much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant." Mark Twain

 

[linney]

What CD software do you have installed?

What errors might be showing in your Event Viewer?

Will XP's inbuilt burning software let you Erase a CD and thereby format it to CDFS?

Are the speed specification of the CD's compatible with the drive speed settings?


How to troubleshoot issues that occur when you write data to a CD-R or CD-RW Optical Disc in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324129&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Perhaps booting (before anything else loads)from the XP CD or any Recovery CD would be an option should you contemplate a re-install.

CD-ROM Drive May Not Be Able to Read a UDF-Formatted Disc in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321640&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

[Tranman]

Hi linney,
Nero and Roxio have both been installed. Currently Nero Enterprise, or whatever their big gun is called. This problem is on the PC of a programmer who works for me, and he has not come into work yet this morning.

No errors.

This is not a burning thing. It's a reading thing.

Again, not a burning thing. I can't even read regular factory-created CDs. (Can't read *any* CDFS disk--even the ones created on this machine--other machines read them fine.)

I'll try your link, but again, it's not a writing/CDR/CDRW thing.

Have not tried booting from a CDFS disk. I think I have a Knoppix disk around here somewhere that I could try.

Reads UDF fine. No problems there (I know about the bus mastering thing.)

Thank you for your response. I'll try booting from a Knoppix CDFS disk and post the results back.

Anybody else?

Tranman

"Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however,...much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant." Mark Twain

 

[cdogg]

Tranman,

A couple things to check:

- If you have Alcohol 100% installed, remove it
- If you have Nero's INCD loaded or running, disable it from startup
- If you have Roxio's DirectCD loaded or running, disable it from startup

If none of that helps after a reboot, then try booting your PC using a Win98SE startup disk (if you don't have one, go to

http://www.bootdisk.com).

This will load DOS with CD-ROM support. See if you can view the directory of a CDFS cd from there.

~cdogg
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[linney]

I am not sure whether Roxio and Nero work well together or the two of them together in combination with XP's own CD software.

You say you can create CDFS CD's on this drive and other machines can then read them. Can you install and try another CD drive on the problem machine in case it is a hardware fault?

Another possible thing to look at is any updates for both Roxio and Nero and any firmware or a device driver update for the CD drive itself.

 

[cdogg]

linney,
The hardware fault possibility can be tested using the Win98 boot disk suggestion I noted above. Also remember that two different drives are having the same problem, so it's not likely...

Also, I do have Roxio and Nero installed with no compatibility issues in XP. That's not to say this isn't the problem, however. I don't have INCD or DirectCD running, which gets installed and turned on by default.

~cdogg
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[linney]

InCD from Nero has been known to be a problem in various ways in XP.
To Clean up after InCd you might need this tool from Nero.
InCd-Cleantool_1140.exe

http://www.nero.com/eng/InCD_Clean_Tool.html

http://groups-beta.google.com/group...=InCd-Cleantool&rnum=7&hl=en#aa7da68a900345f6