CDRW problems with XP

[aharrisreid]

I am running a laptop with XP pro and a DVD CDRW combo. The inbuilt OS CDRW facilities are virtually useless, so I installed Nero 5.5 on the laptop (which worked fine on my previous W2K desktop machine). Reading + writing to/from the CD are ok, but there are still 2 big problems...

a) When I change disks, Windows explorer still shows the file-listing for the old disk. Refreshing does nothing. Restarting explorer does nothing (although there is disk activity). Only rebooting the laptop produces the correct file-listing on the new disk.

b) Executable files copied to the CDRW on one machine cannot be executed on the laptop machine (I get the message "xyz is not a 32 bit application&quot, but if I download the same .exe directly onto the XP machine, it executes with no problem.

Has anyone any experience with Nero on a XP pro machine?

Will upgrading to the XP version of Nero solve this problem (and will it work ok on the W2K machine)?

What about DirectCD (comes with EasyCD creator)? Is that any better?

Any help would be appreciated.

Alan Harris-Reid

 

[rwise2112]

Nero is working fine in my XP Pro desktop unit.

I had a problem with file lists not updating when the disk was changed on my system when it was running Windows Me. A firmware update for the drive fixed it for me.

 

[linney]

Incorrect Contents Are Displayed in Windows Explorer (Q314939)

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The information in this article applies to:


Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional


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SYMPTOMS
When you view the contents of a CD-ROM in Windows Explorer, you can see the name of the CD-ROM in the left pane, and the folders are displayed in the right pane. However, after you remove the CD-ROM and insert a different CD-ROM, the right pane may still display the folders from the first CD-ROM even though the left pane correctly displays the name of the new CD-ROM.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if you are using Folder view in Windows Explorer. The view may not be automatically refreshed in Folder view in Windows Explorer.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:

Manually refresh Windows Explorer by pressing F5 or by clicking Refresh on the View menu in Windows Explorer.


Do not use Folder view in Windows Explorer.





STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.


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Published Jan 14 2002 2:27PM

 

[aharrisreid]

Many thanks to all who have answered this thread.

Alan

 

[Shaith]

There is a hotfix for CDR's that I believe addresses your issue. Try windowsupdate.microsoft.com and see if you've already downloaded and installed this update.
Shaith
Network Engineer
MCP, Windows XP