sys.not recognize files on cd-rw

RUNESTALKER · October 19th, 2002, 06:30 PM

need advice on why it may be that I cannot see the files that are on a cdrw that i copied files to earlier.The drives work fine for cd rom (running a video etc),but when I try to see my files on any cd , they just are no visible. Instead this UDFREADER thing popped up asking me to install it so as to read but thats all I see now on the drive-UDFREADER.As if the files disappeared. This is true for any cd i put in including all cds i previously saved stuff on. Essentially I cannot see my files on cds anymore. What can I do?

Oh. im running windows me

NeoStarO1 · October 19th, 2002, 07:07 PM

Did you burn the files to disk or use the disk as like a floppy? If the latter then you need to install the program UDFREADER that came with your cdrw to read the files off the disk. But if you had burned them, you should not have that problem reading all your files. I am to understand that you mean that you can't read files that you saved to disk but don't have that problem with pre-written software.

RUNESTALKER · October 19th, 2002, 07:09 PM

exactly, i dont have the problem with prewritten software.

NeoStarO1 · October 19th, 2002, 07:11 PM

Okay I just read your
other thread and it appears that you have just recently formated your hard drive, This is why you can't read any of the files you see on your disk. you need to re-install the drivers/software that came with the CDRW when you purchased it. So just do like you did when you first got your CDRW and pop in that disk that came with it and install that software with it.

I am gambling that you had saved your files to the disk like a floppy and didn't burn them thus why you can't read them without the reader.

RUNESTALKER · October 19th, 2002, 07:13 PM

I just used explorer to copy the files from my hard drive then I pasted them to the cdrw.

RUNESTALKER · October 19th, 2002, 07:14 PM

actually I have not reformatted yet.

RUNESTALKER · October 19th, 2002, 07:15 PM

im gonna reinstall drivers see what happens

NeoStarO1 · October 19th, 2002, 07:18 PM

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Originally posted by RUNESTALKER
I just used explorer to copy the files from my hard drive then I pasted them to the cdrw.

This is why you can't read them. When you copy or save your files to cd disk this way, what you are doing is using the cd disk as a HUGE floppy disk.

To be able to read the files from disk on any computer you need to actually Burn the disk. Nero is a good program to use to burn files to disk.

Just install the software from that disk you got with the CDRW and you will be able to read your files again.

Just a side note: you won't be able to read those files on another computer unless that computer already has that exact reader installed on the hard drive.

Edit: BTW Welcome to TechIMO!!!

NeoStarO1 · October 19th, 2002, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by RUNESTALKER
actually I have not reformatted yet.

Okay, I thought you had already formated, that reader should already still be on your system unless the program got corrupted somehow or got uninstalled.

Before formating I would back up all the files you want by burning them to disk, Nero should have some trial software you can use to burn your files to disk, this way you won't need the reader.

I forget why, but why are you planning to reformat?

RUNESTALKER · October 19th, 2002, 07:48 PM

i just figure if i reformatt and reinstall I can remove all the quirks and be more efficient. also I will use an older computer as the guinea pig first.