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david - 24 Aug 2005 07:08 GMT

I have a Viao which has a CD writer which works. Trouble is, it refuses to
see what it has written.

If I put photos onto CD, for example, then put the disc back into the CD
drawer it shows a blank disc, but putting the CD into the photo lab shows
all the correct , printable images.

Same thing goes for programmes and software.

Any ideas why it does this and how I might fix it?

David

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Andrew Virnuls - 24 Aug 2005 10:37 GMT

>I have a Viao which has a CD writer which works. Trouble is, it refuses to
>see what it has written.
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> Any ideas why it does this and how I might fix it?

What application are you using to create the CDs?

I had a similar problem with a laptop and external CD-writer. When I
created CDs they wouldn't appear correctly when inserted in the internal DVD
drive.

I was using Nero, and it it turned out to be the "mode" (I think that's what
it was called - I don't have the laptop to hand). There was a choice of 1
or 2 - I swapped it and everything was tickety-boo (although the help seemed
to suggest I was using the correct setting to start with).

Sorry for being a little vague, but maybe it'll point you in the right
direction!

Andrew

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david - 24 Aug 2005 10:58 GMT

Thanks, I am "just" using the 'copy to cd' mode in the windows explorer.

D

>>I have a Viao which has a CD writer which works. Trouble is, it refuses
>>to see what it has written.
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> Andrew

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Andy Champ - 24 Aug 2005 20:04 GMT

> What application are you using to create the CDs?
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> Andrew

Andrew,
if you are using Mode 2, make sure you are using form 1, not form 2.
Mode 2, form 2 gets you 10% more on your CD at the cost of turning off
much of the error correction.

You select either Mode 1 or Mode 2; Mode 2 allows mixed form1 (2048
byte sectors after error correction) and form 2 (2336 byte). Mode 1 is
all 2048.

HTH

Andy

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PcB - 24 Aug 2005 20:33 GMT

Hi David,

<<If I put photos onto CD, for example, then put the disc back into the CD
drawer it shows a blank disc, but putting the CD into the photo lab shows
all the correct , printable images.

Well I see you have had one vague answer already and this is probably no
better (but as with the first, will hopefully point you in the right
direction).

Some CD writing software won't finalise the disc until you ask/force it to;
some readers can't read discs unless they are finalised. I realise this is
possibly not the case here as you are trying to read from the disc on which
you wrote but .....

Paul

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