Bad CD-R/CD Drive problem help? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Neato · 12-03-2003, 11:57 AM

I burnt a large .ace file onto a Memorex CDR and now I can't copy it off or read it.
WinAce stops responding and both my original CDROM and my CD Writer do the same thing... I try and copy the file to my desktop and it goes until theres around 2 seconds left, then it jumps up to 20 seconds left, 40 seconds left, etc... until the drive just says that it cannot read the device. They can read video files off of CDRs just fine though.
Also, when I put a CDR into the drive my computer freezes.

WinME, 2 ghz Pentium 3, 120GB hard drive, 128mb RAM.

Can anyone help me in any way? I' be happy if I could at least get part of the file.

cub4life78 · 12-03-2003, 08:05 PM

You won't be able to get any of the file without the whole ace file copied over. Do you have another cd-rom laying around to test with? Check Check device manager (right click my computer) and check for any conflicts (yellow circles with an exclamation point)

junglistic · 12-04-2003, 06:18 AM

Sounds like a media problem.

If both the cdr and cdrom have no problems reading other discs, you may want to switch media

Neato · 12-04-2003, 08:02 AM

No other CDROMs, no device manager conflicts.

I remember this happening a long time ago with some CDRWs. I blamed the CDRWs and threw them away.
It reads all other CDs fine. The only thing it doesn't read appears to be CDR/Ws with large archives on them.

Neato · 12-04-2003, 09:40 PM

The CD worked fine in someone elses computer. Luckly we are on a network so I could just get it right off his computer.
My PC is a jalopy. Everyone names their PCs because they like them. I've never named mine. Maybe I should call it "Steamy", short for "Steamy Pile of Shit".

Anyway, I needed to rant about this box of metal.

Prince · 12-05-2003, 07:55 AM

I have the same, or similar, problem with my LG burner. I mostly use Maxell's 700 mb cd-r's. I can burn a disc and read data off of it, put it away for a week or two or more, take it out and put it in, and I can't access it at all, or I can access some files but not all. Especially large files. What the heck could be causing this? Then at times the drive just ends up in this "condition" where regardless of what cd I put in the drive it will say the disc is "bad media" until I reboot, after which it'll work again.

Do you know of any software I could use to perform really exhaustive tests on the burner to perhaps find out if this is a software problem, or hardware problem?

12-03-2003, 11:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Neato Insane Location: The Oposite, Inverse of Hell (Wisconsin)	Bad CD-R/CD Drive problem help? I burnt a large .ace file onto a Memorex CDR and now I can't copy it off or read it. WinAce stops responding and both my original CDROM and my CD Writer do the same thing... I try and copy the file to my desktop and it goes until theres around 2 seconds left, then it jumps up to 20 seconds left, 40 seconds left, etc... until the drive just says that it cannot read the device. They can read video files off of CDRs just fine though. Also, when I put a CDR into the drive my computer freezes. WinME, 2 ghz Pentium 3, 120GB hard drive, 128mb RAM. Can anyone help me in any way? I' be happy if I could at least get part of the file.

12-05-2003, 07:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
Prince /nɑndəsˈkrɪpt/ Location: LV-426	I have the same, or similar, problem with my LG burner. I mostly use Maxell's 700 mb cd-r's. I can burn a disc and read data off of it, put it away for a week or two or more, take it out and put it in, and I can't access it at all, or I can access some files but not all. Especially large files. What the heck could be causing this? Then at times the drive just ends up in this "condition" where regardless of what cd I put in the drive it will say the disc is "bad media" until I reboot, after which it'll work again. Do you know of any software I could use to perform really exhaustive tests on the burner to perhaps find out if this is a software problem, or hardware problem? __________________ Who is John Galt?

12-03-2003, 08:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
cub4life78 Insane Location: Kansas	You won't be able to get any of the file without the whole ace file copied over. Do you have another cd-rom laying around to test with? Check Check device manager (right click my computer) and check for any conflicts (yellow circles with an exclamation point)

12-04-2003, 06:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
junglistic Insane	Sounds like a media problem. If both the cdr and cdrom have no problems reading other discs, you may want to switch media

12-04-2003, 08:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Neato Insane Location: The Oposite, Inverse of Hell (Wisconsin)	No other CDROMs, no device manager conflicts. I remember this happening a long time ago with some CDRWs. I blamed the CDRWs and threw them away. It reads all other CDs fine. The only thing it doesn't read appears to be CDR/Ws with large archives on them.

12-04-2003, 09:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
Neato Insane Location: The Oposite, Inverse of Hell (Wisconsin)	The CD worked fine in someone elses computer. Luckly we are on a network so I could just get it right off his computer. My PC is a jalopy. Everyone names their PCs because they like them. I've never named mine. Maybe I should call it "Steamy", short for "Steamy Pile of Shit". Anyway, I needed to rant about this box of metal.