Unable To See Files Burned To A Disk With Roxio

[lwalker1958]

I have run into a situation where a new employee came in to the organization with a CD of files that she burned on her old PC using Roxio but when I inserted the CD into my PC, running Sonic, to view the files, the disc appeared as if it were empty. I could not see any of the files that the new employee burned to the disc. However, Sonic allowed me to append some data to the disc. So I burned a couple files to the disc, and when I was finished burning the files, I went to open the disc to confirm that they did burn correctly. I was able to see the files I burned along with the files that the user had burned to the disc using Roxio.

 

Another user also told me that she burned files to a CD using Sonic, of a program that she wrote so she could share it with another organization. When she got to the other organization to demonstrate the program, she put the disk into their systems and the discs appeared empty.

 

Just wondering if anyone else out there has encountered this problem and if there is a solution that will allow files to be read in systems that have differing CD burning applications.

 

Thanks

lwalker1058

[firenhancer]

It seems something one of packet writing application DLA or Drag-to-Disc was used to create these discs which if not closed with an option to allow to be read on a all windows system will not be read. Only the systems with the mentioned applications be able to read these discs. The rule of thumb is to avoid using packet writing function and use conventional Data burning ability like Roxio Data or Creator Classic based on what version of Roxio/Sonic application is installed. The resultant disc will be readable on any system.

[lynn98109]

Or, to put it another way, assuming firenhancer is right - you use a CD or DVD directly out of the package or off the spindle to burn with one of the reliable applications within the suite.

 

It is true a floppy disc had to be formatted, but that is NOT true of an optical disc.

 

If you format an optical disc (DLA, Drag2Disc, Nero's InCD, etc), it can only be read by the program that formatted the disc (they are not compatible with each other), and Packet-Writing (formatting) is known to fail for any reason or none at all. Using RW media will tend to result in failure faster. Packet-Writing may be ok for transferring files to another computer when the original is safely on the originating computer, and there are no other alternatives, but with Flash drives (alk Thumb / Keychain / Pen / Jump drives) so available these days, as well as External Hard Drives, it's hard to make a case that Packet-Writing is needed.

 

Lynn

[ogdens]

It seems something one of packet writing application DLA or Drag-to-Disc was used to create these discs which if not closed with an option to allow to be read on a all windows system will not be read. Only the systems with the mentioned applications be able to read these discs. The rule of thumb is to avoid using packet writing function and use conventional Data burning ability like Roxio Data or Creator Classic based on what version of Roxio/Sonic application is installed. The resultant disc will be readable on any system.

 

To add to firenhancer's post, another way is to use a USB flash drive/pen drive/memory stick.

 

If you don,t know what they are go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive

 

 

Here is one site (of many) http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/cat...c.asp?CatId=379