Weird CD/CD-RW problems

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-03-24 03:41pm

I've recently been trying to transfer some files on CD-RW discs (various file types) and I've been getting the error message " [File name] cannot be read from specified device". Does any one know why I should be getting that and anything I can do to fix it?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-03-24 03:54pm

try reinstalling the driver for the CDRW drive maybe?

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-03-24 04:32pm

Darth_Zod wrote:try reinstalling the driver for the CDRW drive maybe?

Possibly, but the problem doesn't seem to be confined to any one specific drive. I've got two on that computer and neither works.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-03-24 04:48pm

try using it on another computer. assuming it's not the computer itself, the CD disc may be scratched or otherwise damaged in a way that's keeping it from reading properly.

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-03-24 05:08pm

Darth_Zod wrote:try using it on another computer. assuming it's not the computer itself, the CD disc may be scratched or otherwise damaged in a way that's keeping it from reading properly.

They're new discs and unscratched. And the problems seem to be that computer. Possibly a virus.

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-03-24 05:12pm

What I probably need to do is reformat the drive, but Gateway never sent me the Win98 Cds. So I can't really do that.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-03-24 08:13pm

Hypothetacally, there may or may not be copies of windoze floating around the net. And since j00 own a copy already i believe that it would be legal to dl it. Damn. To use it j00'd need to burn it. And to burn it j00'd need it. Catch 22 i geuss.

Shaidar Haran · Post by **Shaidar Haran** » 2004-03-25 03:12pm

darthdavid wrote:Hypothetacally, there may or may not be copies of windoze floating around the net. And since j00 own a copy already i believe that it would be legal to dl it. Damn. To use it j00'd need to burn it. And to burn it j00'd need it. Catch 22 i geuss.

Thanks.

I don't need to worry about that, just getting the drive working.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-03-25 09:25pm

David, no. He does not have a license for the versions of Windows floating around the 'net. And since the problem has been resolved...