Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Trouble Reading CD-RW Discs on CD-ROM
If you can't read CD-RW discs in your CD-ROM, try the following solutions:
• Check the vendor specifications to see whether your drive is MultiRead compliant.
Some are not.
• If your drive is MultiRead compliant, try the CD-RW disc on a known-compliant CD-
ROM drive (a drive with the MultiRead feature).
• Insert CD-RW media back into the original drive and check it for problems with the
packet-writing software program's utilities.
• Insert CD-RW media back into the original drive and eject the media. Use the right-
click Eject command in My Computer or Windows Explorer to properly close the me-
dia.
• Create a writable CD or DVD to transfer data to a computer that continues to have
problems reading rewritable media.
Trouble Reading CD-R Discs on DVD Drive
IfyourDVDdrivecan'treadaCD-R disc,check toseethat thedriveisMultiRead2 com-
pliant because noncompliant DVDs can't read CD-R media. All current DVD drives sup-
port reading CD-R media.
Trouble Making Bootable Discs
If you are having problems creating a bootable disc, try these possible solutions:
•Checkthecontentsofthebootablefloppydiskfromwhichyoucopiedthebootimage.
To access the entire contents of a disc, a bootable floppy must contain CD-ROM
drivers, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and CONFIG.SYS.
• Use the ISO 9660 format. Don't use the Joliet format because it is for long-filename
CDs and can't boot.
• Check your system's BIOS for boot compliance and boot order; the optical drive
should be listed first.
Trouble Reading BD Media or Viewing BD Movies
If you are having problems reading BD media, check the following:
• You must have a codec for BD (Blu-ray) media installed. These codecs are not in-
cludedinWindows,butmightbeprovidedbyBDdrivevendorsorbyBDmovieplay-
back and creation programs.
