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Re: Cant view folders from disk in drive

  • Subject: Re: Cant view folders from disk in drive
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com>
  • Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:33:18 +0100
  • Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.laptops
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Manchester University
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Tintin wrote:

> Im sorry to place this in this group but I cant find a suitable group,
> advice would be much appreciated.
> 
> When I sold my old PC I archived files onto disk.
> 
> In the past Ive always inserted the disk into my laptop and double clicked
> drive D and the folders have opened for me to select a file.
> 
> The drive is being read because it names the disk but it wont open  to
> display folders.


This often happens when the drive is unable to read a CD properly. It is
most common with burned CD's. That CD is worth trying on another drive, so
don't dispair.


> In the left hand column of My Computer it says the disks name, but size 0
> bytes
> and 0 free space


Yes, as would be expected if the CD cannot be read properly.


> Some of the files I cant open are avi or mid or rm files, but I can open
> them by loading them into media player or real player.


Perhaps the applications will access the files directly (without directory
listing). This isn't a complete paradox.


> I could open these files on my disks about  2 weeks ago, but now it wont
> let me.


I assume you could "open these files" on a different computer. If I were
you, I wouldn't worry. I would just copy the files to a computer which
reads the CD successfully and then re-burn or copy via cable or whatever
other transfer method you prefer. 


> Any ideas?
> 
> Windows XP SE
> 
> Internet Explorer browser.


Try MS-DOS. Start -> Run... -> "cd d:", "dir"

Roy

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