Old Toshiba XM-6102B drives can't read my CD-RWs.

Hi. How do I get these old CD-ROM drives to read my Sony and Memorex
CD-RWs? Newer computers with newer drives have no problems. I am using
Windows 2000 SP4 (all updates) on a P3 1 Ghz system. The drive's light
is on forever (can't read the CD-RW).

Thank you in advance.
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Does it read CDR OK?

Are the CDRW's mastered or packet written?

I've got a Toshiba XM 6201TA that may be a little newer that works fine
for either; I suspect my model may be optimized for DAE which I
specified when I had the system built years ago...

Yours simply may lack the capacity to read CDRW...

Tim K

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Hi. How do I get these old CD-ROM drives to read my Sony and Memorex
CD-RWs? Newer computers with newer drives have no problems. I am using
Windows 2000 SP4 (all updates) on a P3 1 Ghz system. The drive's light
is on forever (can't read the CD-RW).

Thank you in advance.
--
"I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there
is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights
and the ants and the maggots." --Isak Dinesen
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Part of the problem is that the laser is too old/weak to read them.
New CDROMS are dirt cheap.

wrote in message
...
Hi. How do I get these old CD-ROM drives to read my Sony and Memorex
CD-RWs? Newer computers with newer drives have no problems. I am using
Windows 2000 SP4 (all updates) on a P3 1 Ghz system. The drive's light
is on forever (can't read the CD-RW).

Thank you in advance.
--
"I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there
is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights
and the ants and the maggots." --Isak Dinesen
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Tim Kroesen wrote:
Does it read CDR OK?

Yes, HP and Office Depot brands.


Are the CDRW's mastered or packet written?

What is the differences? I burn my files to CD-RW in multisession so I can
add more later on. Is this package? I also used Sony and Memorex brands for
CD-RWs.


I've got a Toshiba XM 6201TA that may be a little newer that works fine
for either; I suspect my model may be optimized for DAE which I
specified when I had the system built years ago...

Yours simply may lack the capacity to read CDRW...

Probably the case.


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Hi. How do I get these old CD-ROM drives to read my Sony and Memorex
CD-RWs? Newer computers with newer drives have no problems. I am using
Windows 2000 SP4 (all updates) on a P3 1 Ghz system. The drive's light
is on forever (can't read the CD-RW).

Thank you in advance.
--
"I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there
is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights
and the ants and the maggots." --Isak Dinesen
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Sunny wrote:
Part of the problem is that the laser is too old/weak to read them.
New CDROMS are dirt cheap.

Ah. Yea, the problem is employer is being strict to buy new stuff. I am
using this working old drive to replace the generic 48X CD-ROM drive that
stopped working.


wrote in message
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Hi. How do I get these old CD-ROM drives to read my Sony and Memorex
CD-RWs? Newer computers with newer drives have no problems. I am using
Windows 2000 SP4 (all updates) on a P3 1 Ghz system. The drive's light
is on forever (can't read the CD-RW).

Thank you in advance.
--
"I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there
is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights
and the ants and the maggots." --Isak Dinesen
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Ant @ The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx
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wrote in message
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Sunny wrote:
Part of the problem is that the laser is too old/weak to read them.
New CDROMS are dirt cheap.

Ah. Yea, the problem is employer is being strict to buy new stuff. I am
using this working old drive to replace the generic 48X CD-ROM drive that
stopped working.

Penny wise and pound foolish ?

Sunny wrote:

wrote in message
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Sunny wrote:
Part of the problem is that the laser is too old/weak to read them.
New CDROMS are dirt cheap.

Ah. Yea, the problem is employer is being strict to buy new stuff. I am
using this working old drive to replace the generic 48X CD-ROM drive that
stopped working.

Penny wise and pound foolish ?

Eh? Can you please kindly explain what that means?
--
"I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there
is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights
and the ants and the maggots." --Isak Dinesen
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