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Reading Win98 CD-RW on WinXP

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by rlruss

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I have recently upgraded my FatherinLaw to XP from Win98. He has a LARGE number of CD's burned under 98, none of which he can now read under XP. He is extremely annoyed; his taxes and other records are on these CD's. Machine is Gateway P3/500. Any hints/links welcome.

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by dustypenguin

If he used Nero burning software under 98 and is now trying to read them with the "native" CDRW software built into WinXP, it probably will not work since nero uses a different packet writing fomula. (XP is using technology from Roxio) Possibility includes downloading a trial version of Nero at http://www.ahead.de/us/nero6-ultraedition.php
Older versions of Nero may not be compatible with XP

by haileyan

Some older CD-ROMS/RW simply do not work right in Windows XP. You basically have 2 options. See if the CD-ROM manufacturer has a firmware update available for the CD-ROM that fixes issues with Windows XP. The other option is to buy a new CD-ROM that is compatible with Windows XP. The good news is that an great CD R/W drive is very cheap these days.

What is the make and model of the cdROM drive? You can find this by lookin in the Device Manager.

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