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CD contents not being displayed by Windows

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by gagan_ahuja2006

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i tried my cd in my pc and some contents i was not able to view and when i use the cd to some other pc, all the contents which the cd contains is visible and can be accesible by me.

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by wesley.chin

What kind of files? If they are hidden files, maybe change the view of file types under XP.

by ozi eagle

Hi

I had a client with this problem this week.
He could not see any files on his laptop, but could on his desktop.

Solution, laptop has Vista, desktop XP.
CD was a RW, written by InCD on the desktop.
To fix download the lastst version of InCD reader from the Nero website and install on the Vista machine.

Herb

by stevehancock

I've seen this with DVDs quite a few times, especially with store bought DVD's and DVD drives of various sorts.

Sometimes the DVDs will not read in a Laptop drive and other times in a desktop drive.
I've had discs from the same television series have some work only in the laptop drive and some only work in the desktop drive.

My solution is find a system that they work on and reburn the disc's with something like DVD shrink or just reburn them if they are a CD.

It's probably some funky error in the construction of the CD and a quirk of the drive/OS combination.

by oz_media

Check yuor views, make sure that you can view all hidden files. GO to folder options and make sure the View Hidden files option is checked.

by computercookie

this sometimes happens if the disk is a CD - RW or the disk has been burned in sessions using different computers.

Make sure the software and hardware are up to date.

by oz_media

A codec issue will still let the files be seen but unrecognized as to which program will open them.

But...it COULD be an issue with the CD being in open format and not closed properly, in fact that is probably the reason behind most such issues. Of course that would be only if the machine that read it was the original machine that made the cd.

by vikasfrndz4u

Guys i've similar problem, actually i want to format my System with my xp cd. but it s not getng run at boot time and not get start at desktop, autoplay shows blank cd .....write the blank cd.
Earler one tme it run at boot time just bfre the driver recognition but not did continue. System is constantly get hang
Plz help me wat to do(:

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