CD/RW play on CDRom

Dear RebeccaG,
old cd-rom might not be read new cd sometime. when u write a new cd (with your friend cd-writer), you must reduce write speed, e.g 4 or 8 speed. Neo burning rom software are nice cd copy software. by this software, you can multi selection copy, and can install from there, ok ..try and mail to me...good luck.. bye
Be friendly,
L.Seng Du

1) It depends on your hardware.

2) You will test by recording a cd and "close" the cd when finished burning it. Closing the cd means that you will not be able to write to it anymore. Some of the older computers will read a closed CDR.
Then copy the contends of the cd to your computer hdd and remove the "read-only" attribute. From Windows Explorer --> right-click on the folder and go to Properties and un-check "read only". Then install from your hdd. If this works then you are safe to proceed with other downloaded programs in the same manner.

Start by checking if your CD ROM drive is "Multi-Read" certified.

You can check with either the drive manufacture, or the web site for the CD-RW software your friend is using.

As a rule of thumb, most CD drives that are slower than 12X can notread CD-RW disks.
Most CD drives that are faster than 24X can read CD-RW disks.

If your drive is CD-RW capable, you will need to install a reader for the CD-RW file format.

For maximum compatability, install the UDF reader from the website ofthe software that your friend uses.

If any of the programs or files are ones that you wish to have permanent backups of, you should burn them on to regular CD-R blanks, and not CD-RWs.

Think of a CD-RW disk as a giant floppy that can be damaged nearly as easily as a floppy.

I use CD-RW disks for temporary storage and file transfers only.

Chas