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by wbf

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Hello can u help..........
i burned a cdrw on xp it played fine at work
it would not play on my system @ home any ideas
TIA

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by stroke311

THis is not the answer you want to hear, some cd players will not pick up burned cds. We have this problem all the time at work. I have found that sometimes you cut a musical cd on data(instead of music) it will work. I have also found that some brands of cd burners will work while others will not. Have you tied burning at a slower rate (4X)and see if this works for you. Hope this helps Frank

by dcosgrove

In addition to the first answer, cdrw's need a program installed to read on a regular cd drive. Sometimes it will automatically prompt you to install it, sometimes the drive won't even recognize the media.

by sgt_shultz

also, it might help if you pick 'close session' and/or 'close cd' from the burner options when you burn the cd...

by thechas

What speed is your CD drive at home?

Most 12X and slower CD drives cannot read CDRW disks.

Most 24X and faster drives can.

In-between, you need to contact the drive mfg.

Next, you may need to install the latest version of UDF reader software from Roxio's web site onto the PC.

If this is a home stereo system, most CD players cannot read CDRW disks.
You will need a CD-R, and quite possibly record at 650MB size only.

Chas

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