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won't read some burned cds

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by spadden

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I have a Mitsumi CD-rom drive on a windows 98 operating system with a 500 mhz Intel celeron processor and 64 mb of memory. It will read some cds but not others. for instance I have a cd with files burned on it. This computer will not read it but another computer will. Could this have something to do with the speed it was burned at or drivers for this cd drive? I have a burned cd with pictures that this computer will read. Does anyone have some suggestions?

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by thechas

Many older CD-ROM drives have trouble reading recorded CD's.

Try cleaning the Mitsumi drive.

It is also possible, that the laser on the Mitsumi is slightly out of alignment.

Also, are the disks that it will not read different sizes or brands / color than the disks it will read?
Some older drives do not work well with some CD colors.

If the drive is a 12X or slower, it is apt to have problems with "burned" CDs.
12X to 24X performance with "burned" CD's varies.
32X and faster drives usually have no problem.

The speed of the burn is less important than the quality of the disk, and how well the disk is burned.

Chas

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