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From: ms on 18 Apr 2010 17:10 "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in snip >>> >>> Have you tried to read a data CD? Play an audio CD? >>> >> >> Referring to the Sony CD drive, as I said in my OP, it would not >> recognize a data disk. The disk I tried was a disk that included data >> files and executable files. I don't have a audio CD handy right now, >> but my interest is in the drive for data files. >> >> I opened autoplay settings, have a choice of audio files, video >> files, etc, only one possibility is "mixed content files". I selected >> it, open folders, Apply, closed the screen. Then opened properties >> again, the change did not happen, it still reads music files. In >> Explorer, I selected the cd drive, with a data cd I get a listing of >> (IIRC) *.tca- a music extension. > > The autoplay doesn't affect the ability of the OS to read a disc, only > what program the OS will open or what it will do when a disc with > files of a particular type is inserted. > ________________ > >> The info I can find on this Sony drive does not say audio only. I >> have another XP computer, the CD drive handles files just like any >> other machine I've seen. This is the only machine that sees >> everything as an audio file. > > Audio is data too, no such thing as an audio only drive > > There is a problem with either the disc or the OS. Why don't you use > the problem machine to burn some files to a blank CD and see what > happens. > I have yet to load my utilities on this machine, convert it to my own familiar settings, etc. so it would be a little while to use my normal burn utility. But this may be an answer for the issues I'm seeing- Both the Sony CD drive and the Samsung DVD drive use XP default drivers, not the manf. drivers. Does this account for the CD drive preference for audio files? ms
From: dadiOH on 18 Apr 2010 18:05 ms wrote: > "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in > snip >>>> >>>> Have you tried to read a data CD? Play an audio CD? >>>> >>> >>> Referring to the Sony CD drive, as I said in my OP, it would not >>> recognize a data disk. The disk I tried was a disk that included >>> data files and executable files. I don't have a audio CD handy >>> right now, but my interest is in the drive for data files. >>> >>> I opened autoplay settings, have a choice of audio files, video >>> files, etc, only one possibility is "mixed content files". I >>> selected it, open folders, Apply, closed the screen. Then opened >>> properties again, the change did not happen, it still reads music >>> files. In Explorer, I selected the cd drive, with a data cd I get a >>> listing of (IIRC) *.tca- a music extension. >> >> The autoplay doesn't affect the ability of the OS to read a disc, >> only what program the OS will open or what it will do when a disc >> with files of a particular type is inserted. >> ________________ >> >>> The info I can find on this Sony drive does not say audio only. I >>> have another XP computer, the CD drive handles files just like any >>> other machine I've seen. This is the only machine that sees >>> everything as an audio file. >> >> Audio is data too, no such thing as an audio only drive >> >> There is a problem with either the disc or the OS. Why don't you use >> the problem machine to burn some files to a blank CD and see what >> happens. >> > I have yet to load my utilities on this machine, convert it to my own > familiar settings, etc. so it would be a little while to use my > normal burn utility. > > But this may be an answer for the issues I'm seeing- > Both the Sony CD drive and the Samsung DVD drive use XP default > drivers, not the manf. drivers. Does this account for the CD drive > preference for audio files? No. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: dadiOH on 18 Apr 2010 19:22 ms wrote: > "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in > snip >>>> >>>> Have you tried to read a data CD? Play an audio CD? >>>> >>> >>> Referring to the Sony CD drive, as I said in my OP, it would not >>> recognize a data disk. The disk I tried was a disk that included >>> data files and executable files. I don't have a audio CD handy >>> right now, but my interest is in the drive for data files. >>> >>> I opened autoplay settings, have a choice of audio files, video >>> files, etc, only one possibility is "mixed content files". I >>> selected it, open folders, Apply, closed the screen. Then opened >>> properties again, the change did not happen, it still reads music >>> files. In Explorer, I selected the cd drive, with a data cd I get a >>> listing of (IIRC) *.tca- a music extension. >> >> The autoplay doesn't affect the ability of the OS to read a disc, >> only what program the OS will open or what it will do when a disc >> with files of a particular type is inserted. >> ________________ >> >>> The info I can find on this Sony drive does not say audio only. I >>> have another XP computer, the CD drive handles files just like any >>> other machine I've seen. This is the only machine that sees >>> everything as an audio file. >> >> Audio is data too, no such thing as an audio only drive >> >> There is a problem with either the disc or the OS. Why don't you use >> the problem machine to burn some files to a blank CD and see what >> happens. >> > I have yet to load my utilities on this machine, convert it to my own > familiar settings, etc. so it would be a little while to use my > normal burn utility. You don't need a burning program, XP will do it all by its (not so) little self. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: bahrouz on 20 Apr 2010 04:34 if the drive only recognizes the audio cds then its dead , get a new one
From: Peter Foldes on 20 Apr 2010 12:54
I posted the fix. But it is up to you if you want to do it or not -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "ms" <ms(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:831apkFl10U1(a)mid.individual.net... > "dadiOH" <dadiOH(a)invalid.com> wrote in > snip >>>> >>>> Have you tried to read a data CD? Play an audio CD? >>>> >>> >>> Referring to the Sony CD drive, as I said in my OP, it would not >>> recognize a data disk. The disk I tried was a disk that included data >>> files and executable files. I don't have a audio CD handy right now, >>> but my interest is in the drive for data files. >>> >>> I opened autoplay settings, have a choice of audio files, video >>> files, etc, only one possibility is "mixed content files". I selected >>> it, open folders, Apply, closed the screen. Then opened properties >>> again, the change did not happen, it still reads music files. In >>> Explorer, I selected the cd drive, with a data cd I get a listing of >>> (IIRC) *.tca- a music extension. >> >> The autoplay doesn't affect the ability of the OS to read a disc, only >> what program the OS will open or what it will do when a disc with >> files of a particular type is inserted. >> ________________ >> >>> The info I can find on this Sony drive does not say audio only. I >>> have another XP computer, the CD drive handles files just like any >>> other machine I've seen. This is the only machine that sees >>> everything as an audio file. >> >> Audio is data too, no such thing as an audio only drive >> >> There is a problem with either the disc or the OS. Why don't you use >> the problem machine to burn some files to a blank CD and see what >> happens. >> > I have yet to load my utilities on this machine, convert it to my own > familiar settings, etc. so it would be a little while to use my normal burn > utility. > > But this may be an answer for the issues I'm seeing- > Both the Sony CD drive and the Samsung DVD drive use XP default drivers, > not the manf. drivers. Does this account for the CD drive preference for > audio files? > > ms > |