Faulty C.D.s?? - DPChallenge Forums

09/11/2007 07:45:40 PM · #1

I am copying a lecture on CD for a few friends using Windows Media Player and it has copied the first one fine. However it has told me the next C.D. I tried to use wasn't empty and it did this for the next 5 C.D.s. Now I know I haven't used them and I'm pretty sure noone else in my family has.

So is there a way to tell if the C.D. is faulty or has been used? Visually I see nothing to indicate they have been used at all.

I think it's a bit strange that out of a pack of 50 C.D.s 5 consecutive ones should be faulty. In saying that, it is a multi coloured pack and they are all the same colour. I would complain to the company if I knew for sure the C.D.s are faulty.

cpanaioti

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

09/11/2007 07:47:46 PM · #2

It could be a matter of the program being faulty and only letting you copy one CD at a time.

Try closing the program and restarting it to try to copy the CD again.

09/11/2007 07:50:47 PM · #3

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

It could be a matter of the program being faulty and only letting you copy one CD at a time.

Try closing the program and restarting it to try to copy the CD again.

Yep thought of that. Closed the programm and reopened and tried to do it and the same result.

I also put the C.D. into the computer and checked it out in the D drive just to check I hadn't used it and forgotten but is just shows up empty.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

09/11/2007 07:59:27 PM · #4

I just tested one of the C.D.s to dopy one of my pictures onto and it burnt the photo OK. So it must be Media player that's mucking me around???

Apple iPhone 5

09/11/2007 08:02:05 PM · #5

Yea, sounds more likely to be a software issue rather than faulty CDs. I get this happening a lot with my CD burning software, it keeps asking me to insert a blank CD when there's already one in the drive.

robs

Canon EOS R6 Mk II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/11/2007 08:09:27 PM · #6

Try them in another machine/drive but most likely the drive. You could try burning at a much slower speed from "Max" that is the default in a lot of programs.

Valdo

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

09/11/2007 08:21:07 PM · #7

I had similar problems when the CD/DVD drive wasn't clean. It worked properly after running one of those cleaning CDs.

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

09/11/2007 08:34:56 PM · #8

That used to happen to me a lot when I still used Roxio....... never managed to fix it until I gave up and got Nero, instead.

cpanaioti

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

09/11/2007 08:39:09 PM · #9

You shouldn't have to use Media Player to copy the CD. Windows XP and I presume Vista has the capability of burning CDs.

09/11/2007 09:02:34 PM · #10

Originally posted by Valdo:

I had similar problems when the CD/DVD drive wasn't clean. It worked properly after running one of those cleaning CDs.

I might try this

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

09/11/2007 09:02:59 PM · #11

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

You shouldn't have to use Media Player to copy the CD. Windows XP and I presume Vista has the capability of burning CDs.

I have windows xp, how do I do it?

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

09/11/2007 09:07:43 PM · #12

Reboot your computer.

cpanaioti