getting info from a cd not closed out???

I need some help, a friend of mine burned some personal info on a cd before she left her job, she does not remember the program she used, I cannot open this cd for her in XP. When I put it in the cd rom it shows as empty, when I retreive the cd info from nero it shows 1mb of info on the disc. I think she may not have closed the cd when she was done, is there any way to retreive the info from this disc? thanks

 

Hello kiddk,

Two things to try:

Copying the disc, or adding to it with a small file to the disc in question.

I use a version of Roxio and if the disc is not blank - totaly erased or just the TOC erased - it will store whatever is currently on that disc and then re-write it out w/ the new file using if possible a new blank saving the original. I'm assuming this is a RW - this problem is usually associated w/RW's

I'm sure Nero would do the same.

Regards - Charles

 

You might also want to check if she used the Roxio direct CD. It formats the disk differently so that a disk can be written to and used just like a drive but you will need the Roxio software to use it this is free to download on the net.

 

thanks tried roxio it did not work, tried it on another computer with an earlier version of roxio and it worked. thanks again.