Win XP created CD does not read in Win 98

I tried to create a cd on my cd-rw drive on a Win XP machine using Win XP's cd writing software. The cd cannot be read or even seen by my Win 98 machine, giving a "drive not ready" message.

Any suggestions on how I can correct this?

 

Hey, does you 98 machine have a CD burner installed, because i cannot read burnt CD's in the non rewriter drive.

 

cbudden's point is a valid one. If the 98 computer only has a cdrom drive and if it's an older one more than likely it can't read cdrs or cdrws. Depends on how old the drive is. What kind of drive is it (cdrw or cdrom) and, if it is a cdrom drive, how old is it?

 

My Win 98 machine has a read only CD-Rom drive. Is there a special format my bWin XP CD burner should use, like UDF or something? Is the CD burning software that is part of Win XP capable of writing with different formats?

 

Your cdrom drive on the 98 system won't be able to read UDF written cds unless you have a driver loaded for it. Besides, WinXP's burning software doesn't come with it. My guess is that the cdrom drive doesn't support cdrs or cdrws. How old is it???? Have you tried the disc on another computer? Do you know anybody else that runs 98 with a newer cdrom drive? If so, give it a try on another computer to see if it can read it. As I said before, if it's a cdrom drive and it's an older one, chances are it can't read cdrs or cdrws. In simple terms, the laser on older cdroms isn't strong enough to read cdrs. I could be wrong but this would be my guess as to what's happening.

If this is what's happening and you absolutely have to have the files transferred to the 98 system the only way to do it via cdrs would be to purchase a different drive. They are relatively cheap and would almost certainly be able to read the cds. I can't give you a definitive date or year as to how old the cdrom has to be before it can't read it. I would say that if it's 4 years or older it's a possiblility. That's just a guess on my part but if it's fairly new it should have no problem. Certainly, if it's one that was made in the mid to late 90's this is most likely the problem.

 

The above may be a clue. I have CDRs created on a XP Pro machine using NERO that will read in any CDROM that I put them in. And one of them is on a 98SE machine that goes back to at least the days of Win95. If not before. Just plain old CDROM.

I just tested a couple to be sure. One has .MID files on it that work just fine.

BillyBob

 

You may be right BillyBob. That said, I don't use XP's software now but have in the past and have never had a problem reading the discs in anything except for a computer I built around 1996 or 97. That cdrom drive can't read any burned disc regardless of which software I use.