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Unable to view files on CD
A colleague has given me CD which contains a folder called Minutes,
which in turn holds a file Oct1933.rtf. He has created this files on his machine which runs under Windows XP Home. I have a similar OS but when I view the CD in Windows Explorer, it is apparently blank. Clicking on Properties shows Free Space 0 bytes Total Size 0 bytes. I returned the CD to my colleague and we checked it on his machine and the folder Minutes and file Oct1933.rtf were clearly displayed and readable. We again tried to read the CD on my machine without any success. Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this problem would be most gratefully received. -- Whinney |
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A "similar OS"?
Copy the file to your hard-drive Right-click Properties Remove any Read Only properties it might have Try opening it. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...ewsgroups.mspx Whinney wrote: A colleague has given me CD which contains a folder called Minutes, which in turn holds a file Oct1933.rtf. He has created this files on his machine which runs under Windows XP Home. I have a similar OS but when I view the CD in Windows Explorer, it is apparently blank. Clicking on Properties shows Free Space 0 bytes Total Size 0 bytes. I returned the CD to my colleague and we checked it on his machine and the folder Minutes and file Oct1933.rtf were clearly displayed and readable. We again tried to read the CD on my machine without any success. Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this problem would be most gratefully received. |
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Click on Properties and Recording tab.
Check "Enable...." Now try again to read the disk. "Whinney" wrote in message ... A colleague has given me CD which contains a folder called Minutes, which in turn holds a file Oct1933.rtf. He has created this files on his machine which runs under Windows XP Home. I have a similar OS but when I view the CD in Windows Explorer, it is apparently blank. Clicking on Properties shows Free Space 0 bytes Total Size 0 bytes. I returned the CD to my colleague and we checked it on his machine and the folder Minutes and file Oct1933.rtf were clearly displayed and readable. We again tried to read the CD on my machine without any success. Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this problem would be most gratefully received. -- Whinney |
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How did your mate put it on the CD.
--=20 ---------------------------------------------------------- "Whinney" wrote in message = ... A colleague has given me CD which contains a folder called Minutes,=20 which in turn holds a file Oct1933.rtf. He has created this files on his machine which runs under Windows XP=20 Home. =20 I have a similar OS but when I view the CD in Windows Explorer, it is=20 apparently blank. Clicking on Properties shows Free Space 0 bytes = Total=20 Size 0 bytes. =20 I returned the CD to my colleague and we checked it on his machine and = the folder Minutes and file Oct1933.rtf were clearly displayed and=20 readable. We again tried to read the CD on my machine without any=20 success. =20 Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this problem would be most=20 gratefully received. --=20 Whinney |
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In message , David Candy
writes How did your mate put it on the CD. Thanks to all who responded to my question. David's comment made me go back to my colleague and I found that whilst writing to the CD he had not made the CD 'Compatible' for use with other machines. We re-wrote the CD and then ensured that we completed the compatibility part and all was OK. I can now read the CD on my machines. -- Whinney |
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