[arachne] Re: INFO NEEDED FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE DOS/ARACHNESUPPORT
- From: "Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:01:38 -0800
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Gregy,
I have never had to use a cleaner
disk on any drive. Are you using R/W disks ??
You can only erase a R/W disk as far as I know.
Eric
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:01:40 +0930 "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
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> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:10:13 -0800, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
>
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> > Hi Greg M.,
> > I find that sometimes after burning
> > a CD that it appears blank and the CD/DVD drive
> > has to be re-initialized. Sometimes just opening and
> > closing the drive tray fixes it...other times a reboot
> > is required. I assume it has something to do with
> > the driver. It happens with both my DOS 486 computer
> > and W$n computers...and...it happens with both
> > brand new drives and older drives
>
> I have tried reading the disk with the burner drive and also with
> the
> non-burner drive on the same computer, and each time it comes up
> empty.
>
> Except that if I try to burn it again, I get the message that "this
> disk
> contains data. Do you want to erase it?" and the same message again
> after it has been fast-erased and fully-erased...
>
> Got real doubts about the software I'm using, or possibly the
> hardware,
> or possibly both.....
>
> Unfortunately the CD drive on the DOS comp has now ceased to read
> any
> disks. I may have to open it up and manually clean the laser as the
> cleaning disk will not work under DOS.
>
> (BTW, I am using proper read-write blank disks)
>
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> and remember what peace there may be in silence.
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