[arachne] Re: INFO NEEDED FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE DOS/ARACHNESUPPORT
- From: "Bastiaan Edelman" <bastiaan.pa3ffz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:56:56 +100
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You are NOT using re-writable CD's, are you??
I had a lot of problems with them and consulting glennmcc
who helped me with burning CD's in DOS... ONLY one-way
CD's can be used with the programs he once supplied.
Regards, Bastiaan
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:01:40 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:
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> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:10:13 -0800, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>> 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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