If you're using CD-RW media rather than CD-R media, you have to be sure that the CD-ROM drive
in question is MultiRead compliant. Some older drives are able to read CD-RW media, but most are
not.
If the disc was written using a packet writing application like DirectCD, some CD-ROMs will stumble
on packet boundaries. Refer to section (4-21) for information and a possible workaround.
19. I can't copy a VideoCD
If you put a VideoCD (White Book) into your CD-ROM drive, you will see a bunch of files and
directories like you would on any other CD-ROM. In fact, with the appropriate software installed, on
some platforms you can double-click on a file to play the video.
In practice, however, the video files are stored on separate tracks, using CD-ROM/XA MODE-2
FORM-2. This allows more data to be stored on a VideoCD, at the price of less error correction. If
the video is short enough, you may be able to copy the disc as a collection of files, but some players
may be unable to play back selections if the original disc had more than one track.
You need to use a program like Adaptec's CD Copier to copy the disc track-by-track, preserving the
mode of the original.
If you let your drive to make a track-at-once recording, you may have trouble copying VideoCDs
because the starting address gets shifted when the drive writes a gap between tracks.
20. The test write succeeds, but the actual write fails
Most often this is a problem with auto-insert notification being enabled when it shouldn't be.
One person supposedly fixed a similar problem by replacing the power supply in their computer.
Apparently the 200W supply wasn't enough to handle everything that was connected to it.
21. Trouble formatting CD-RW discs with DirectCD for Windows
"When Adaptec DirectCD refuses to format a CD-RW for packet-writing, it's possible that the disc is
not completely blank. This may happen because you chose the "quick" option when you last erased
it. The quick-erase option only erases the lead-in area to make the hardware and software think the
disc is empty. This is fine if you're going to use the disc for "normal" writing as a CD-ROM, audio
disc or whatever.
The packet-writing formatter in DirectCD 2.0a however (apparently) requires the disc to be totally
empty, so you really have to do a full erase if the disc contained data previously.
BUT: there's another problem: after you do a full erase and shut down the program you erase with
it's possible that the DirectCD program won't recognize the disc as valid media, and you still won't be
able to format it, until you restart the computer.
Unfortunately this means that if you want to start using a previously recorded CD-RW for packet
writing, you'll have to wait a total time of at least an hour and a half for the erase and format to
complete..."
22. I can't write CD-Rs after installing Windows 98
There are people successfully writing discs with Windows 98, so it *can* be done.
With Easy CD Creator 3, try uninstalling ECDC, rebooting, and reinstalling it. This seems to fix the
problems for the people reporting them. Doing the same for other software may have similar
beneficial effects.
