IBM 09N4076 You cannot read from the CD after successfully writing to it, access, drive, display

You cannot read from the CD after successfully writing to it.

Take the following actions:

1.

If

you

can

read

the

CD

in

another

CD

player or

you

can see

previous sessions,

the

directory

information

might

be

damaged

on

the

volume,

making

it

unreadable.

Check

the

Adaptec

software

online

user’s

guide

for

more

troubleshooting

ideas.

2.

You

might

have

a

damaged

CD-R

or

CD-RW

disc.

Try

a

new

CD-R

disc

or

CD-RW

disc,

or

another

brand

of

disc.

3.

If you

can

read

from

a

CD-RW

disc

in

the

CD-RW

drive,

but

not

in

another

MR

drive,

be

sure

that

a

UDF

Reader

program

is

installed

on

the

computer

which

contains

the

other

MR

drive.

For

more

information

on

installing

the

UDF

Reader

program, go

to

“Step

11.

Installing

the

Easy

CD

Creator/DirectCD

software”

on

page

1-9.

4.

Verify

that

you

are

not attempting to write the

disc

under

extreme

environmental

conditions

such

as

the

following:

Ÿ

low

temperature:

5°C(41°F)

or

below

Ÿ

high

temperature:

45°C(113°F)

or

above

Ÿexcessive shock: >0.5 G

Ÿexcessive vibration: >0.1 G

You

cannot

access

the

CD-RW

drive,

or

the drive

icon does

not

display

(Windows

98

or

95).

If

the

CD-RW

drive

has

been

properly

installed,

there

will

be

an

icon

for

the

drive in

the

My Computer

window.

If

you double-click

the

My

Computer

icon

and there

is

no

drive

icon present in the displayed

window,

make sure

that

the

drive

has

been

properly

installed,

and

that

the

configuration

jumper

has

been

correctly

set.

For

more

information,

see

“Step

4. Setting the configuration jumper” on

page

1-6.

Next, restart

your

system.

If

a

drive

icon

is

still

not

found,

continue

with

the

following

steps.

1.

Click

Start ,

and

select

Settings.

The

Settings

window

will

open.

2.

Click

Control

Panel

.

3.

Click System .

4.

Click

the

Device

Manager

tab.

5. Double-clickView Devices by Type .

a.

Click

Hard

Disk

Controllers

on

the Device Manager list. Make sure

that

there

are

no

conflicts

with

the

controller. Be

sure that

the

device

status

indicates

that

the controller

is

working

properly.

b.

Select

CD-RW

from

the

Device

Manager list. Verify that there is

a CD-RW

device

and

that

no

conflicts

exist. The

device

status

will

indicate

that the

device

is

working

properly.

6. Click OK .

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