Jan
I made these CD's and than I had my hard drive re-formated. Now it says my personal CD"s are blank! It will read other CD's, just not my personal ones. Any tips?
Answer:
Re-install the program you used to burn the CD, it should be able to read it. I had the same problem with my old CD creating program. After I completed transfer of the files to the CD, I had to specify "make the CD readable by other computers". When I got a new computer, the CDs that I had made without specifying 'make readable by other computers' appeared to be blank….and I no longer had the install disk for the old program.
Answer:
Did you validate that you had successfully copied the pictures onto the CDs before you reformatted the drive? Just checking to see if the disks are actually blank.
For a more formal review, flip the disk over and look at the reflective side where the content is copied…not the side you'd put the label on. Anyway, look to see if a ring of slightly varied coloring is visible. This would be a clear indicator that something was written to the CD. However, if there is no visible difference that doesn't necessarily mean nothing wrote. Some disks are harder to give this visual check on.
Suggestions, try the disk on another computer. Its possible that your CD-R drive just isn't reading the content. However, if you're trying to read the content on the same drive you used to create it, it really should work. You may be out of luck.
Always, always, always validate your back-ups before you erase (format) the source drive.
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