[DeTomaso] Help needed: Mike Drew can't seem to read the Pantera articles I've sent on disk

[Julian Kift]

FWIW I don't think it's just a Mac thing, dependt on what your writing and disc format you do normally need to close out the session before the CD becomes readable in any computer other than yours.
 
Julian
 
 
> From: mbefthomas at comcast.net
> To: asajay at asajay.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:15:49 -0800
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Help needed: Mike Drew can't seem to read the Pantera articles I've sent on disk
> 
> OK, thanks, Mikey left out that critical piece that he works on a Mac. 
> 
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> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 10:43 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Help needed: Mike Drew can't seem to read the
> Pantera articles I've sent on disk
> 
> I agree with Mike. He use's a Mac which is different and will act
> differently with a CD that has been opened and essentially not "closed" 
> for re-writes. This basically puts a Windows re-writable file system on the
> CD rather than one that can be read by multiple systems.
> 
> Burn them as read-only, write once and close the session. Then he should be
> able to read them just fine. That's how I've done it in the past when I
> send CDs to Mike.
> 
> CDs are -cheap- these days, don't worry about re-writing. Don't even
> -think- about buying the re-writable kind.
> 
> Asa Jay
> 
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> & Shelley Marie
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> 
> On 12/11/2010 22:32, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 12/11/10 22 14 16, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:
> >
> >
> >> Not sure what disk you're referring to that I sent a few months ago: 
> >> I don't recall any for a long time prior to the two I sent a couple 
> >> of weeks ago.
> >>
> >>>> Yes, it was a very long time ago, and we had the same problem.
> >> 
> >> No idea why they would be unreadable. They are brand new Sony data 
> >> disks, and all I'm doing is following the HP directions to download 
> >> data to the disk. They read fine when I put them back into my HP 
> >> after they've been burned. My HP is only about 10 months old. I am 
> >> running Microsoft Windows 7, the pics are all jpg, the articles are 
> >> MS Word 2003. When I burn the disks, it gives me the choice to write 
> >> "as a USB" which can be edited, or as a one time, non-editable set of
> files: I write them as editable.
> >>
> >>>> Well there you go. They ARE editable, and useable, on YOUR computer.
> > But I'm using MY computer, and your disks are therefore unreadable.
> >
> > What I need you to do is burn them as conventional read-only CDs. I can
> > then read the data and download them to my own computer, at which 
> > point I can then open/edit/whatever the files.
> >> 
> >>> I'm also putting this out to the forum as I could use some help 
> >>> figuring
> >> out why Mike can't read my disks.
> >>
> >>>>> Problem solved. :>)
> > Mike
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