therealrachel wrote:
> I'm at my wits end and don't know what to do to fix this problem. My
> dvd rom is a mat****a SR-8584A. It will read all other cd's fine like
> music, software, cd's with ebooks, etc. But when it comes to any cd's
> with recorded material on it it won't read it.
> When I put the cd in the orange light comes on and I can hear it
> spinning but when I click on the D: drive to access what's on the cd it
> keeps saying D: not accessible, retry or cancel.
> I've cleaned it, nothing. This particular cd has read the data in it
> before. I thought perhaps the cd got corrupted or something but then
> after restarting my computer I was able to access the data on the cd
> but when I had to shut my computer down and put the cd back in it won't
> read again.
> Does anyone have an explanation as to why it's doing this and how to
> correct it? It has firmware version n13F and is on a gateway computer.
> The computer is getting pretty old and I figure about time for a new
> one but everything else works fine so far.
> Gateway said it could be not enough memory but I have almost nothing
> running at startup except a firewall which I disabled to see if it made
> a difference. It didn't.
> I want to fix it but not start messing with it too much since it does
> read all the other cd's fine.
> Anyway, any info on this problem. Anyone else with it? And what did you
> do to fix it? Thanks.
>

Eric and DS have answered most of this question so I'll just add my
little bit...

Make sure the CD-R is finalized .. some writing software leaves the disc
open, which really isn't a problem for CD-RW/R Drives but can be for
"normal" DVD/CD rom drives.

It could also be the type of dye used in the CD-R .. try a different
brand of CD-R, if its yourself that's making the disc's.

JD