Problems with backing up data to CD Rom...(#@*^##)

Unless it is a rewritable CD you can't add more data to it after you first write to it.

If you want to append data to a rewritable CD then you probably had to tell it that when you first wrote to it so it wouldn't close the CD.

What program are you using to write to CD?

It is a bit odd that it could read from it yesterday and can't today. If you were using multiple CDs, are you sure you put in the one you wrote to?

I can WRITE to it...I just can't OPEN it.

I am usng the Windows Wizard that comes up.


I am sure it is the same CD.

Is it a rewritable CD? CD-RW

how about using the little memory sticks to store data?

Just sympathy and a wee bump, I don't have any useful advice...

Smegger opened!!!

But now I have trouble trusting it!!!

Let us not, now, wee k, introduce yet another variable while I am trying to master this one!



Unless memory sticks have some major advantages over CD Roms?

They're cheap and easy to use.

Your CD problem tends to be pretty common if you have low-quality CDs. I'm sure they all look the same to you, but some are actually better than others. You could look here for a comparison between CD brands.

The CD quality, however, probably has nothing to do with your CD drive refusing to open, so it may be a problem with the software you're using to write to the CD. If the drive ever gets stuck again, wait for the cd to stop spinning, then take a paperclip and push it into the little hole on the face of your drive (it should be somewhere on the bottom, generally lower-right). BE CAREFUL when you do this, I've never actually tried it and I've heard about damage to the CD or CD drive if you don't actually wait for the CD to stop spinning.

Thanks!

I am using Sony.