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Technical Help & Discussion => General Tech Discussion, News & Q&A => Topic started by: Tony on March 30, 2005, 14:38

Title: Burning programs to CD
Post by: Tony on March 30, 2005, 14:38

Right I burnt some security programs to CD.....visited a relation....popped the CD in his PC....but alas I could not see the programs on the CD.......is it a permission's thing ?....I could'nt be a*rsed to mess about at the time.

Title: Burning programs to CD
Post by: DJ on March 30, 2005, 14:43

Could it be that the CD wasn't finalised and/or made accessible to other users.

Sometimes when I burn CD's and leave them 'open' (not finalised) when I use them on friends CD drives (normal ones not CDRW), they can see the files.

Just a Thought!

DJ

Title: Burning programs to CD
Post by: Sandra on March 30, 2005, 14:51

It could also happen if the other pc wasnt on XP or if the cd drive is an old one  :(

Title: Burning programs to CD
Post by: Tony on March 30, 2005, 15:04

It was a new Tosh laptop running XP.......I think DJ's explination is were the prob may lay.......as when I finish burning and Nero asks me if I wish to save the changes ....I say no..........like I say I can see the progs on the CD when its in my PC

Title: Burning programs to CD
Post by: Simon on March 30, 2005, 18:35

Some drives can read unfinalised discs, and some can't - so I would also agree with that theory.   :)