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A few years ago when I did not have a CD writer on my old computer I put some files on CDs using a Portable CD writer (iomega Zip CD 650).
I did not close the CDs because once they were closed I could not record on them anymore. However, that also meant if they were not closed I could not access the CD on any other CD drive except the portable iomega Zip 650.
Closing them would have made it to where I could access the files with any other CD drive.
I didn't think it would ever be a problem because I felt I could just access my files on the portable and I actually planned to go back and close them so that I would be able to access them on any CD drive in the future.
I put the CDs away, got busy, and mostly forgot about them.
A few years slipped by and meanwhile I got another computer with both a built in CD drive and a DVD drive.
Fast forward to the present....
Now I'm trying to get organized and wanted to get my files off the old CDs.
Of course, they won't work on my recent Computer in either the CD drive or the DVD drive because they weren't ever closed.
So I connected the old portable iomega Zip CD 650 via the USB drive,...
But it does not recognize any information on the old CDs....
In fact,.. it mostly makes everything freeze up.
As a test, I tried a recent CD which was made on my built-in CD drive and there was no problem. Only a problem with the old CDs that were created with it.
I hope someone has some suggestions as to how I can recover my old files from these old CDs.
I found the old manual and remembered I need to use the installation CD that came with it to connect it.
Everything went well but after it was installed a little window came up with the message:
"A driver is installed that causes stability problems with your system. This driver will be disabled. Please contact the driver manufacturer for an update that is compatible with this version of Windows"
I've looked and can't seem to find one for the model I have. It was made for Windows 98.
I still have my old Win 98 PC in a closet so I will probably set it up and try using the portable CD Burner with it.
My next question is.... How do I can get rid of that useless driver that is now on my computer, since it is disabled and just sitting there?
Will doing un-install get rid of the driver?
My next question is.... How do I can get rid of that useless driver that is now on my computer, since it is disabled and just sitting there?
Will doing un-install get rid of the driver?
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On my Vista desktop pc, I would do the following:
Click on Start
Type in drivers
Click on drivers folder
Find the driver & click on it to highlight it
Right click and click on delete
Maybe or maybe not........ have you tried the software I linked too? Both of those apllications ignore errors that will make other applications fail. If for example you had cracked disc that will cause most applications to fail, those programs I linked too ignore all errors and will still extract anything that is readable. You might end up with a bunch of corrupt files in such a scenario, the data where the crack is would be corrupted but you'll still have whatever can be read on the rest of the disc.
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