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Old 03-15-2001, 04:15 AM   #14
Sir_Tainly
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Hi Reeka,

Sorry to confuse you before, but I have actually had this problem. O.k. I'll try to explain again, but I'll explain it like this, the foreign languages are the "encodings". Imagine this scenario, (not trying to be patronizing) : Adaptec writes to CD in one way, lets assume it write in French but your CD player at home only reads English, so it won't be able to read it. (there are actually to methods of storing data on CDs, and Adaptec uses one - Joliet IIRC, and the one writer use one called ISO-insert numbers here).

The way round this is to force the CD to conform to a standard which both reader and writer accept. This normally happens when a CD is burnt and "the session closed." By this I mean a CD can hold 650 Mb of Data, hence if you write only 10mb to it, its wasteful. To prevent this most burning software allows you to hold the session open, thereby allowing you to add 10mb now, and at a later stage adding more stuff. When the CD fills up you wont want to add anymore so you close the Session. Somewhere on adaptec you should be able to specify not to be able to add more later, and thus force the CD to be readable anywhere. I have adaptec at home, although I don't use it, but I will check tonight to tell you what steps you need to take.

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