I have searched the net and seen some similar problems to mine, but none quite matching the circumstances. I have an old computer using a Smart and Friendly CDRW drive. I have burned countless CD's without problems before. So when I got a new computer, I burned 4 CD's, all with MP3 files (from CD's which I have since sold/given away), to transfer to my new computer. With my past success, I didnt even think to double burn my information, and after deleting all the info off that computer, found that 2 of the CD's I burned have errors on them. 3 CD's were ALL MP3s and one had some various other files on it as well. I checked them all on my old computer before deleting, just to make sure the info was on there, and it was. But I didnt check to make sure I could play/use the files on the disc.
On trying to rip them onto my new computer (which is running WinXP), I found that 2 worked fine, and 2 that had only MP3s would stop transfering after a few seconds. Usually about half a minute later it would come up with an message saying there was a cyclic redundancy check error. After trying and trying, and finally getting most of the songs off of one CD, and a few off the other, I gave up. I still have about 150 songs I cant get off the CD's. Mostly I was trying to copy them onto the HD. However, I also tried putting them into my DVD drive while putting a blank CD into the CDRW, hoping to burn them directly to another CD, if possible. Most of the time the computer would freeze as soon as I put in the second CD, and a few times it didnt freeze until I tried to copy from one CD to another. I can get it to unfreeze by simply ejecting the CD... it doesnt require a reboot (though Ive tried that too many many times).
Some time after I originally started trying, it started coming up with a different error. Instead of saying CRC error, it now says "Invalid MS-DOS Function" and "cannot copy file _____ to drive C:"
I tried going back to my old computer (which is running Win98SE) and reburning them, but I had the same problems there. Couldnt copy to the HD, couldnt use another CD for a direct transfer. Also went to a friends' computer running WinXP and it had the same problems. One thing I did notice is it was giving the CRC error on my friends computer. I imagine if I kept at that for a few hours, it might also change to an "Invalid MS-DOS Function" error on that computer as well.
This has gone on for days now, and Im getting desperate. So if anyone has any questions for me to clarify, or any suggestions, let me know. Thanks
Jonathan
