Questions tagged [compact-disc]
Compact Disc or CD is a type of optical physical media that can hold digital data (data, music, video). Standard CDs can hold up to 700MB of data, or 80 minutes of audio if converted to an audio-CD.
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USB NTFS partitions unreadable under Centos 7 Linux Shows as CDROM device and no partitions
This is a strange one. I have access to a server in another country for work. It runs Linux Centos 7. It has ntfs-3g and ntfsutils and ntfsprogs installed. If someone in the office puts in a USB drive ...
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Unique ID for ripping CD-Rs
I'm involved in a project where we are ripping thousands of CD-Rs that contain music. These are (usually) one off recordings and not in any music database etc. but we need a way to uniquely identify ...
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Open a CD that contains file .zl
I have a CD that was created in 2003. This CD used to contains some pictures in folders. Now I need some of those pictures but I am not able to recover them. The reason is that once I insert the CD in ...
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Windows 8 won't recognise my CD
My Windows 8 laptop won't recognise my CD. When I go to Device Manager, the drive shows and the device status under properties says the device is working properly but it my CD still isn't recognised. ...
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Why do CD-ROM Mode 0, Mode 1 Form 2, Mode 2 Formless and Mixed Mode do exist? [closed]
I have been working on a library project to extract CD-ROM data, much like a mini version of IsoBuster software that extracts content from optical discs and disc images on Windows, using SPTD and ...
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Please help me play Deus Ex again by identifying which CD image format I have
In 2007, I made a backup copy of my original Deus Ex CD that I had owned since 2000 (bundled along with a Sound Blaster Audigy). The backup consists of two files:
deusex_v1003c.iso (824148576 bytes)
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Registry path for current disc inside cdrom
Where is located information about the current disc inside ROM in the registry?
I want to imitate the disc for one program.
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CD/DVD no sign of it in Windows 10
On my laptop (ACER Aspire E5-521G) the CDROM/DVD is not visible (device manager – explorer) in windows 10 after upgrade albeit I can see and hear that it is trying to do something when I put a cd on ...
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Windows Explorer doesn't detect optical drive
Recently I've had a weird problem with Windows 10. Sometimes the OS wouldn't show the optical drive in Windows Explorer and it can't be accessed by other software. Rebooting makes the OS detect the ...
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Removing cd volume from ubntu
I just got a cd reader/write for some blank cds i found. everytime I insert a cd it creates a new cd tag in my files manager as if i inserted a new cd. it will happen even if I insert the same cd. I ...
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Why do CDs/DVDs store a bit as the transition from one pit to another, rather than just the pit?
In a CD or DVD, the data is stored in pits on the surface of the disk. However, rather than each pit corresponding to a bit, the transition from pit to no-pit or vice versa, or lack of, is used to ...
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IDE cdrom drive for thin client
I'm doing a project in which my own hardware connects to a computer via RS232. For compactness and power savings, I just bought a new Dell wyse V10L thin client PC.
It may likely have windows on it ...
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What Linux kernel modules to load to detect IDE and SATA cdrom drives?
So I am creating my own copy of Linux initramfs (For learning purposes). Everything seems to be working great. I, correctly, installed shared libraries and I can run some binaries from within the ...
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What is the fastest way to copy cds
I have hundreds of legacy cds containing customer account statements. They are currently the backup copies but one year from now they will be the only copy as we are losing the system we use to access ...
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Connect USB external cd/dvd drive to a BOSE sound system
I don't know if it's the right forum, but lets go, I have a BOSE radio cd player model CD-3000 from 1999, I would like to ask if is possible to connect a external USB CD/DVD drive (used for laptops/...
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How to change cdrom recognition?
I am complete newbie in linux world and in work I'm ask to figure it out:
Is it possible to change how linux recognise sata cdrom?
In particular:
Is it possible to recognise sata cdrom as usb cdrom?
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Forensics on a single CD-Rom Disc
Is there a way to find out information as to what device created the data on a CD-Rom in addition to when the disk was formatted and burned? I have a friend facing criminal charges based solely on a ...
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Copy the content of a CD file with executables to your hard-drive
I have a CD with medical results. The cd has two exe files. One is used to launch and visualize the content. The second is used to visualize some images and maybe is called from the other. The images ...
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Could cd-r unused space on completed (finalized) disc be utilized?
The r writable layer is permanently distorted during the write stage and it can never be re-written, but what about the unused area?
I see the data from the outermost edge of the disc toward the ...
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CD-RW neither mounting nor formatting
I have a CD-RW which I want to use as bootable CD. The problem is I cannot access it.
Tried firstly to format the disk. Just went on Nautilus, selected the CD and clicked on format. Does not work for ...
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What is the name for the plastic piece on the end of a 5.25" optical drive tray?
I have a PC set up with 3 optical drives (to rip compact discs). One of the drives was salvaged from a pre-built machine that had a cover to hide the optical drive. As a result of this, the plastic ...
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How to create an audio CD which can be played in every CD player?
I'm burning my own audio recordings on CDs and I want to be certain that the discs can be played in every CD player, not only in new models, which may even support plain MP3 files. Can I use a ...
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How to eject and insert CD/DVD drive using command-line in Windows? [duplicate]
As a Linux user I know that I can use command-line in Linux to eject/insert CD/DVD. Namely, the command to eject CD/DVD drive is eject /dev/sr0 (or simply eject) and the command to insert CD/DVD drive ...
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Software (an old PC game) won't boot using a virtual drive, but does boot using a real drive. How come?
I have a couple of old video games—The Hobbit (2003), published by Vivendi, and Zapper: One Wicked Cricket (2002), published by Infogrames—which won't boot when mounted using a virtual drive, but they ...
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Cannot boot Linux from CD-ROM - “Media test failure, check cable” booting error
First time installing Linux. I have attempted to boot both Minimal Installation and LiveCD .iso Linux installation packages from a CD-ROM on a computer currently running Windows 7. This error does not ...
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Change CD File System
I recently used UDF format for my CD so I can play some music on my car but when I insert it in, it shows me that it only supports Joliet/ISO9660 (My CD is also a live file system).
So is there any ...
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Kali Linux Installation error
I've some problems installing Kali Linux on my computer.
The first error message is the following:
An installation stem failed. You can try to run the failing item again from the menu, or skip ...
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burning iso images to DVD ROM
Is creating .iso image before burning to DVD-ROM necessary? I mean, I never noticed this on windows before burning my files to DVD-ROM, I never created an iso image file. But I had shifted to linux, ...
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Cannot rip audio CD where each track appears as a data track
Over the past few weeks I've converted my entire (store-bought) CD collection to .flac files, both for backup purposes as well as easier playback. Several of the CDs featured copy protection, but I ...
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Linux: mounting, or at least accessing both “partitions” of a Hybrid HFS/ISOFS CD-ROM image
Heyo,
So I happen to have at least one CD - in this case, an Enhanced CD of Roger Sanchez's "Another Chance" - that I'm trying to make a backup of, but although I can seem to successfully back up ...
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Why you can't just “dd” CD Audio like an ordinary data CD?
My friend tried to export cdrom device over network using nbd server but we noticed that while it works for data CDs, audio CDs don't really behave the way ordinary data disks do. And I'm not talking ...
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How to create CD from BIN file containing all sessions?
I have a few multi session CDs where I have burnt data in multiple sessions on the same media. Using Power ISO software on Windows 7, I have created back up of those CDs in BIN file format, as BIN ...
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Hyperlink on portable cd
I would like to burn a printable document such as microsoft word to a cd that includes other files and make a hyperlink in the document that would refer to a different file on the same cd and work ...
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Epson pp-100II Printer sending an ISO file to the printer using JDF
I am currently trying to burn an ISO file to a CD using an Epson pp-100II Printer/Burner. I an trying to utalize the TDBridge and send a Job Discription File(JDF) and give it a Format type of ...
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How can I read ISO 9660 in Windows 10?
ZTE Valet smart phone on USB looks like CDFS file system (read only, write once). Windows Explorer only shows the USB driver which is installed on first use.
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Is there a way to transfer files from a large amount of damaged CDs? [duplicate]
I'm trying to pull a lot of files off of a lot of old CDs, and I'm getting all kinds of errors and hangs. The CDs are old and covered with scratches, so it's to be expected, but I have still been able ...
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Can I write a dinosaur onto a CD?
(No, not a real dinosaur)
In Google Chrome, there is a Dinosaur game that can be found at "chrome://dino/". (It also displays when there is no internet connection). Is it possible to put this game ...
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Can I write (200 MB - 150 min) music to a (700 MB - 80 min) CD?
I have mp3 songs of audio quality 320 kbps. The total size of the songs is around 200 MBs with a total playing time of around 150 minutes.
Can I write these songs to an audio CD, whose specs are ...
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File copying from CD to hard disk
My file stops copying from my CD to hard drive at 15%, how do I fix it so it fully copies to my disk? I tried copying it several times and still is stuck at only 15%.
What would I do to fix this ...
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Numerous FLAC files in my music library will play only with VLC - can anything be done?
I discovered today after upgrading and rebuilding some server hardware that Plex, Windows Media Server, and this new "Groove" thing won't play some of my FLAC files I ripped from CDs. These files ...
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How to interpret the output from Accuraterip verification?
Verifying a CD rip with accuraterip can be done on Linux using arverify from the cdrip-tools package as this question explains. However, I've struggled to find any documentation that explains the ...
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How to avoid unwritable CDs and DVDs?
TL;DR: Writeable optical discs have a relatively short shelf life prior to use (compared to the service life of the data you record on them). Why? And how can you avoid having a stockpile of unused ...
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Intel desktop board `warning:have option ROM can not be invoke`
I had an old computer on which I am going to install lubuntu or any lightweight Linux distribution.It was packed in box for at least 2 or 3 years and it is approximately 11 years of old.It has Intel ...
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Exact Audio Copy: some tracks of a brand new CD cannot be verified as accurate (using different setups)
I have just bought a brand new CD and I wanted to make a rip of it, since I usually listen to my favourite albums through a lossless portable DAC. The CD is therefore perfectly shiny and flawless, ...
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Mounting a MDF/MDS CD-ROM image in VirtualBox
I'm trying to run an old piece of software in a VirtualBox VM running Windows XP. My host system is Debian.
I have the CD-ROM image in MDF + MDS format (which I believe is an uncommon format created ...
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Computer detects multiple CDs although only one CD has been inserted?
After inserting a CD-ROM into the optical drive of my computer, two different accessible CDs show up on my desktop. One contains only audio files and the other some additional files. How is this ...
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How to make bootable CDROM for BIOS-less computer?
my Mac is the 2015 model that only supports UEFI.
I'd like to create a bootable CDROM based on a bootable floppy disk image.
Is this possible?
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Run Perl script from CD?
I've created a Perl script and burned it to a CD-ROM disc. I would like to be able to run the script from the CD without having to copy it to some directory on the hard drive. For some reason when ...
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CD-ROM subchannel is different when dumping the same disc?
I'm making backup copies of old video games with CloneCD 5.3.3.0 on my Windows 10 x64 computer with a Samsung SH-S223L drive.
One of them is Hellfire for PC (Diablo 1 expansion):
The disc has a ...
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How to rescue a multi-session CD?
I have a multi-session CD whose contents I want to copy to a hard drive. The CD is around 20 years old and it has several parts presenting read issues, so it is a potential candidate for ddrescue.
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