UNSOLVED
CD/CDRW will only read a copy of an original disk.
I have a Latitude C600/C500 laptop which is a few years old. When I put my service tag number in it says it is a L400.....don't know why. The problem is I bought a DELL CD/CDRW to put in my media bay, it will only read original disks after I make a copy on my DELL 2350. I don't understand why it will read the copy but not the original. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
AussieChris
4152 Posts
138
0
Posted July 16th, 2006 18:00
Hi,
I will try to answer your questions....... The Dell data-base is sometimes wrong, hence the wrong model. People that enter data make mistakes, and once wrong it seems to stay that way. The drive sounds like it is faulty, but I would expect it to go the other way. The reason is that a burnt CD will reflect back less light, so a weak laser cant read a copy. That is the reason some consumer goods actually say that they will read a burnt CD. The re-writeable ones are worse again. I would contact the seller and explain the situation.
Regards Chris