Over the weekend I did a clean reinstall of XP, but changed the file system to NTFS. Before I did, I burnt some data files and pics to a disc with my cd-rw. When I tried to read from the disc all the data files just show the dos box and will not execute and most but not all of the pic files will not open. It shows the files and even gives the file size, but will not open. Is this becuse of the change to NTFS or Could the cd-rw discs I bought not be compatible with my drive?

Thanks

NTFS is not the problem. Have you tried the discs in another computer?

Are you sure you have the application needed to open the file type/format that the pictures are in? What is the extension on the files?

Check if you have the permission to read the files.
(*right click on the file -> properties -> security)

Did you compress the files before ?
I know that Winace has a bug, it saves the NTFS streams to the archive)
If you are compressing some files from desktop or my documents, you wont be able to open them after extraction on another copy of windows.
Only taking ownership of them (see above *) fix it.

But before I drive you mad :oops: , are you sure the data on the cd is written successfully?
I advice to verify data after burning.

Thanks for the reply's

All the applications needed to open the files had been restored on the comp before trying to look at the files.... and the files were not compressed

I used Roxio 5.1 to do the burn, but I have since gone to 5.3. During ,....it kept giving me " file name too long" on some files. I picked ignore and kept burning. I'm sure that it verified the data at the end. I am having a real slow down now when a disc is inserted in the drive. My pc's support site states an issue with my drive and XP. The drive is an NEC and a firmware update is available. Maybe that's the cure?

Then try it
good luck, but read this before updating your firmware.

http://www.warp2search.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1096

damn interesting reading.....THANKS Ultra.... Makes me think that the problem may be with Roxio. Device manager shows the cd-rw driver as a Roxio driver. can't hurt to try

Did you fix the problem yet ?