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| | | (...) Adaptec Direct CD doesn't burn audio cds - it's a packet-writing package that allows you to dump data a little at a time on a cd till you're done with it. And its garbage, for the most part. You're thinking of Adaptec Easy CD Creator, mostly (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | | (...) Yeah, that's the part I disliked about it. I had to burn a lot of files at work, and with Adaptec Direct CD this took ages, since each file was done separately. I actually used three hours to burn a single CD. On a 2x drive! And it failed to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | (...) If I remember correctly, and don't bet the farm on this, the only way a normal CDROM can read CDs that are written with Direct CD is to have a UDF driver installed. If you don't have administrator access on your own workstation (not uncommon (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | | | (...) :-) I've tried accessing various configuration menus and restarted the system many times. But the CD-ROM was still unavailable. What finally appeared to do the work, though, was simply opening the CD drive and poking on the read head slightly, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | (...) Weird. I have not used in Compac's in many moons, we are using Dell's here. Gateway is pretty good as well. I have had problems with Hewett Packard computers, and Packard Bells, but that is just me. Some had good experiences with certain (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | (...) that (...) it. That's right. I always classify them all in the same package. (...) OK, I have not used Direct CD at all, just Easy CD Creator. (...) Hmm.. the last time I worked with NT I thought it did. I guess I need to get up to speed on (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Mike Stanley
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| | | | (...) Depends on the hardware you're running it on, but yeah, I'd say NT is more functional network-wise than 9x. The tcp/ip printing alone makes it more valuable in my opinion, not to mention the increased stability. Not to say NT doesn't crash or (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | (...) get (...) better (...) say NT (...) Just run of the mill PC's, a few printers, a plotter, and a server. We tried TCP/IP printing here with Windows 95, ugh! (...) place (...) moderately (...) just as (...) As always, I guess. I am learning a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Mike Stanley
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| | | | (...) Heh, I have a BA in Classical Languages - Latin and Greek. I had more hours than were required to get a double major in English but I knew by the time I graduated that my degree wouldn't mean anything in my newly chosen field (I was going to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Problem with CD-ROM drive on Windows NT —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | (...) get a (...) part. (...) hours (...) I (...) (I (...) see (...) Russian (...) I (...) Institute (...) major (...) require... Wow, I could never imagine getting that many language classes, although I wish I could have picked up German, since (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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