problem with cd memory block.

xp home sp2
zone alarm, windows defender, avira anti-virus, msn spysweeper,
malewarebytes, spybot s&d, spywareblaster

i have a reoccurring problem in my pc thats causing me a lot of grief. i
burn some files on a cd. usually image and art files, photoshop, corel and
jpegs, avi, gif, flv, etc.
i burn the cd and the cd burn is good. the files are there and show up as
thumbs when checked. they also appear ok when checked in my laptop.
when i go to reopen them later from that cd, the files are corrupted.
i double check the cd by opening it up in my laptop.
the files are corrupted there too.

i checked with my pc event viewer and it says this-

"The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block."

i reburn the images onto another disc.
i transfer the images into my laptop and they are ok.
i put the cd with the images back into my pc and try to open them and the
images are again corrupted.
event viewer says the same error.

i have lost a ton of valuable work that i didn't even know was corrupted on
disc until i just recently rechecked them.
my cd burner says the have burned successfully and they appear ok when i
reopen the cd in the pc after burning or when transferred into my laptop.
but then if i try to open them in the pc later, the files are corrupted.
so the problem is with the pc.

can anyone tell me what might be the problem and suggest a route to a
solution?
i don't know where to start.

tyia.
tjb.

[Presuming that you are using the latest version of your CD burning
software...]

Sounds like you are not closing the CD properly.

If you are using packet writing software, don't. It has fallen out of
favor because it does not close the disk.

Whether with packet writing or not, when the disk is not closed it's not
likely to playback on anything other than the same hardware and the same
software that recorded it.

If your CD burning software has a user forum, that's a good place to get
help.
---
Leonard Grey
Packin' the 'K'

tjb wrote:
>
> xp home sp2
> zone alarm, windows defender, avira anti-virus, msn spysweeper,
> malewarebytes, spybot s&d, spywareblaster
>
> i have a reoccurring problem in my pc thats causing me a lot of grief. i
> burn some files on a cd. usually image and art files, photoshop, corel and
> jpegs, avi, gif, flv, etc.
> i burn the cd and the cd burn is good. the files are there and show up as
> thumbs when checked. they also appear ok when checked in my laptop.
> when i go to reopen them later from that cd, the files are corrupted.
> i double check the cd by opening it up in my laptop.
> the files are corrupted there too.
>
> i checked with my pc event viewer and it says this-
>
> "The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block."
>
> i reburn the images onto another disc.
> i transfer the images into my laptop and they are ok.
> i put the cd with the images back into my pc and try to open them and the
> images are again corrupted.
> event viewer says the same error.
>
> i have lost a ton of valuable work that i didn't even know was corrupted on
> disc until i just recently rechecked them.
> my cd burner says the have burned successfully and they appear ok when i
> reopen the cd in the pc after burning or when transferred into my laptop.
> but then if i try to open them in the pc later, the files are corrupted.
> so the problem is with the pc.
>
> can anyone tell me what might be the problem and suggest a route to a
> solution?
> i don't know where to start.
>
> tyia.
> tjb.