Reading CD Problem on Toshiba 1900

gonzo99 · #1 09-09-2009, 10:36 AM

Following failure to run recovery disk on a Toshiba 1900 (seems to ba a common problem) , have been trying to load an ISO file which I burnt as an image using imgburn. But the laptop refuses to recognise the cd. Although the recovery fails it does leave the system loaded with DOS, this allows DIR to work, I can see hard drive and cd. If I replace the cd with the ISO cd and try DIR it tells me cd is not ready. The funny thing is it will display any official cds but not home written ones. Is there something I should be setting for it to read any disk.

Monty007 · #2 09-09-2009, 05:32 PM

Does this happen with the same iso disk you created? Maybe that the iso you downloaded is corrupted. Re dowload it.

gonzo99 · #3 09-10-2009, 12:14 PM

cd with ISO image seems ok when viewed on another laptop. The problem seems to be that the Toshiba Sat 1900 with just minimum dos files will NOT recognise any user cd, although if I insert say a Microsoft Office CD no problem, I can list all its contents, if I remove from drive and insert ANY other cd the cd-rom refuses to accept it and says CDR101:Not ready reading drive X - Abort,Retry,Fail? Volume in drive X has no label. Can the laptop at the DOS level distinguish between an official cd and home burnt one? Confused!

Kevin_gibson · #4 09-10-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gonzo99

cd with ISO image seems ok when viewed on another laptop. The problem seems to be that the Toshiba Sat 1900 with just minimum dos files will NOT recognise any user cd, although if I insert say a Microsoft Office CD no problem, I can list all its contents, if I remove from drive and insert ANY other cd the cd-rom refuses to accept it and says CDR101:Not ready reading drive X - Abort,Retry,Fail? Volume in drive X has no label. Can the laptop at the DOS level distinguish between an official cd and home burnt one? Confused!

Those Cds you created, can they be read in Windows? Try and copy the files to your HDD through DOS, you might get the CDR101 error again, try and clean the CD, if that doesn't work, find the model of your CD DRom drive and try a firmware update, if that fails, try and swap test your drive for another, if you can then read CDs, it's a drive issue.