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Hi everybody, I'm new to this. My name is Dusty, anyways I was helping a friend with burning pics to cd-r. It was successful and then when tried to view the pics, it showed up as a blank cd. It said, it got 271 mb out of 700 mb, but everytime I click on it to view the pictures, it wouldn't let me at all. It shows blank cd. What could be the problem? Thanks!

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Quick expert note tied to the helpful replies from and : when a burnt photo disc will not show files, the two categories to check are the burn/session format and whether the optical drive can actually read burned media. The suggestions to test the disc in another machine and to review how the disc was written are good first steps; below are targeted diagnostics and practical next moves.

Try these checks in order: 1) Insert a known-good commercial CD or another burned disc to confirm whether the drive reads anything at all; 2) Look in Device Manager (Windows) for driver errors and try reinstalling the optical drive driver or updating firmware if available; 3) Clean the drive lens (lens-cleaning disc or canned air) and reseat power/data cables for desktop drives; 4) If available, read the disc with an external USB optical drive or a different PC to separate media vs drive problems; 5) Inspect the burning software log to confirm the session was closed/finalized and the file system used (ISO9660/Joliet vs packet writing/UDF); 6) If data must be recovered, use a session-recovery tool rather than repeatedly forcing the failing drive.

For future burns: choose the "mastered/ISO" method for cross-machine compatibility, burn at a modest speed and enable verify, use good-brand media, and keep a copy on USB or cloud. If a drive consistently fails multiple discs, replacement is usually the simplest fix.

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May be it got wrong during finalization process, or your computer have got a problem or it burnt wrong. Many possibilities! But restart your machine or test in another machine. BTW what Burning software do you use???
Steve

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May be it got wrong during finalization process, or your computer have got a problem or it burnt wrong. Many possibilities! But restart your machine or test in another machine. BTW what Burning software do you use???
Steve

I just found out what was wrong with it. It's the cd rom, its no good now. I tried to put in a game cd in and it can not read it at all. So good thing its a simple fix. :cool:

Dusty

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is problem solved? If yes, then mark it solved

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