petefrank Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Running Retrospect 6.5.350 on Dell 8300 PC and Windows XP SP1. I have two CD/DVD RW drives. Internal HP (_NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD) and external Sony (SONY DVD RW DRU-710A USB Device). Neither drive was supported but in both cases I ran custom config under Retro and both configurations completed successfully. Both assigned drivers (taken from the Device>Config>Environment dialog box) RDI(1.56) Using Verbatim DVD +RW I can write to and append multiple backups. I can also run 'Search' and 'Find' from within Retro and the files are 'found' and can be retrieved/restored succesfully. HOWEVER, I cannot display folder contents for the DVDs from within windows. My Computer shows that, when the disks are loaded, the DVD drives show no size information. If I double click to access disk, Windows displays an error message stating disk is not formatted and that either the data is corrupted or the format is one unrecognized by Windows. If I use Nero Express 6 to append data, Nero says that it wants to erase the disk before adding data. If I do that, then the disk has to be 'erased' under Retro before it can be used again by Retro Any one else experiencing this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelenko Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 What you describe is simply normal. Retro uses it's own file format in writing to CD/DVD's. Windows doesn't recognize the files as written on the CD/DVD. You will also probably file many, many ide warnings in your Event Viewer - all related to the same condtion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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