Re: PC format CDs and Virtual PC - Again

[David de la Hunty]

have you tried to run the sick CDs on a genuine wintel?

David

On Friday, Jun 27, 2003, at 07:18 Australia/Perth, Diana & Graham 
Stevens wrote:

I cleaned off the junk and tried it. The G4 can see it and open it
but VPC does not see it. I burned a copy which works like a charm,
the program runs fast. [The copy I made of the previous CD, which had
a deep cut, ran very slowly].

Can anyone suggest why this is happening? These two are the only PC
CDs I have ever tried which do not work normally with VPC.

PC format CDs and Virtual PC - Again

[Diana & Graham Stevens]

After a year I have now managed to get a replacement of my 1891 
Census CD. It arrived damaged but I am assured it was OK when it 
left. It also had a customs declaration which was missing when I got 
it. It was opened by Australia Post for Customs Inspection by someone 
who left greasy finger prints on the case; on the CD a long hair, 
several bits of junk and a scratch right across the surface, which to 
me looks like deliberate damage.


I cleaned off the junk and tried it. The G4 can see it and open it 
but VPC does not see it. I burned a copy which works like a charm, 
the program runs fast. [The copy I made of the previous CD, which had 
a deep cut, ran very slowly].


Can anyone suggest why this is happening? These two are the only PC 
CDs I have ever tried which do not work normally with VPC.


Could it be a glitch in my CD drive? I have a G4 Quicksilver 933 MHz, 
512 M RAM in OS 9.2.2 with a DVD-R, CD-RW. I got the update for the 
CD driver but later I wiped the system partition and re-installed 
9.2.2. When I updated the system the CD update was on the list but 
when I tried to run it I was told it had already been done.


I did have one other CD problem, a box of CDs which the G4 just spat 
out. This box was several years old so I just assumed they had 
deteriorated.


Diana (feeling old and confused this morning)

PC format CDs and Virtual PC

[Diana & Graham Stevens]

Are some PC CDs unreadable by VPC?

I have a number of PC CDs and I have never had any problems before, 
apart from having to put up with the clunky way Windoze runs. Now I 
have a problem which may be due to the CD being damaged but I am not 
sure. The full story is below.


I wonder if it is caused because Windows 98 SE supplied with VPC 5 is 
not 'real' Windows but a special edition for the Mac. Should I use my 
'real' Windows 98 disk which came with VPC 2.1 to create a new drive?


Diana
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I have a CD from an English Family History Society which arrived 
damaged. My efforts to get them to replace it have failed. The main 
reason is because I told them I was running it on a Mac using Virtual 
PC and they say this is the problem, not the damage to the CD.


The CD was posted with a small booklet in an envelope, no proper 
packing (they have admitted this should not have happened). The jewel 
case is broken along one edge and the CD has a short deep cut near 
the middle which only just runs into the data area. Originally I 
tried it on my PowerBook using VPC 2.1, it was very slow but at least 
I knew it would run.


But on my Quicksilver G4 512 M Ram, System 9.2.2, Pioneer DVD-RW 
DVR-104 (MMC3) Drive and VPC 5 it would not run at all.


The Mac can see the CD but the PC can't, tells me the drive is not 
ready. I tried the CD on a PC at the local genealogy society (WAGS) 
and it runs but very slowly, compared to the WAGS copy of the same CD.

WAGS Mine
Surname Search: < 5 sec 27 sec
Enum. Notebook: < 5 sec 30 sec

Having given up hope of a replacement I used Toast 5 to make a copy 
of the CD and VPC 5 can see it! Using it I could not run SETUP.EXE 
from the prompt but when I opened the CD I could double click it and 
it installed. And the program will run but very slowly.


When I looked at the CD in VPC I realised that some of the files did 
not have extensions, including all the .EXE files, and one file was 
missing (hidden maybe?). The Mac can see all the files are there, 
with extensions.


I tried copying all the CD files to my hard disk and burning a Data 
CD, in Mac OS and PC (Hybrid) CD format. This does not run, VPC tells 
me to put the correct disk in the drive. I tried re-installing but 
got the same error message.


I would be pleased to hear any suggestions as I would like to buy the 
next CD this FHS are about to produce. Next time I will only order 
one thing and it should be sent in the proper packing. They offered 
to save on postage for me but I said not to, and sent the full 
postage for both items. So they saved a few pence for themselves! The 
woman who runs the show has a bad reputation as far as giving value 
for money is concerned, very commercially oriented. I would not buy 
anything else from her except this is the only source of the 
information apart from spending hours reading census films!

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