Can't read win xp dvds in win 7 laptop

jencom

March 18, 2010 3:27:44 PM

I have been backing up pics on dvds using a xp laptop. I just purchased a win 7 laptop and it sees the dvd, but the pic folders are blank. all were saved as jpegs, any help would be appreciated. thanks.

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isamuelson

Windows 7 Expert

March 18, 2010 3:33:33 PM

Are you using multisession on the DVDs? I'm wondering if the Win7 laptop DVD player cannot see them because of this? I thought I had remembered reading that this could be an issue with multisession DVDs between different DVD drives? Have you ensured you can see the files in the XP laptop?

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jencom

March 18, 2010 4:17:59 PM

30780,2,343212 said:

Are you using multisession on the DVDs? I'm wondering if the Win7 laptop DVD player cannot see them because of this? I thought I had remembered reading that this could be an issue with multisession DVDs between different DVD drives? Have you ensured you can see the files in the XP laptop?[/quotemsg

Thanks for the replay, not using multisession and can still see the pics on the xp machine. on win 7 I see the folders but when I open the folder it's empty.

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rcctechie

March 18, 2010 4:57:59 PM

So you have finalized the DVD? If not that may be the reason you can see it on the XP machine you created it on and not the 7 machine.

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jencom

March 19, 2010 4:29:38 PM

yes it was finalized. I have been doing some research and found that others with windows vista and windows 7 are having problems reading udf files what were created on win xp, but I still haven't found a solution for the problem.

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