i've had a friend of mine burn 4 different cds(video cd)...3 of which are the same content.

one cd is about 30 minutes in length...and it plays great in my cd-rom...i have a cd-rom and dvd/cd player/writer......but the 3 cd's that he made that are the same in content...but i'd say they are 70 minutes in length will not play.

every cd..burned or original..and any dvd i put in always plays...except for this perticular cd.....and we have tried 3 different cd's to put the content on.

when i put the cd in my cd-rom......it begins to run...but then STOPS...with out asking me what action i want to take.....then when i GO to My Computer....it shows a disk in the F drive...which is the cd-rom drive...but when i click the cd icon...it reads...." F:/ is not accesible.  The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable"

i can play anything except for these 3 cds it seems...and it is on cd-r's that i have played before in my pc.

any IDEAS on why this problem??...or anything i can or need to do to get this cd to play??

my friend says that he tried the cd in 7 different computers and it played fine...so i am curious why it doesn't play in mine??...is it the structure of the cd???....do i just need to clean my cd-rom??...any help would be greatly appreciated.....thank you!!Could you summarize your problem?

What kind of CD's are they? CD-RW or CD-R? Do they all have the exact same content? Do they not load? Does Windows give you a no CD error?

Cleaning your CD-ROM drive is a good idea.the cds are sony 700mb cd-r...and the 3 that will not play all have the same content...and the one that does play has the same types of files...but is shorter in length..is that means anything..lol.

when i put the cd in my player it tries to load....it runs...but then stops.

i do not get a no cd error....when i go to My Computer in the Control Panel...it shows a cd in the F drive...but the cd has no name....this happens for all 3.

it just always shows this instead....

...." F:/ is not accesible.  The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable"

so i dunno why it shows this....but any ideas on what i may need to do to fix..if any???And your friend claims that the CD's work on 7 other computers?

Perhaps your CD-ROM drive can not work properly with that BRAND of recordable CD's.that could be the case......but i do have one of the cds he made...that the same brand...same type...and that one plays.

wonder if cleaning the cd-rom will help???

or are there any other possibilities that could cause this one cd not to play...on 3 different cds??

and why does it say...disk structure corrupted and unreadable??.....for all 3 cds??

just curious of any possible solutions if any....thanks alot!!would any firmware help the situation?

..or should i just accept that one cd....burned on 3 different cds will not play?

any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated.....i don't think my cd-rom is reckonizing the cds or something.....because any cd/dvd i put in on the drive in "My Computer" it always shows a name...or a date..for the cd/dvd...and for these perticular cds it does not.

any thoughts on that?What kind of data is on these CD's?Please clarify:  Do CD's work in DVD player/writer, but do not work in CD-ROM?its mpg data on the cd....and it will not play in either cd-rom..or in the dvd player/writer.

its just this data that won't play it seems......because its been burned onto 3 different cds.

but i have the same type of data(mpg) on several other cd..that i have burned...or that some one else has burned...and they play great!!

so why does these cds with this data bring an error pop up of.......... F:/ is not accesible.  The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable??

plz help if possible..thanks!Okay...what operating system on your computer?  What operating system on the other 7 computers?  Are you trying to play the CD's in Windows Media Player or Winamp or something else?

You can download Nero InfoTool.  It may help to DIAGNOSE the problem:  http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=120
i have windows xp on my pc....the 7 others...i dunno what they were.

when i put the cd in the cd-rom.......it doesn't give me any options to choose what to play it with....so thats when i just go to Control Panel.....then....My Computer and try to open the cd there.

thats when it gives me the F drive message...about the structure......and it being corrupted and unreadable.

what do you think i should try?If it makes you feel any better, this is a common problem.  CD's burned on one machine cannot be read on another machine.  This has been happening ever since CD burners were introduced and it doesn't seem to be getting a lot better.  Sometimes it's the hardware and sometimes its the burning software used.  I've had the most success with Nero, none with Roxio Easy CD Creator.  Usually, Sony CD-R's are good.  Sometimes the generic "white label" ones are better.

As long as anything you burn on your DVD burner works, you're okay.  What burning software do you use?

Download the NeroTool and put the CD in either drive and see if the tool sees it.ok..i will try this....you mean the Nero Info Tool?

thanks for the help!!!!i did the nero tool....and it reads the cd.

it says data cd(mode2)

what can i do from this point?well, they all play now!

seems like after i put the cd in....i have to run to nero tool...then after that runs...the cd plays...and it works for all of them!

cool!!.....thanks for the info on that...that was a huge help for me