My D: drive will not recognise a cd which I got from college, I got a replacement but it's the same, I brought my computer from the UK to New Zealand are the CD's compatible?  Other cds from home are fine.  I have windows XP computer is Elonex Extentia Media Centre.If it's CD, not DVD, it shouldn't be a PROBLEM. Did you try CD in question on another computer?If it is a CD, check what TYPE CD it is. CD-ROM should be no problem but if it is a CD-R or CD-RW it could be a problem.  I have made CD on one CD-RW drive and then when I upgrade to a new drive the disk would no longer be recognized.

DVD-ROM are regionalized so with a factory set DVD you could have a problem. The UK is region 2 where as New Zealand is region 4. The same can be true with DVD-R or DVD-RW as with CD-R and CD-RW disk. My DVD-R unit I have connected to my TV will not play DVD+R ot DVD+RW disk.

Check if the disk will play on someone else computer. If is does, I would check the specifications on your drive. If it came with your computer check with the factory site for more information or goto Start/All Programs/Accessaries/System Tools/System Information and click on components then CD-ROM and you should FIND the manufacturer make and model number listed there.


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CD-ROM should be no problem but if it is a CD-R or CD-RW it could be a problem

Come again?

CD mastering differs from burning, as the pits and lands of a mastered CD are moulded into a CD blank, rather than being 'burn marks' in a dye layer (in CD-Rs) or areas with changed PHYSICAL characteristics (in CD-RWs). In addition, CD burners write data sequentially, while a CD pressing plant 'writes' the entire disk in one physical STAMPING operation.