Rob wrote:

I haven't seen anything about drives being unable to play CDs - copy
protected discs maybe. What you describe shouldn't happen on any
drive - sounds as though you've got some jam on the CD.

Rob

Some music cds are copy protected and will not always play on cd roms.

A search of Google for "copy protected" and "none red book"
Will give information on the subject.
There are also many links to how to play and copy, copy protected cds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_copy_protection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD/DVD_copy_protection

http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware...tections.shtml

Red Book

The Red Book, written by Philips and Sony in 1982, contains standards for
the original compact disc (CD). It includes the physical characteristics of
the CD and CD-DA The Red Book standard defines the format in which an audio
CD must be recorded so that it will play correctly on a CD player. Red Book
is the basis for all later CD standards and specification documents


regards



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