Iomega CD-RW USB 2.0 Drive User Manual page 21

3. Click the Edit button.
4. Click Assign a drive letter and select the letter you want to use for your Iomega CD-RW drive.
5. Reboot the system.
Problems Reading Recordable CDs on a Standard CD-ROM Drive
Sometimes, it appears that you wrote a CD without trouble and can read it on your Iomega CD-RW drive; however, when you put it in a standard CD-ROM drive, one of the
following happens:
The CD is ejected.
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You get error messages such as no CD-ROM or not ready reading.
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You have random problems accessing some files or directories.
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The problems might not appear when you use the disc on different CD-ROM drives.
The lasers of some CD-ROM drives, especially older ones, are not calibrated to read recordable CDs because their surface is different from that of factory-pressed CDs. If your CD-
ROM drive reads mass-produced (silver) CDs but not recordable CDs, check with the CD-ROM drive manufacturer to determine if this is the problem. An upgrade might be
available to resolve the problem.
Problems Reading Recordable CDs on Any CD-ROM Drive
If you have successfully written a CD but have problems reading it, there are a number of possible reasons:
If your CD is ejected, you receive an error message, or you have random problems accessing files from the CD, your CD-ROM drive might not be well-calibrated to read
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recordable CDs. See Problems Reading Recordable CDs on a Standard CD-ROM Drive
The CD can read fine, but all of the files have a read-only attribute. This occurs because the file system extensions used to read back ISO 9660 discs in Windows assume
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that CDs are a read-only medium, and therefore set the read-only attribute for files on CD. If you copy files from CD back to hard disc, this attribute is maintained until you
change it using Windows Explorer. See
Problems with File Systems and File Names
Not all CDs can be read by all operating systems because of the file system and file names you use when the disc is created.
Search the World Wide Web for the most current information about file formats.
The following are the file naming conventions supported by different operating systems.
ISO 9660 (8+3 characters set)
Problems with File Systems and File Names
for more information.
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