Hi Monica, I have this CD of vihuela books and also found the interface less than ideal. I opened it as its own folder (Finder in my case although I imagine Explore would do it, too) and found the group of images for each book. I named a new folder on my desktop for each book/composer and dragged the images en masse to the respective folder. At the end of the day (ok, it didn’t take that long) I had a folder for each book. To further help keep it straight, I duplicated the images of the tables of content and labeled them “TOC, chapter ‘X"’ as needed so I could find the pieces as I need them. Then I never used the CD again.
I took the liberty of responding to the group as well because I’ve seen this come up before concerning this CD. I hope this helps. Sean On May 9, 2016, at 11:48 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Many thanks for this. It will take some time to digest and check > everything you suggest. > it was upgraded from Windows 7. > Inadvertently - it just happened. The CDROM is of the vihuela books > and the music CD was newish. > I don't want to take up too much of > anyone's time so I'll try what you suggest and see what happens. > > Thanks to others who also replied. > Best > Monica > ----Original Message---- > > From: [email protected] > Date: 09/05/2016 18:45 > To: "mjlhall@tiscali. > co.uk"<[email protected]> > Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute > question but... > > Hi Monica, > > First thing: is this a problem with one CD > or all of them? (Had to ask.) If > it is just one, inspect the surface > (not the label side) with reflected > light and look for oil, finger- > grease, scratches, etc. Inspect the label > side for damage to the inner > circumference of the metal layer: that's where > the 'table of contents' > resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be > recognized. > > A > couple of needed questions: > Did you buy this computer with windows 10 > on it, or is this an upgrade? > Did the computer come with a CD drive? > > (Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on again!) > > > If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that aren't > > available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I kid > you > not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new > jukebox. It > should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from the > start button. > > If you prefer something familiar, you can find the > Windows Media Player > (which is included in Win10) by using the > WindowsKey +R combination, then > typing > wmplayer.exe <return> > When it > appears in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to > taskbar", > then it's easier to find when you need it. > > That's what you have to do > to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD > player. > > If it doesn't, > it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in > Windows10 > _should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You > should > be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug it in and > use > it without problems. > > If your problem is that the CD player is not > recognized by the computer, it > may be that it isn't getting a good > connection. On a notebook computer, > some CD/DVD drivers can be removed, > and if they are not put all the way > back in properly, they might not. > In that case, taking them out and putting > them back in works. > > If you > have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to > have > the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was disconnected, and not > > hooked back up. Fixing that requires getting into the box and hooking > it > back up, and usually, if it was because someone serviced it and > forgot to > hook it back up, they should be happy to correct it. (And > test it!) > > Beyond that, you really shouldn't have to go searching for > CD/DVD drivers, > unless the drive is very weird and came with its own > driver disk. If it > did, the likelihood of finding drivers for win10 > that support it is very > small. If it was very expensive, the > manufacturer's web site might have > updated drivers. It'd make more > sense just to replace it (especially > because the drives have been > improved a lot since the days of specialized > drivers.) > > If you get > through all this without success, or have questions, feel free > to write > back, I'll do what I can. > > Best regards, > Ray > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at > 12:00 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Does > anyone know how to play CDs or CDROMS on Windows 10. Does seem to >> > have any drives for this... >> Best wishes to all. >> Monica >> >> >> >> To > get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html> > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
