A CD-ROM (stands for Compact Disc Read-only memory) is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback.
Questions tagged [cd-rom]
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Detecting if disk is flash drive
I wanna write program that detects flash drives.
But there's a problem.
Code:
DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
foreach (DriveInfo drive in DriveInfo.GetDrives())
{
if (drive.DriveType == DriveType.Removable)
{
}
}
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I can't read a sector from a CD-ROM in x86 assembly
I'm trying to load the second stage bootloader from my ISOSYS bootloader for my OS32 operating system, but I can't seem to do it. CF seems to always be set. This is to be booted from a CD/DVD and I'm using Debian GNU/Linux 7.6 (Wheezy)
Here's…
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What is the best way to get the CDDB info for an audio CD in Perl?
What is the best way to get the cd-title and the cd-track-names from an audio CD?
I tried this module, but it didn't work.
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use CDDB_get qw( get_cddb );
my %config;
$config{CDDB_HOST} =…
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Finding the serial number of a CD
When I used this CD cataloging program on Windows, it would identify each CD by a (mostly unique) four-byte serial number, like 376b-4554. The dir command of cmd.exe would show a serial number too.
Now I'm on Linux, and trying to hack my own small…
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Identify CD drive and eject using bat or vbs while in WinPE without external files
I need to identify the CD drive and eject the tray. This is executed while booted in WinPE, so the WMP eject function is not available. This script will be used on various computer models/configurations. I'm currently using this:
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fix
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Ripping an audio CD in Python/Java
I have about 500 cd's that need backing up, they contain old sessions.
I need a library that can be used by either (Java / Python) to rip these cd's
It does not need to support 'nix and must support *Windows*
Bonus points given for a framework that…
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Convert AJAX web app to cross platform desktop app run from CDROM
We have a very basic web application which uses AJAX to pull data from XML files for a simple autocomplete and search script.
Our client wants to distribute this application on CDROM to their clients rather than running from the web.
Basically all…
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How to wait between instructions in a .vbs script?(Just for fun)
i am creating a just for fun batch file to do the same as in this video.
I don't know much about programming and i also can barely read what it says in the screen in that video from youtube.
I found this code online:
do
Set oWMP =…
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How to pad ISO9660 to fit into MODE2/2336 data track in a cue sheet?
first and foremost here's the setting of my problem.
I have been given a heavily scratched CD with the task to salvage the data and create a good, working copy. This CD even has its top layer missing, but only in a few spots on the outer rim.
I…
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On Mac OS with python how to list only writable volumes?
On Mac OS with python how to list only writable volumes? In other words, in the /Volumes folder I want to list only the (partitions and pendrives) rw I don't want to list CDROM drives or mounted ISO images.
In linux there is the file '/proc/mounts'…
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creating a cd-rom-area on a USB flash drive
How to create a cd-rom-area on a USB flash drive using python? I tried to find information, and I know that there are a large number of controllers and for all there are utilities. Suppose I would like to write a program for at least one controller…
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Monitor read/write activity of optical drives (WIN32)?
I need to monitor the read/write state of optical drives efficiently in real-time, preferably using native WIN32 calls (I want to avoid WMI etc. if poss).
For physical disks, DeviceIoControl() with IOCTL_DISK_PERFORMANCE works well, but it doesn't…
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I am trying to eject my CD Rom drive using DeviceIoControl IOCTL_STORAGE_EJECT_MEDIA but getting error access violation writing location
I am trying to eject my cd Rom drive by clicking a button. When the button is pressed, the CD Rom drive was ejecting correctly before but now it is giving me an error: "0xC0000005: Access violation writing location 0x00000000." I'm not sure why I am…
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Copying all files in CD Rom and saving them in a folder at a different location using win32 c++
Is there a way in win32 C++ that I can copy all the files inside a CD Rom and save them in a folder located somewhere else (where the folder location will be specified)? Is there a win32 C++ function to do this? The docs show the function…
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Pressing Close button should close CD Rom Tray but it is not closing - win32 C++
I am creating a win32 C++ app in which pressing the "Eject" button opens the CD Rom Tray and pressing the "Close" button closes the CD Rom Tray. The "Eject" button works and the tray opens, however, pressing the "Close" button does not close the CD…
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