CD-RW/CD-ROM compatibility

I am having a problem with my CD Burner. When I burn files to a CD-RW it works fine, writes fine, and can be read fine by the drive that burned it. The problem I am having is that when I try to copy files off the CD onto my other computer it takes forever (Example: 621 meg .AVI in 3.5 hours) and sometimes not at all ("Error reading from specified device" message). Then when I take the CD that my old computer could not read back to my new computer it reads it fine.

My old computer is a Micron Millenea PII mmx 350 running windows 98, CD-Rom is 40x. My new computer is a Gateway 500x P4 2.4 Ghz running Windows XP, CD-RW is 48x10x48.

What can I do to fix this?

Thanks.

 

Your old PC's CD read system maybe failing. Check the CD's on another PC again.

Other than that check what CD-R software you are using, maybe installing that on your old pc may help

 

Perhaps a firmware upgrade on the older CD-ROM drive will take care of it. You could check with your manufacturer's homepage and go to support or download.