I was able to succesfully burn multisessions on DVD using Nero Express but when I place the DVD into the drive, windows explorer does not see any of the multisessions so I can't access them, I can only see the very "first" session. Is there a way for me to both view and have access to the multisession's Data please?
If you can not right click the drive in explorer and tell it to change sessions. Most of the time it dont work anyway. You need to get isobuster to access the sessions.
Whompus, can't thank you enough, the Isobuster is extremely simple, fast and effective and I can copy anything from any session back unto my HD, all the best to you, until next time I need help!!!
By the guys, I just got a reply from Nero concerning the multisession issue, they have a utility called a "multimounter" that enables windows to read the sessions but I will stick with the Isobuster, just wanted to inform you guys that Nero does have an option even though it is not as effective as Isobuster, anyway, here is the info they sent me:
"If you want to continue a multisession-disk which has been created with
Nero Express, you will have to ensure that you insert the disc before
you click on "create Data Disk" in Nero Express. This is the only way to
continue a multisession disk correctly with Nero Express.
Every written Session (=every single Burn process on this disk) has
it's own "TOC" (=Table of contents) which contains the information which
has been burned in this session.
You should know that the windows explorer can only read one session
(and of course only one TOC) and this is always the last session.
If you put in the CD on time (before you click "Data Disk") Nero Express will recognize the TOC of the previous session and allows you to
transfer files from the last TOC to the new compilation/session (a
reference will be written into the new TOC, which will refer to the files of
the previous session).
After this burn process the windows explorer will be able to read the
new files and the files of the last session which you have transferred
to the new TOC.
But if you inserted the CD too late (after you have clicked on "Data
Diskâ??), Nero Express won't recognize that you want to continue a
multisession-disk. You won't be able to import the old TOC into your new
compilation.
That's the reason why you can only read the files written to your last
session afterwards. The Windows explorer won't recognize the files of
the previous sessions. (Because you didn't import the TOC of the last
session)
The older files have not been deleted or overwritten but you cannot
access them with Windows explorer anymore.
We offer a special tool which allows to read the older sessions.
This tool is called "Multimounter".
There are two versions of Multimounter:
For Windows 2000 and XP please download Multimounter_2k_XP.zip.
For Windows 98, 98SE and ME please download Multimounter_9x.zip.
You can download both files from
Nero.com/us/Multimounter_for_Win9.x_2K_XP.html" class="korostus" target="_blank">http://www.Nero.com/us/Multimounter_for_Win9.x_2K_XP.html
It will give you access to multisession CDs.
Extract the zip file to your hard disk. You will find a readme.txt.
Please read this first, it explains step by step how to use this tool.
Before you execute the file, please go to our web page and update to
the latest Nero version.
If you have Nero 5.5, please use the below link to update to our latest
release of Nero 5.5:
Nero.com/us/download_previous.php?vpak=1" class="korostus" target="_blank">http://www.Nero.com/us/download_previous.php?vpak=1 If you have Nero 6, please use the below link to update to our latest
release of Nero 6:
Nero.com/us/nero-up.php" class="korostus" target="_blank">http://www.Nero.com/us/nero-up.php
After following the instructions of the "readme.txt" you should be able
to access the previous sessions now.
But these sessions wonâ??t be displayed automatically.
Please follow the steps below in order to get access to the previous
sessions:
Open windows explorer and rightclick on the drive in which you have
placed the multisession-CD.
Now select:
Properties-->Volume Label
You should have the option to select which session you want to display.
Note: At this time we cannot guarantee that this Multimounter version
which will work for Windows 2000/XP.
Most of our customers reported positive results but we can only
guarantee that it works for Windows 98/ME.
We are still working on a new version of Multimounter which works for
Windows 2000/XP and we hope that we are able to release it soon."
