Old CD's from XP is not working in Win 7

Eontraveler

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Why is the CD I have created in my old XP not working in the new Win 7 .
Same hardware and PC as before.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.00 ghz4 GBnVidia 8200
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.00 ghz
Motherboard
Asus
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia 8200
Hard Drives
Samsung HD 320
WDC WD320AKS
How was the disc burned....what program was used?
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1Intel Core i7-260012 GB Patriot Extreme DDR3-1333Nvidia GTX 470
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7-2600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3P-B3
Memory
12 GB Patriot Extreme DDR3-1333
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 470
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UltraSharp 2209WA
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility3 240 GB, WD5001AALS, WD7501AALS
PSU
OCZ ModStream 700W
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 912 Advanced
Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus
Just Windows own

I used XP file manager and burne from there.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate x64AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.00 ghz4 GBnVidia 8200
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.00 ghz
Motherboard
Asus
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia 8200
Hard Drives
Samsung HD 320
WDC WD320AKS
That could be the issue. The built-in app, especially from XP wasn't very reliable, and caused many issues like this. You might want to virtualize a copy of XP just to get the contents off those discs, and then burn using something better, like CDBurnerXP or ImgBurn.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1Intel Core i7-260012 GB Patriot Extreme DDR3-1333Nvidia GTX 470
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7-2600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3P-B3
Memory
12 GB Patriot Extreme DDR3-1333
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 470
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UltraSharp 2209WA
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility3 240 GB, WD5001AALS, WD7501AALS
PSU
OCZ ModStream 700W
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 912 Advanced
Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus
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