I have several discs on which I have stored media files when I had a Windows XP Pro PC. Now I’m using a laptop with Windows 7 and when I insert those discs in its CD drive, I cannot see any of the files. When I open my computer and look at the “G” drive, which I know is my CD drive, it says that there is data stored on these discs and how much room I have left, but when I open it, there are no files showing. Why is this?
Good question. It depends a lot on exactly how you created that disc
Disc, spelled with a c and not a k, specifically refers to optical media. CD, DVD, and Blu-ray technologies are all optical storage mechanisms that use lasers of one form or another to read from their corresponding media. As a result, those media are most properly referred to as discs, not disks. The term “disk” is then reserved for everything else – most commonly, magnetic media such as hard disks. (Click on the term for full definition.)
'>disc in the first place. That’s information that you didn’t give me and a lot of the times it’s as simple as not having used the right program, or having chosen the right format in the beginning when the disc was created.
Unfortunately, I don’t necessarily know of a good way to recover from that.
Windows 7 reads Windows XP discs
In general, Windows 7 should be able to read any disc that Windows XP has created.
Put another way, if the disc worked originally and you could see the files in Windows XP after you created it, then I really don’t know of a format-related reason that Windows 7 wouldn’t be able to see those exact same files.
Discs can wear out
One thing that comes to mind is that CD and DVD discs do wear out – or rather, they degrade over time.
Now, normally, a degraded disc will more commonly show a different type of error. Specifically there will usually be CRC [Cyclic Redundancy Check]
CRC is an acronym for Cyclic Redundancy Check. A CRC is additional information included with some types of data to detect, and sometimes even correct, errors in that data. CRC’s are mathematically calculated from the data being checked. The actual algorithms are often quite complex to reduce the probability that some types of errors would go undetected, or that multiple errors would cancel each other out. As an extremely over-simplified example, using something similar to a CRC called a “checksum”, consider the following sequence of numbers: 47, 42, 101, 1995, 2, 2013 The sum of those numbers is 4200. (Hence the term “check sum”.) When written to some media that might suffer damage or degradation, the checksum would be included: 47, 42, 101, 1995, 2, 2013 (4200) If something happens to damage the data so the numbers are inadvertently changed, then the checksum calculated would not match the checksum that was included, and thus the data would be known to be unreliable. A CRC differs from a checksum most notably in complexity. A simple sum, for example, would not detect if the numbers were presented out of order, as they would still add up to the same value. A CRC would detect that and more. CRCs are most notably used on computer hard drives. Each sector of information written to the disk includes a CRC, so that if there is a problem reading the data, it can be detected and presented as a CRC error to the application or user. Checksums and CRCs are used in many more venues, however, including even credit card numbers, where the last digit is actually calculated from the preceding digits to ensure correctness. (Click on the term for full definition.)
'>CRC or other similar hardware related errors when you try to read the disc. CRC errors are the errors that usually show up when the disc starts to degrade over time. I know that’s not the error you’re reporting, but even so, it’s small a possibility here.
You haven’t told me how long ago these discs were created and of course, what kind of media you used when you created them. If you used inexpensive media, or to put it even more bluntly, if you used cheap media, and perhaps are more than, say, 5 years old, that they’re actually starting to degrade.
One thing to try is to try to read the disc in another machine. Particularly when discs just begin to show signs of degradation the slightly different alignment of different drives in other machines can often allow the disc to be read.
Lotro Can't Open The Data Files
Hardware breaks
In fact, taking the disc to another machine is just a good idea in general.
The fact is that hardware can fail over time – anything dirt and dust in the mechanism to actual component failure could all lead up to the symptoms that you’re seeing. Taking the disc to another machine can help gather some clues – if it reads readily on the other machine, then perhaps it’s time to see if your disc reader is operating properly.
View everything
One last thing I would have you do is to change the Windows Explorer settings to “see everything”, though admittedly this is also a bit of a long shot.
In Windows Explorer go to the View menu, Folder options, and then in the View tab, there’s a long list of options.
I’ve got a couple of articles on changing Windows Explorer settings that will actually show you where these settings are – but the bottom line is in there, select the option to “Show hidden files, folders and drives”.
It’s possible that for some reason the files on this CD have somehow been marked as “hidden”. That actually would result in what you’re describing: what looks like an empty disc, because it’s not showing those hidden files, and yet the disc would still show as using space and having space available.
Few years ago I uninstalled the game from this PC.
Yesterday I tried to install it again but everytime after I chose my server I got this error message and the game closes:
I already tried to re-install the game but I got no success. I have tried to run the game as adminstrador too. But again no success. I saw in some forums to change the permissions. I already did but no success neither.
I read somewhere that the file downloaded from the LOTRO's website is corrupted.
So I installed Steam and from there I was able to download the game. This way I was able to play without that error appearing.
EDIT
I just installed the game via LOTRO's website on my sister's computer. I was able to play without any error. I just don't know why sometimes it works when downloaded via LOTRO's website and sometimes it doesn't.
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A file with the X_T file extension is a Parasolid Model Part file. They're also known as Modeller Transmit files.
Different CAD programs can export to, and import from, the X_T format. The files are text-based and composed essentially of numbers, which some CAD programs can read to identify the 3D model's geometry, color, and other details.
Your options are: Fallout Mod Manager fork (most stable), Nexus Mod Manager 0.56.2 (easiest to use) and Mod Organizer 2 (most advanced).
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Parasolid Model Part files that are stored in binary are saved with the .X_B file extension. Older versions of the X_T format were XMT_TXT and XMP_TXT.
How to Open an X_T File
X_T files can be opened with Siemens PLM Software called Parasolid. It works on Windows, Linux, and Mac computers.
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Some other CAD programs that can use X_T files include Autodesk Fusion 360, VectorWorks, SolidView's Parasolid Viewer, Kubotek's KeyCreator, Actify, and 3D-Tool.
You can also open an X_T file with Notepad in Windows or with any other free text editor, but these programs are only useful if you need to see the header data of the X_T file. This information includes the date the file was created, the OS used, and some information about the model.
Since the X_T file extension is a little different than most extensions (because of the underscore), it might be used in other programs, too, ones that have nothing to do with 3D shapes. If your X_T file doesn't open with any of the CAD programs mentioned above, open it with a text editor to see if there's any descriptive information within the file itself that can point you in the direction of a compatible viewer for your specific X_T file.
If you find that an application on your PC does try to open the X_T file but it's the wrong application or if you would rather have another installed program open X_T files, you can change the default program Windows uses to open the file.
How to Convert an X_T File
Any X_T file should be able to be converted to another similar format using one of the X_T viewers listed above. In most programs, this is via a File > Save as option or sometimes a button labeled Export.
Another option is to use the trial version of CAD Exchanger. It can convert X_T to STEP/STP, IGES/IGS, STL, SAT, BREP, XML, JT, OBJ, X_B, XMT_TXT, XMT_BIN, WRL, or X3D.
Why Can't I Open Files
Autodesk Inventor should be able to convert your X_T file to DWG through the Environment > AEC Exchange > Save as DWG Solids menu. You can then open your converted X_T file in a program that supports the DWG format, like Autodesk's AutoCAD, Design Review, or DWG TrueView programs.
Still Can't Open the File?
The programs mentioned above are all you need to choose from to open an X_T file. If it won't open even after trying all of those applications, chances are you don't have an X_T file. This might be the case if you've misread the file extension.
For example, even though their file extensions look similar, X_T files have nothing to do with Mozilla Firefox Component files that use the .XPT extension. Other examples could be given, too, like Compressed Text files that use the TX_ suffix.
Re-read the file extension at the end of your file and then research what you see to find a compatible file opener or converter.
Throughout this tutorial I’ll assume you know how to open a terminal and run commands (lines beginning with $, but don’t include the $). You should also check to see how much video memory you have. This will come in handy later. If unsure, don’t worry about it. Before we get started Make sure you have Wine installed. For best results you should grab the latest version. See: http://www.winehq.org/download/ Note: you must use Windows XP as your Windows version for this to work. Using 2000 will result in a ‘Unsupported Operating System’ error. To switch: Open ‘winecfg’ and switch the version (The Wine default is Windows XP). Note to 64bit users: You should add the openal32 DLL Override in winecfg->Libraries. Note to 64 bit Gnome users: A new error may occur with the newer releases of 64 bit Gnome desktops (including Unity). The message is: “64bit Error “p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory” It occurs after logging in. The only known solution found so far is here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/127848/wine-cant-find-gnome-keyring-pkcs11-so I still had problems after applying this solution. The solution I found was to try a non-Gnome desktop. Switching from unity to kde-standard worked for me. You could also switch to the 32 bit version of Ubuntu or whichever distro you use. Getting Started The newer versions of wine provided by most modern GNU/Linux distributions should provide winetricks. If not you can grab it with ‘wget’ in your terminal: $ wget http://winetricks.org/winetricks Once you have winetricks you are ready to begin. Install the necessary dependencies into wine In your terminal type: $ bash ./winetricks vcrun200{3,5,8} d3dx9 corefonts (Nvidia users should also install physx) Note: ‘vcrun200{3,5,8} is a bash expansion expression which returns vcrun2003, vcrun2005, and vcrun2008. Grab the LOTRO installer Note: If you already have LOTRO installed somewhere you can copy the ‘Turbine/The Lord of the Rings Online’ directory into your ‘.wine/drive_c’ folder (Default location is ‘Program Files’). Then skip ahead to ‘Install missing splash screens’ If you use wine 1.3 or earlier the standard LOTRO installer may not work. In this case you will need to find the full installer floating around online. As of this writing the only place I can find is atomicgamer.com. http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/87989/the-lord-of-the-rings-online-client-high-res-free2play http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/86523/the-lord-of-the-rings-online-client-standard-res-usa If you use wine 1.4 or later you should be able to run the standard LOTRO installers. You can grab either Low or High resolution installer. Low resolution: $ wget http://content.turbine.com/sites/clientdl/lotro/lotrostandard.exe High resolution: $ wget http://content.turbine.com/sites/clientdl/lotro/lotrohigh.exe LOTRO installation (skip if you are ‘already installed’) If you have the full installer you can start it directly using wine. $ wine LOTROSetup.exe If you are using the standard LOTRO installer you can start it by prefixing the wine command with ‘GC_DONT_GC=1’. For low resolution: $ GC_DONT_GC=1 wine lotrostandard.exe For high resolution: $ GC_DONT_GC=1 wine lotrohigh.exe Note: If the downloader freezes at some point just kill the process (ctrl+c in the terminal) and start the downloader again. If you don’t remove any files it should resume the download and continue. During the installation be sure to uncheck ‘create desktop icon’, ‘README’, the subscription, and the ‘Load Lord Of The Rings Online’ options ( Currently TurbineLauncher fails when trying to load it. We’ll be using the 3rd party client ‘Pylotro’ to load the game instead.) Install missing splash screens Without these you would normally see grey splash screen with white crosshatches during game load or when teleporting. Normally the TurbineLauncher would grab these. But since it doesn't work we have to download them ourselves. These images need to be installed into “Turbine/The Lord of the Rings Online/raw/en/logo”. First cd into The Lord of the Rings Online/raw/en/logo 32bit: $ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Turbine/The Lord of the Rings Online/raw/en/logo 64bit: $ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Turbine/The Lord of the Rings Online/raw/en/logo Now download the splash screens (I have a script to simplify this) Note: This script defaults to english if you omit the language. ‘fr’ and ‘de’ also available. $ wget https://sites.google.com/site/leeslinuxblog/lotrosplashme.sh $ bash lotrosplashme.sh en Install pylotro There’s three ways we can do this. One is installing using the source. The second is the windows exe in wine. The third is installing via Ubuntu PPA (if you use Ubuntu). Install from source Make sure you have python and pyqt4 installed (python-qt4?) Download the source: (pylotro website is no more) $ wget https://sites.google.com/site/leeslinuxblog/PyLotRO-0.1.15.zip Unzip source & cd to the directory: $ unzip PyLotRO-0.1.15.zip;cd PyLotRO Run setup.py. Via sudo (Ubuntu,debian,Mint) $ sudo python setup.py install Via su: $ su -c “python setup.py install” Install windows exe in Wine Download the windows exe file: $ wget http://www.mcgillsociety.org/PyLotRO/pylotro-setup.exe Install using wine: $ wine pylotro-setup.exe Install using Ubuntu PPA $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ajackson-bcs/ppa $ sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get install -y pylotro Configure PyLotRO to run LOTRO (Can be done via wizard or manually) Wizard: (may not work with 64bit. Use ‘manually’) 1. Click ‘Tools’ 2. Click ‘Settings Wizard’. 3. Select ‘Dungeons & Dragons Online’ and click ‘Find Games’. 4. Select “C:Program FilesTurbineDDO Unlimited” 5. Click Apply. Manually: 1. Click ‘Tools’ on the menu bar. 2. Click ‘Options’. 3. Choose Game directory. (32bit: /home/USERNAME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Turbine/The Lord of the Rings Online 64bit: /home/USERNAME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Turbine/The Lord of the Rings Online) 4. (optional) Enable ‘High-Res Graphics’. 5. Save the settings. Pylotro should now fill right up with the Realm list, news, languages, etc. Patch the game data 1. Click ‘Tools’ on menu bar. 2. Click ‘Patch’. 3. Click ‘Start’ (This can take a while). 4. When finished, click ‘Exit’. Run LOTRO! Select realm and login! In the future simply load Pylotro to play the game :) Notes If the game ever gives you an error saying you don’t have the latest version of the client installed, simply run ‘Patch’ from the Tools menu in Pylotro You may also get errors regarding your audio. This is normal. If you don't have sound, Go to ‘Options->Audio’ and select your 'Sound Playback' device. You can ignore the error's in the PyLotRO output window, or you can try configuring your sound in winecfg. Fixes/Tweaks At this point you should be able to sign in and play the game. But its normal for some performance issues to manifest here. Here are some tweaks/fixes you can try. Set the correct video memory size in the Registry. 1. Open regedit: $ wine regedit 2. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine/Direct3D/ (if this key does not exist, see ‘Missing Direct3D registry branch’ below) 3. Edit or create a key called ‘VideoMemorySize’. Set ‘VideoMemorySize’ to the amount of video memory you have (1gb 1024). Missing Direct3D registry branch: 1. Right click Wine key in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftware 2. Click New->key 3. Enter ‘Direct3D’ 4. Right click the ‘Direct3D’ key 5. Click New->String Value 6. Type ‘VideoMemorySize’ 7. Right click ‘VideoMemorySize’, then modify 8. Enter amount of video memory (1024 1gb) See the 'Game Tweaks' section The Game Tweaks are located at the bottom of this page. It includes suggestions for in game options to configure DDO for better performance.
Game Tweaks Tweaking the game: Setting the video memory size usually fixes most performance issues. However there is a list of things you can do to try to kick the performance up an extra notch. Of course these are just suggestions. They are all optional. Disable desktop 3D effects (In Unity switch to 2D session) The 3D desktop features can cause some performance issues in the game. Logging out and changing your Unity session, or disabling 3D desktop effects can greatly increase game performance. Choose a ‘Graphics Quality’ in Options->Graphics It’s common for the auto detection to misdetect the card since there is a wine api in the middle of everything. Select this manually to get the quality you want. (I chose ‘very high’ for my 1gb Nvidia card) Increase ‘Texture Cache Size’ in Options->Adv. Graphics You can increase this to improve the game performance by increasing the amount of system memory used for graphics resources. This can decrease load times and in turn increase game performance. Enable ‘Triple Buffering’ in Options->Adv. Graphics For video cards with extra memory you can use this setting to slightly increase rendering performance. Disable ‘Player Mesh Combining’ in Options->Adv. Graphics This feature not only uses up more system memory, but also video memory. Saving a little video memory can always help game performance. Disable ‘Distant Imposters’ in Options->Adv. Graphics This option simply allows trees and other objects to render over distant scenery. Can be disabled to increase game performance.