Can't see data files on cd-r

AOL "updated" itself and now the DATA CD-R (text, pics & backup files) I had in the drive reads as AUDIO and I can't see my files.

The update caused my computer to restart, then Media player popped up. When I looked in Windows explorer, the CD read as audio CD.
Previously, media player was disabled because I use cd only for data, formatting with Roxio CD creator.

I have once again disabled media player, but it still reads as audio, saying the disk is full, which it is not. It now looks like a new cd not yet formated. It is not a cd-rw, just cd-r, so the files couldn't have being erased, right?

Does anyone have any suggestion on how I could retrieve my files? Any help is appreciated.
Thank you much.

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Can you uninstall the update?? Maybe the update process messed up your CD-ROM driver??

I myself would...

1. Uninstall and reinstall the cd-rom drive/driver.

If that doesn't work...

2. Try uninstalling the updated.

Still no luck...

3. Try rolling the system back to a restore date right before the update occured!!

Roger

 

Thanks for the reply, Roger.

1. Actually the driver is fine with any other cd, it's just this one that I can't read.

2. I have no idea what the update was, because it is an automatic aol "enhancement" and they can't tell me what it was (don't get me started on aol customer service). I imagine it was mainly MS media player, because I had disabled it, so it shouldn't have come up.

If you have any idea how I could find out and uninstall the update, that'd be great.

3. I'm almost running out of memory, so Restore can't remember how to go back in time!

4. I imagine media player did something to the disk to change it from text to audio and I guess what I need to do is find a way to change it back to text.

This may actually be the real question I should have asked.

 

Can you bring up a dos shell to read the data off the cd?

As in, Start, run, cmd (or command), enter..
change to the drive letter..i.e.
d: <enter>
then, type in
dir <enter>

 

Sorry I took so long to respond, I've being swamped.

It looks like the disk has being reformated for audio because it reads:

"volume in drive d is audio cd"
track 01.cda
1 file 44 bytes
0 dir 0 byte free

... which is exactly what a new disk says!

Now, I know I have lost my data, but at least I won't waste any more time trying to figure out how to recover it ... Unless you know of a miracle.

Thank you so much for your help.

Now, anyone up for shooting aol?

PS. As a side note, following Rogvalcox suggestion, I tried to see if I could go back in time, even though restore had previously refused to do anything.
Bingo! the thing started turning like a horse on a mad merry-go-round, and it now tells me I've got back my memory! It wiped out all my previous restore points, but that was expected.
I had found an Alexa bug the day before, and it was choking my computer to death. So thank you Spybot, and all of you for the help!