[X Newbies] invisible disc

[W Lane]

On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 03:03  PM, John Lowther wrote:

> hi, 1st of all this is not Tracey Gagne writing in on the blue screen 
> infinity thread. Instead is the owner of this account, John Lowther.
>
> i just inserted a data CD. it has some word files on it and some jpeg 
> image files. when i insert, the machine whirs into action as usual but 
> no disc appears on the desktop and looking in the finder shows 
> nothing.  i glanced in iTunes to see if it was treating it as a music 
> CD but that isnt the case (plus i know it would still have shown in 
> the finder).  i've inserted other discs, they all behave normally.  
> others have used and accessed the info on this disc from other 
> computers and so i'm perplexed.
>
> any suggestions?__

Yes. Check in System Preferences>CDs & DVDs and make certain that you 
don't have the 'Ignore' action selected. If you do, that's exactly what 
the Mac does, ignores the disk completely. Doesn't show up anywhere.


William Lane
Calgary, Canada
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