[X4U] can't read a cd rom written on a windows machine

[Richard Clark]

I have had that happen if they don't finalize a disk. They sometimes  
leave it open to write more to the disk.
Richard

On Nov 4, 2005, at 3:29 PM, stephen e. schwartz wrote:

> [re-transmit; for some reason earlier post did not appear on the list]
>
> a colleague on a windows machine burns a cd containing a bunch of  
> documents
> (powerpoint, word, pdf) and gives it to me.
>
> I insert it in my powerbook G4 OSX 10.3.9. I hear a bit of chugging  
> and
> whirring for a while and then nothing. nada. zip.
>
> I can eject it using the eject button on the powerbook.
>
> Insert it into OS9 machine and at least it tells me that the disk is
> unreadable and asks if I want to initialize it.
>
> This has happened more than once, two colleagues. What are they doing
> wrong? Or better what can I do to read the disk.
>
> Its like the old days before PC Exchange and unreadable disks.
>
> help please. any clues or suggestions. of course I can go back to the
> originators, but that just gets them sore at me because I use a mac.
>
> disks I can read on a command-I show iso 9660. I can of course ask  
> them to
> write in that format, but ...
>
> thanks