According to Chris Reinhart: >now if I log in using my "ghost" account >The CD is readable >I have tried trashing the itunes preferences and the finder prefs >Can anyone else think of anything? The next time you get an endlessly spinning wheel, or the message you referred to, select 'Force Quit [Alt-Apple-Esc, and choose 'Relaunch Finder'...see what happens... ~flipper