On Friday, Oct 24, 2003, at 17:03 Canada/Eastern, John Lowther wrote: > i just inserted a data CD. CD-R/RW? CD-ROM? (I guess the former.) HFS? HFS+? ISO? Hybrid? XA? > [...] others have used and accessed the info on this disc from other > computers [...] Macs? PCs? > any suggestions? It's likely a problem between this particular disc and your Mac's drive. Ask someone whose machine can read it to copy it for you. > running OS 10.2 I strongly suggest upgrading to 10.2.6 or 10.2.8 f