[X4U] can't access data CD with 10.4.8

[Chris Beamis]

I think you and Linda who replied before are right about he "open"  
problem, although I'm going to verify that tomorrow.  I just now put  
in a data CD that I know is good and it appeared on my desktop just  
as expected.  I'm going to take that other CD to a windoze machine  
and see if I can "close" it.

Thanks very much for the help,
Chris


On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:54 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Could the CD in question have been created on a PC? If so, it's  
> possible that the session was never closed. PC users will often  
> leave a CD "open" so that you can burn additional info to it at a  
> later time, creating multiple sessions on one CD. Depending on the  
> software they are using there's an option to "close" the CD when  
> done burning. Unfortunately Macs don't like "open" CDs. We run into  
> this problem all the time and have to open the CD on a PC and copy  
> the info across our network.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mark Des Cotes
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> On 3-Oct-06, at 11:56 PM, Chris Beamis wrote:
>
>>
>> I just installed 10.4.8 on my dual 866MHz mirror drive door model,  
>> and when I put in a music CD iTunes comes up just like I specified  
>> in the CDs and DVDs section of System Preferences.  But when I put  
>> in a data CD nothing happens.  (Except I can boot off my 10.4.8  
>> install DVD fine.)  I can't find it in the Finder or anything.  In  
>> System Preferences it currently says to Open Finder when a blank  
>> CD or blank DVD is inserted, and previously I had it set to ask  
>> but in both cases it won't seem to find a data CD.  I'm also  
>> confused why the CDs and DVDs preferences only gives options for  
>> video DVD, or picture or music CD, or blank CD or DVD.  How do I  
>> tell it what to do for a data CD?  I think it has Word and  
>> Powerpoint files.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
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