Many thanks for all who have tried to assist me in opening this CD-RW but having tried it on 4 machines running various programmes from Win98 through to XPHome I have had to admit defeat as they all show exactly the same error message in a read me file. I have Nero on this machine which hasn't helped. The properties on the readme file show there is stuff there but no way is it going to let me see any content, I now have serious brain ache. I would like to thank Gary, Sue, Frankie and n.east for giving me ideas where to look for the UDF info. I am working through and hoping that eventually I come up with the answer but being a computer dummy it may take some time! Heather

Hello Heather, I've been following most of this thread but I haven't had much to add to the advice that's been suggested. Now a couple of ideas have occurred to me. One, the wikipedia article and other links refer to UDF as a format for DVDs as well as CDs. Have you tried reading your disk in a computer which has a DVD reader? Two, although your disk was created on a Win98 commputer and any version of Windows should be able to handle UDF, there may be some question of whether that's true for all the variations of "ISO13346". I see the Wiki article says that more versions are supported by Linux with the 2.6 kernel. As a Linux user, that's something that I would try -- to see if your disk can be read on a Linux computer. You may know someone who has Linux installed. Or you may be able to set up a computer running Knoppix or Ubuntu (a couple of Linux "live CDs"), as long as the computer has two CD or DVD drives. Hope this helps. Kraig --- heather smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks for all who have tried to assist me in opening this CD-RW > but having tried it on 4 machines running various programmes from > Win98 through to XPHome I have had to admit defeat as they all show > exactly the same error message in a read me file. > > I have Nero on this machine which hasn't helped. > The properties on the readme file show there is stuff there but no > way is it going to let me see any content, > I now have serious brain ache. > > I would like to thank Gary, Sue, Frankie and n.east for giving me > ideas where to look for the UDF info. I am working through and > hoping that eventually I come up with the answer but being a computer > dummy it may take some time! > > Heather > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com