> what version of OS is he running? > if its pre OS-X take a look at > http://www.tempel.org/joliet/ > might help > > though its meant to come up in 8.3 format > > how old is the drive? can it read other similar cds (IE burnt, > possibly multisesssion etc) Sorry, I've now asked him those questions. I know it's a newish laptop, so possibly an iBook or PowerBook, and optimistically assumed that it would be able to read PC-format CDs -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics