[DeTomaso] Help needed: Mike Drew can't seem to read the Pantera articles I've sent on disk

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/11/10 22 14 16, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:


> Not sure what disk you're referring to that I sent a few months ago: I 
> don't recall any for a long time prior to the two I sent a couple of weeks 
> ago.
> 
>>>Yes, it was a very long time ago, and we had the same problem.
>   
>  No idea why they would be unreadable.  They are brand new Sony data 
> disks, and all I'm doing is following the HP directions to download data to the 
> disk.  They read fine when I put them back into my HP after they've been 
> burned.  My HP is only about 10 months old.  I am running Microsoft Windows 
> 7, the pics are all jpg, the articles are MS Word 2003.  When I burn the 
> disks, it gives me the choice to write "as a USB" which can be edited, or as a 
> one time, non-editable set of files: I write them as editable.
> 
>>>Well there you go.   They ARE editable, and useable, on YOUR computer.   
But I'm using MY computer, and your disks are therefore unreadable.

What I need you to do is burn them as conventional read-only CDs.   I can 
then read the data and download them to my own computer, at which point I can 
then open/edit/whatever the files.
>   
> > I'm also putting this out to the forum as I could use some help figuring 
> out why Mike can't read my disks.
> 
> >>>Problem solved. :>)

Mike