Vista - Vista DVD-R with UDF?

Recently installed Vista Prem as XP was corrupted, etc. Before the install,
copied to Phillips DVD-R 3.7GB of jpeg and .doc files. When I try to open the
DVD-R, Vista recognizes that the disk is there and that 3.77 of 4.38 GB are
utilitized but it shows 0 items. The IBM Thinkpad "Levoto" has the Mat****a
DVD-Ram UJ-830Sx ATA drive and the latest driver. Other cd's and movie dvds
seem to play just fine. Any ideas or suggestions?
Tnx
Tom

Was the DVD-R written as a drag-to-drop 'floppy' type with a 'directcd' type
program? If so you will need that program to get the files off the disk.

Michael

"TangoTom" <TangoTom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BC29A2CF-6B2F-4FE8-8550-32DBE60919E7@microsoft.com...
> Recently installed Vista Prem as XP was corrupted, etc. Before the
> install,
> copied to Phillips DVD-R 3.7GB of jpeg and .doc files. When I try to open
> the
> DVD-R, Vista recognizes that the disk is there and that 3.77 of 4.38 GB
> are
> utilitized but it shows 0 items. The IBM Thinkpad "Levoto" has the
> Mat****a
> DVD-Ram UJ-830Sx ATA drive and the latest driver. Other cd's and movie
> dvds
> seem to play just fine. Any ideas or suggestions?
> Tnx
> Tom

If a DVD or CD was not closed by the originating program (it still can be
written to) Vista has a problem seeing the data. I use Isobuster (the free
part) It will allow you to extract the files.
--
Paul


"Michael" wrote:

> Was the DVD-R written as a drag-to-drop 'floppy' type with a 'directcd' type
> program? If so you will need that program to get the files off the disk.
>
> Michael
>
> "TangoTom" <TangoTom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BC29A2CF-6B2F-4FE8-8550-32DBE60919E7@microsoft.com...
> > Recently installed Vista Prem as XP was corrupted, etc. Before the
> > install,
> > copied to Phillips DVD-R 3.7GB of jpeg and .doc files. When I try to open
> > the
> > DVD-R, Vista recognizes that the disk is there and that 3.77 of 4.38 GB
> > are
> > utilitized but it shows 0 items. The IBM Thinkpad "Levoto" has the
> > Mat****a
> > DVD-Ram UJ-830Sx ATA drive and the latest driver. Other cd's and movie
> > dvds
> > seem to play just fine. Any ideas or suggestions?
> > Tnx
> > Tom
>

PaulB,
Yep, that worked just fine...Isobuster was the answer to the problem.
Appreciate the help.
TangoTom
P.S. Michael, tnx for your response.

"PaulB" wrote:

> If a DVD or CD was not closed by the originating program (it still can be
> written to) Vista has a problem seeing the data. I use Isobuster (the free
> part) It will allow you to extract the files.
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "Michael" wrote:
>
> > Was the DVD-R written as a drag-to-drop 'floppy' type with a 'directcd' type
> > program? If so you will need that program to get the files off the disk.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > "TangoTom" <TangoTom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:BC29A2CF-6B2F-4FE8-8550-32DBE60919E7@microsoft.com...
> > > Recently installed Vista Prem as XP was corrupted, etc. Before the
> > > install,
> > > copied to Phillips DVD-R 3.7GB of jpeg and .doc files. When I try to open
> > > the
> > > DVD-R, Vista recognizes that the disk is there and that 3.77 of 4.38 GB
> > > are
> > > utilitized but it shows 0 items. The IBM Thinkpad "Levoto" has the
> > > Mat****a
> > > DVD-Ram UJ-830Sx ATA drive and the latest driver. Other cd's and movie
> > > dvds
> > > seem to play just fine. Any ideas or suggestions?
> > > Tnx
> > > Tom
> >