I did use Nero to burn the disc and I will check if the disc was closed (most
likely not!). Thanks for the tip!

The reason for buring on DVD is that the laser of my recorder that burns
CD:s is broken so I can only burn DVD:s.

Regards,
Henrik


"LVTravel" wrote:

> Without knowing the way the data was written to the DVD (and I assume she
> can read "store bought" DVDS from your message), you will have to do either
> of the following:
>
> If you used the native Windows burning process, you will have to recreate
> the DVD with a different software. I don't believe (and someone correct me
> if I am wrong) that the Windows program will not create a CD or DVD that can
> be read by another OS.
>
> If you used a burning program such as Roxio or Nero, you must close the disk
> to further writing. This allows other computers without the software to
> access the disk.
>
> Also, DVD seems like overkill. Won't a CD-R hold enough data (650-700 MB)
> to enable you to transport the file. Much cheaper than the DVD route. Same
> conditions apply about closing the disk.
>
>
> "H" <H@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C27B561B-ACD8-42A7-9C27-087D51CCBCC5@microsoft.com...
> >I have the following problem:
> >
> > A friend of mine is running windows 98 (and therefore file system based on
> > FAT) and unfortunately she doesn't have an Internet connection. She has
> > bought a new printer which requires a newer version of Internet Expoler 6
> > so
> > she asked me to download it for her. After some searching I found how I
> > could
> > download all the install files and I burned these on a DVD. The problem is
> > that I cannot read this DVD on her PC. Could this be because I am using
> > Windos XP (and thus NTFS) or what could be the problem? Other DVD:s have
> > worked fine (although this is the first burned DVD that I have tried). The
> > DVD works fine on my XP machine.
> >
> > I would appretiate any help I can get!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Henrik
> >
>
>
>
>