Unable to view files on CD

[Whinney]

A colleague has given me CD which contains a folder called Minutes,
which in turn holds a file Oct1933.rtf.
He has created this files on his machine which runs under Windows XP
Home.

I have a similar OS but when I view the CD in Windows Explorer, it is
apparently blank. Clicking on Properties shows Free Space 0 bytes Total
Size 0 bytes.

I returned the CD to my colleague and we checked it on his machine and
the folder Minutes and file Oct1933.rtf were clearly displayed and
readable. We again tried to read the CD on my machine without any
success.

Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this problem would be most
gratefully received.

 

[PA Bear]

A "similar OS"?

Copy the file to your hard-drive > Right-click > Properties> Remove any Read
Only properties it might have > Try opening it.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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[Yves Alarie]

Click on Properties and Recording tab.
Check "Enable...."
Now try again to read the disk.

 

[David Candy]

How did your mate put it on the CD.

 

[Whinney]

How did your mate put it on the CD.

Thanks to all who responded to my question.
David's comment made me go back to my colleague and I found that whilst
writing to the CD he had not made the CD 'Compatible' for use with other
machines. We re-wrote the CD and then ensured that we completed the
compatibility part and all was OK. I can now read the CD on my
machines.