IMac CD/DVD

Hello:
I am a NEW user of any Apple product. I just purchased the new iMac 2.4 and received it today.
I put in a CD filled with just pictures. Since (of course) these pictures were saved (probably) as .jpg's or .gif's and burned on a cd, I think this is part of my problem.
I would appreciate any assistance that can be provided. If I need to download a driver OR use a PC to copy the pictures to my new iMac account, please detail what process I need to take.
Thanks!!

I believe it's the disc itself that caused the problem like Will said. As far as I know, some CD/DVD drives are very particular about discs. I had lots of experiences when I was using Windows (wasted so many discs). Now I just rely on good brands. So I guess your super drive just doesn't like that particular brand of DVDs.
If it's readable by your older machine, you might consider copy them back and transfer those photos by other ways.
I would suggest connect both machines by Ethernet cable (that's what I did). Fast and reliable.
This link should help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304721

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