Cannot read old CDs

I have all of my photos archived on CD - the earliest were burned in 2002 on an iBook. But I can't read any of these on my current iMac or MacBook. The disks are either ejected outright, or result in the perpetually spinning beach ball. Does anyone has any suggestions for how to rescue these files?

I have all of my photos archived on CD - the earliest were burned in 2002 on an iBook. But I can't read any of these on my current iMac or MacBook. The disks are either ejected outright, or result in the perpetually spinning beach ball. Does anyone has any suggestions for how to rescue these files?

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