Disk not readable

I found a post with this same problem but no one responded. Thought I would try again. I have a CD-R of grandson's baseball photo's. When I insert the cd I get the message "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer". It was created on a Windows computer. I might understand if it said I needed a certain application to open it. Any suggestions out there?

There could be several different issues that cause this problem.
Many of the softwares for CD and DVD burning have different functions and many don't have those functions at all.
Software for burning should have these features.
You have the option to create
DATA
AUDIO
VIDEO-TS
Besides this the software should also give the option to create your project for
PC ONLY
MAC ONLY
PC OR MAC Compatible
Most good softwares will
Read the project
Compress (If need be)
Write the project
And last but not least
VERIFY
Verify closses or finalizes the project.
If the project was burned on PC only that could be the problem,
If the project was burned on entry level software without these options, the settings could have been set wrong.
If the project was not Verfied that could also be the problem.
Lastly if the project was burned on media that your computer is not capable of reading.
I suggest you get a friend with a PC to try it out, and if he or she can play it on a PC then have them reburn the project with good Media, and Good Software.

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