DVD backup won't load

hi
i had an iMac G5-which has 'died'. before that happened, luckily i backed-up my photos (using iphoto 2.0). i'm trying to load them into a powerbook with iphoto 4 installed, but keep getting a message saying...'can't open using this version...you've made changes, using newer version....please quit and use newer version'. since my old computer isn't working and the only other computer doesn't read DVDs, i wonder if/what i can do. i'd appreciate any suggestions, but please keep it simple-i'm not very savvy to all of this. thanks.
cal

michel
thank you so much for taking time to help me. i'm sorry it's been so long since you answered. i may have made a mistake about which version of iphoto i used to back-up my photos. i took the info i posted from my daughter's computer [i had borrowed it], instead of from the G5, which i had burned the DVD-R on. i believe i used the 'burn button'. after rereading the message while trying again to load the DVD into iphoto, i think it may indicate i saved on a newer version of iphoto. (sorry, if i'm not making myself clear.) would it be possible to download the version that i saved it on, if i can determine which version was the original in the G5? thank you for taking the time to try and help me.
cal

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