Files backed up in a DVD not accessible, why?

I just bought a nice external Iomega DVD burner. Works fine and I was able to back up tons of files. To check that these files were accessible, I also tried to read the DVD on my PC. No problem, files are there, I can open them, perfect.
Yesterday I tried to check them in my ibook before the major erase/install process I want to do, and I can see the folders and files, BUT when I try to launch any of them, they vanish in the air!!! It seems for a second they will open, but then nothing happens, except they disappear from the Finder. This happens with every single file, .doc, .xls, .jpg, .tiff, .pdf, and so on. Folders remain untouched.
After some files disappearing, I do Get Info on the specific Folder and it cannot estimate its size. I tried to copy them to my ibook but I can't do it, even if I try to copy an entire folder, it only copies the folder, but there's nothing inside it.
I tried also to read the DVD in my internal ibook drive and it happens likewise.
If I get the DVD back to my PC, files are there and I can open them with no problems.
What is wrong? Any ideas?
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) External Iomega DVD burner
iBook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Carl, thanks for your reply.
I can drag the file to the desktop but it does not copy it. I also tried copying a whole folder with files inside it but only the folder is copied, but nothing that was inside it is copied. I also tried to open the files directly from the application required in each case, but it doesn't open them (they're greyed out).
Yes, I need to erase my HD because an update from 10.3.8 to 10.3.9 caused a series of problems I described in other thread. I tried to do the Archive and Install, but a number of applications were already upgraded to 10.3.9 so they don't run anymore. Anyway, that's another story.
I finally decided to use Roxio to erase the DVD and burn it again. Result: perfect, flawless process and now I can see everything as I should, documents are there, can be opened, and so on.
I don't have the explanation for the problems, but what is for sure is that the crappy piece of software that Iomega included with the DVD burner was not working fine. It´s called Discribe by Charismac Engineering. The recording session was done under the "Build a Mac HFS" mode, so I supposed this program prepared automatically the DVD and recorded it as it should, but it turned up that it didn't.
So I solved the problem by means of another software, a good one, and now I'm ready for the Erase and Install.
Thanks anyway for your interest.
P.S. This is the link to my other thread where I explain part of my problems with the graphical interface. Besides that, Word stopped working and I also had problems with Quicktime and iDVD and iMovie.
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