Problem installing software using USB SuperDrive

Hi You Clever People Out There
I've tried to search previous enquiries, but from what I can see there are similar issues but not specifically one to match my problem... So thanks in advance of any help you can offer and apologies if I'm doing something really dumb....
I've been trying to load some software (Vectorworks and Photoshop Elements, specifically) using the USB SuperDrive, which I understand should now be compatible with my latest model iMAC 27'' (I bought it last month)
However, I seem to have lost permission rights as when I click on the installation file I get a message saying 'the application can't be found' (same for both discs / programmes). When I go to 'Get Info', the Sharing & Permisions states 'you can only read', with no apparent options for changing the setting
I can load and watch DVDs and the SuperDrive flags up in Finder as 'remote disc', but when I try to Get Info for this, I just get 'General' and 'Preview' categories. A third category 'More Info' does not load  - it just shows a continuoisly spinning dial with the message 'Fetching...' - or at least doesn't appear to as I've let continue for over 30mins
Prior to this I had succesfully installed the programmes on my PC - which I am planning to phase out in preference to the MAC - and both the disks are formatted for MAC OS Standard 
Needless to say I've tried the 'switching on/off' and therfore exhausted my IT support tool repertoire:-) so hopefully there's enough info here for someone to recognise what's going on.

The Disk Utility repair disk can't be run on the boot disk from the boot disk.  You must boot into another hard drive and run Disk Utility from it on your boot drive. Or you can try booting into the Recovery HD that Mt. Lion creates.  There you can run Disk Utility.  I'm not sure if you can repair disk with this method but it's worth a try. I've only used it to reinstall the system on my iMac. Apple - OS X Recovery restores your Mac with a few clicks.
Another possibility is to boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode.  During startup it will run some of the repair routines that disk utility does.  That may be sufficient.  Reboot and verify the disk again with DU.

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