Read old cds udf format

New HP envy x2  13 with purchased ext opt reader. trying to read/play current media discs and old (2001) CD-RWs burned Borneo Malaysia 2001
Will play current DVD     Wont play current Blu Ray
Will read old UDF file on Kodak CD - RW in Win XP or maybe NT 5.0 in Win Office Powerpoint
Wont read same as above in Win Office MS Word
Wont read as above file in Win Office MS Access (but dont have Access installed)
For Blu Ray presume must BUY!! some media player App.
But any suggestions for quick solution to read old Word and Access files?
singrres

Ok, I see now.. I think I am understanding things more. The cd you have was not actually an archived disc, but a disc used as a multi-write disc (ie it was used like a floppy disc where contents could be copied to it and edited at-will without finalizing the session). Also termed as Incremental Packet Writing.  Unfortunatly the way that worked was the file system was managed by the burn software. That table of contents is now long gone (or if you recently created it, on what ever old computer you brought it from).
If you lack access to the PC it was currently being used in, salvaging any data from the disc could be done with a RAW dump of the cd and the appropriate tools and time, none of which I am familure with. 

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