Sonic DLA formatted CD-R/DVD-R from PC not recognized on iBook G4

Hi, I am trying to read CD-Rs or DVD-Rs with picture files (jpegs and raw images) that were burned on my Dell PC using sonic DLA, which asks me to format the blank disks first, on my iBOOK G4. The latter says that I have inserted a blank disk.
However, the same disk brought back to the PC, shows all files intact.
Additionally, if I burn similar disks on my iBOOK CD-RW, those data can be read on my pc.
Can anyone help? Is it something to do with sonic DLA making disks compatible with PCs only. Do I need to change the CD/DVD writer on my pc?
I need to back up my digital pictures from my pc and also be able to read those on the mac.
Any help would be appretiated.
Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Hi,
maybe you should try another Burning App on your PC.
There is Deepburner http://www.deepburner.com/
which not only is freeware, but also has a portable version, that doesn't have to be installed, but works from an USB-Stick.
Maybe Sonic does something special with the CD-R/-RW.
Worth trying.
Stefan

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