Can't view pictures from Windows Vista on XP???

Okay so my mom has Vista and I still have XP. She saved some photos she took
on a CD-R for me and I took them home and can't view them. I thought she
didn't do it right...so she tried it again and double checked to make sure
they were there and I still can't view them? Is it because we're using
different Windows versions? Is there a way around this?? Please
help....we're used to being able to swap pictures easily this way but I don't
want to have to pay to upgrade to VISTA just to fix this...thanks!

"Supergirl9801" <Supergirl9801@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:250ADD09-2378-4E97-AFF3-560B03C2BC9B@microsoft.com
> Okay so my mom has Vista and I still have XP. She saved some photos
> she took on a CD-R for me and I took them home and can't view them.
> I thought she didn't do it right...so she tried it again and double
> checked to make sure they were there and I still can't view them? Is
> it because we're using different Windows versions? Is there a way
> around this?? Please help....we're used to being able to swap
> pictures easily this way but I don't want to have to pay to upgrade
> to VISTA just to fix this...thanks!

She probably didn't finanlize the CD.

You can recover the pictures from the CD using IsoBuster:

www.isobuster.com

Tell me how it goes.

ss.

"Supergirl9801" <Supergirl9801@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:250ADD09-2378-4E97-AFF3-560B03C2BC9B@microsoft.com...
> Okay so my mom has Vista and I still have XP. She saved some photos she
> took
> on a CD-R for me and I took them home and can't view them. I thought she
> didn't do it right...so she tried it again and double checked to make sure
> they were there and I still can't view them? Is it because we're using
> different Windows versions? Is there a way around this?? Please
> help....we're used to being able to swap pictures easily this way but I
> don't
> want to have to pay to upgrade to VISTA just to fix this...thanks!

I'm writing this from memory, so hopefully someone will correct any errors.

Vista's built-in CD writer is way different from WXP's. It has two methods,
but defaults to a 'live cd' method which formats the CD something like a
floppy. Files can be deleted on CD-Rs and CD-RWs, but the space of deleted
files is only recovered on CD-Rws. While in this floppy mode, other Vista
machines can read it but XP can't. If you tell Vista to finalize the CD,
then it will look like a standard ISO CD and XP should be able to read it.

The second writing method is ISO format. Use Help & Support to figure it
out. This method is a lot more like the WXP method, but you probably still
have to specify finalize or something like that to read the CD in XP. The
second method can be much faster than the first method.

My preliminary experiments with CD-RWs in Vista is that once Vista has
written to a CD-RW, XP can not write to or erase the CD-RW. It's writing
functionality is locked to Vista forever.

-Paul Randall

you might could get her to send you the pictures though email.i think yahoo
is best and then down load them..work them in a photo program and then you
could put them on a cd.

"Adam Albright" wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:31:00 -0700, Supergirl9801
> <Supergirl9801@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Okay so my mom has Vista and I still have XP. She saved some photos she took
> >on a CD-R for me and I took them home and can't view them. I thought she
> >didn't do it right...so she tried it again and double checked to make sure
> >they were there and I still can't view them? Is it because we're using
> >different Windows versions? Is there a way around this?? Please
> >help....we're used to being able to swap pictures easily this way but I don't
> >want to have to pay to upgrade to VISTA just to fix this...thanks!
>
> I don't have any XP box set up right now to test, but the following
> may help:
>
> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...316981033.mspx
>
>
> I'm guessing your mom is using the default Live File System which
> allows more files to be added later but this leaves the CD "open"
> which means other computers may not be able to read it correctly.
>
> While I haven't tested it myself if seems the second choice or the
> Mastered format is the answer.
>
> You have to select this option. First have your mom select the files
> she is going to copy using Windows Explorer. Next click burn it will
> ask to insert a blank CD. Once the disc spins up a new window should
> appear that's titled 'Prepare this disc'. Change from Live File system
> to Master then follow screen prompts.
>
> Your mom should see a box saying you have files waiting to be burned
> to disc. Now return to Windows Explorer if not still there and click
> the burn button again. Your mom should get some indication that the
> files are being burned to the CD. Hopefully they will now play on your
> system.
>
>