another "you have inserted a disk containing no volumes that MAC OS X can read" prob

[phil.]

already did a search on this, but nothing seems to match up to my problem. i get this problem when popping in DVDs into my G4 iMac running 10.3.9. these can be store bought DVDs or ones i burned on this very Mac. these are DVDs that at one point worked fine on the iMac. all DVDs work on my MacBook Pro Duo. in fact, i could burn a new DVD using Toast Titanium 7.01. on completion, the newly burned DVD is mounted fine. but after ejecting it, i get the error message on subsequent inserts. audio CDs work fine - at least the 1 i just tried.

i've been racking my brain trying to figure out what's happened since it stopped working. i know a software update was done, but can't recall which ones were done. also, after the reading thru the forums, i do recall installing drivers for a Lexar JumpDrive, but can't definitively say if that was before/after either the Software Update or DVD going kaputs. tried running a repair permissions per another thread, but didn't help. anything else? thanks in advance.

[albloom]

You might try a CD/DVD lens cleaner. If that doesn't do
the trick, I suggest replacing the optical drive.

[RacerX]

If DVDs used to work for you and have stopped... try repairing permissions of your startup drive (using Disk Utility). If any of the format files gets the wrong permissions it'll stop your system from reading them. Repairing permissions usually fixes this*.







* Note: I am not one of those people who believe that repairing permissions is a "fix all" and I do not suggest doing the periodic running of repair permissions... it just so happens that this "is" a fix for this type of problem.

[Mobius Rex]

I am not one of those people who believe that repairing permissions is a "fix all"

Well, I am! Repairing permissions is God's gift to the human race. It'll remedy every problem from failed hard drives, to world hunger, to premature ejaculation!