[DM-MUG] burning cds

[Jerry Heiselman]

I've never had to change anything before to get a CD to read on a  
Windows PC.  I just create a burn folder and it just works, but you  
can always try creating a disk image first.  Try these steps:

What you need to do (if you continue to use Disk Utility) is create a  
new image using the new image button, select CD-ROM (74 or 80 min),  
and then let it create it.  Once it is done creating it, it will  
mount your disk image for you.  Still in Disk Utility, click on your  
DMG file and select the Partition tab.  Click on the Options button  
and change the drop-down to read PC Partition Scheme.  Click OK and  
back on the Partition tab, you should see MS-DOS File System as the  
Format.  Click on the Partition button and it will re-partition the  
disk image.  Once it is done, you will have a FAT32 disk partition.   
Now, when you burn the disc, Disk Utility should use the Joliet CD- 
ROM file system as opposed to the Mac's HFS+ file system and it  
should work for you.

Hope this helps.

Jerry

On Apr 2, 2006, at 9:45 PM, John Kisner wrote:

> I'm trying to burn a file to CD that my daughter needs to bring to  
> school.  (It's too large for a floppy.)  I've tried using Disk  
> Utility, but when I pop it into our Windows machine there is a  
> message saying disk is corrupted or not a format Windows can read.
>
> Any suggestions?  Should I be using something besides Disk Utility,  
> for instance?  It's an MS-Word file, by the way, with several  
> pictures.
>
> John
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