[SOLVED] Problems reading CD/DVD data disks made in Vista

[cha0sthe0ry]

I am having some problems with my data disks. I am a complete newcomer to Ubuntu, actually Linux in general, but am proficient with a computer. I made copies of all my essentials (music, videos, data, pictures, etc.). However, all disks will not mount in Linux. Is there any work-around to get that data? Any help would be much appreciated. It isn't life-threatening I get this info, not even important enough to reinstall windows on a partition, but would be nice to have that stuff. Thanks in advance.

[mc4man]

You probably used vista's default burning mode (live system) which uses udf 2.01 and or 2.50 neither of which is supported in ubuntu. There is a way to enable udf 2.50 (patched to support 2.01), but i don't think you want to get involved in that yet.
If you have access to a Vista or Xp (for 2.01 unless 2.5 driver was installed) you could read, copy and re burn making sure if using Vista to choose 'mastering' mode. (or tranfer to a usb flash drive)
If you are/become interested in the udf 'fix'
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=775775 post 10 (link and patch)

[cha0sthe0ry]

Thank you mc4man, I will try that out and see if I can do it, if not, I'll wait till I actually know what I am doing