My search of the forums gave my this thread - which I think come close to answering my question.
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I did a backup onto DVD of my Dell 3000 system before reloading.
Now, I discover that I can not open those DVDs - apparently I needn Sonic MyDVD LE which was lost and is not on any of my recovery CDs. Dell forums suggest that I'm pretty much out of luck because I'm out of warranty.
So, based on mmalves's post, I am not going to be able to open those backup DVDs with out something like MyDVD LE (which I don't want to spend the money on - something like $70; quite pricey)?
Would one way maybe to solve this is to download a free trial of MyDVD and close all those backup DVDs? Then they sould be readable without requiring a Sonic product?
Then moving forward I can just use imgburn - which finalizes the DVD making it readable in most DVD players?
thanks in advance
Will (accidntlTourist)