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Here's an interesting problem.

I've got *some* DVD and CD backups that I've made on a PowerBook G4 and an iBook G4. They work fine on the laptops, however when I pop the discs into my intel mac mini the disc comes up as blank and I am prompted to tell the computer what I want to do with it. The discs are not blank.

Other discs (commercial and DVD/CD backup discs) work fine on the mini.

Any ideas as to what may be causing this? (Discs are CD-R and DVD-R, not RWs or +R)

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