>(Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum). For the backed up file > data, the CD/Rs and CD/RWs were formatted first before the data was written > to it using Easy CD Creator. The data was written to it by Windows Explorer. > It would however recognize both file data and MP3 music -- if they were made > under the auspices of the "Make a Data CD project" option of Easy CD > Creator. In Roxio's terminology, ". . . a data CD is ideal (having the... You might need to install a UDF Volume Reader on the new win98 machice. Data on the CD/RWs was most probably written using a packet writing software (DirectCD bundled with Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum). The CD/RW is treated as a "big" diskette where data can be simply dragged and dropped onto the CD/RW using Windows Explorer. Check out http://www.roxio.com/en/support/roxio_support/ecdc/ecdc_software_updatesv4.j html Listed below is part of the link listed above... UDF VOLUME READER This file is for users that do not own a copy of Easy CD Creator and just want to read discs that have been written in UDF. The UDF Reader (version 5.1.1.213) is included with DirectCD 5.1, so if you have Easy CD Creator Platinum 5.1 or Basic version 5.11 or later you do not need to download this file. Enables some MultiRead CD-ROM drives to read UDF formatted CD-RW discs (such as those written with DirectCD) under Windows 95, 98 and 98 SE, Windows NT 4.0 SP3 or higher and Windows 2000/XP. udfread_v5.1.1.213_inst.exe: | download (540KB) (download link http://softwareupdates.roxio.com/gm/Products/en/UDF/udfread_v5.1.1.213_inst. exe) Once installed, you do not need to take any special steps to activate the UDF Reader; it is constantly active in the background, waiting for you to mount a UDF disc. This is a free download for the convenience of users who do not own Easy CD Creator. However, Roxio only provides technical support for the UDF Reader if you purchased Easy CD Creator, and have a valid Tech Support ID (TSID) that came with the product. If you do not have Easy CD Creator, we do not provide technical support for this product. HTH. Jess Brazil [log in to unmask] Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com