Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help me? I've been given a DVD by a friend
containing MP3 files, burnt on his mac. The problem is that some of
the file names contain characters like & / \ * and ?, which as we all
know windows won't allow. I can't rename the files because they're on
the DVD. Does anyone know of a utility that would copy to Windows and
replace the forbidden characters with Windows friendly ones?

Sorry if this isn't the best place to post this, but I couldn't find
anywhere more appropriate.

Any help gratefully received.

tenfootboneless wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if anyone can help me? I've been given a DVD by a friend
> containing MP3 files, burnt on his mac. The problem is that some of
> the file names contain characters like & / \ * and ?, which as we all
> know windows won't allow. I can't rename the files because they're on
> the DVD. Does anyone know of a utility that would copy to Windows and
> replace the forbidden characters with Windows friendly ones?
>
> Sorry if this isn't the best place to post this, but I couldn't find
> anywhere more appropriate.
>
> Any help gratefully received.
>

Wouldn't it just be easier for your friend to remake the DVD for you,
this time naming the files more conventionally? Depending on what
program your friend used to burn, there may be options to burn for
Windows formats too. Toast has that ability.

Otherwise, unless you can copy the files from the DVD to your hard drive
and rename them there (right-click/drag/copy) you're out of luck.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Copy the files to your hard drive and rename them. If there are a lot of
files then you could use a renaming program to do this easily. This one is
free and works well http://www.1-4a.com/rename/rename-features.htm

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"tenfootboneless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I wonder if anyone can help me? I've been given a DVD by a friend
> containing MP3 files, burnt on his mac. The problem is that some of
> the file names contain characters like & / \ * and ?, which as we all
> know windows won't allow. I can't rename the files because they're on
> the DVD. Does anyone know of a utility that would copy to Windows and
> replace the forbidden characters with Windows friendly ones?
>
> Sorry if this isn't the best place to post this, but I couldn't find
> anywhere more appropriate.
>
> Any help gratefully received.
>