Hey guys, you forgot to mention the ice cream!

Erm, can you see anything on the CD in Explorer ?

If you can see files and directories on there, you at least know the CD is readable. If it is, try copying the CD to another one (I think you said it was a Philips CD recorder). Sounds bizarre, but one of the discs of my Monkey Island didn't work properly, but I copied it to another CD which then worked fine.

Pete.