to efield: i tried that and it didnt work. thanks for yor help though.

to awftoffle: ive tried to pull a disc image off a cd i have and it comes off as a gImg/Cdr3. ive tried to label the files as that to and no luck.

could there be any possibility that transfer over the internet without the file being compressed could screw the file up? all the disc images ive downloaded that were stuffed(stuffit) all seem to work. unfortunately i burned all those files onto discs and got rid of what i downloaded so i cant see the file type.

this sucks! thanks to both of you for your time. there has got to be a way dammit!!!!!!