I'm with Bill on this one. I found that my original burner (now superseded with a new one) would baulk at either a large number of files, or large-sized files, and I had to do the copying in small bites.
If you're using XP, don't forget that you may need to enable burning by right-clicking on the drive letter in Wiondows Explorer, right-clicking on "Properties", then working through the properties until you find the tab that "Enables burning on this drive". You can also set the appropriate burn-speed here. You can use CD-R or CD-RW on these burners - CD-R's tend to be good for only one burn though, whereas CD-RW can be used many times. XP Pro has the advantage that burning is built into the system using software purchased from Roxio, who bought Adaptec, and your burner is treated just like a floppy - or any other type of removable storage. One quick way to copy files and folders is to position yourself on the parent folder in WE: if you want to copy an entire folder, highlight it in the right pane and right-click and drag it to the burner letter in the left-hand pane: release the mouse button, and then click on "Copy Here" (or even quicker, Ctrl-C on the source, Ctrl-V on the destination). For a bunch of files, I use the Ctrl-A technique for selecting all the files in the folder, then Ctrl-click to deselect those I don't want to copy, then again Ctrl-C Ctrl-V I've only just started using Nero Express, but I am impressed with it so far - a little easier to use than Easy CD Creator, which is in widespread use, and Easy Cd has the problem of using a non-standard format, and I have had problems with recovering data from CD's burned using it. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:38 PM Subject: Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but.... Help! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Sanfedele" > Subject: Re: semi OT : I got a CD burner but, but, but.... Help! > > > > Thanks, Bill you make it look pretty straight forward. - I'll print this > > all out and > > give it a try . It does sound like I can't just copy entire folders, > > though. > > sob, sob. :) > > You can, or at least should be able to. Be warned, CD's don't like a lot of > levels of directories. > Best bet is as few sub directories as possible. > I wouldn't put more than a couple of directory levels past the root onto a > CD. > > William Robb >
