Re: General question about using CD's

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From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:16:51 +1000

(who incidentally and simply by sheer coincidence is actually the
antithesis of your opinion of him, and is quite deeply involved in
keeping his country a safe place to be!:-) 

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'Not happy John! Defending our democracy',
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/29/1088392635123.html
"Dudley Henriques" <dhenriques@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message news:uOVgfQUiEHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> 
> "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eRhwt9TiEHA.3148@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Asking Al Queda to fly planes into your buildings is keeping your
> country safe? Please don't come here - we don't need your safety.
> 
> OK DC ; I'll engage you for a post or two. You puzzle me if nothing else
> :-)
> Define for the group if you will please, how the following post,
> >Poster writes;
> 
> "I hope this question is ok for this group. I'm assuming it might be as
> it involves XP's default CD program and CD's.
> Yesterday, I asked a friend of mine to download a 50meg program file for
> me on his high speed connection because my dial up was too slow. The
> plan was for him to put the file on a CD for me and then I would
> transfer it to my computer later.
> I have Nero InCD installed and use that for my CDRW when I need back up.
> I'm having no problems with it right now.
> What I did was format a new blank TDK CDRW in InCD and give that CD to
> my friend to use after he downloaded the file.
> He explained to me today that the file downloaded ok but when he went to
> transfer it to the CD I had given him, it wouldn't transfer.
> He used a blank CD of his own to put the file on and gave that one to
> me.
> I think my friend just uses the supplied XP CD recording program on his
> computer. He tells me that he doesn't format his discs but just copies
> things right to them.
> Can someone please tell me why the formatted Nero InCD disk I gave him
> wouldn't work on his machine? Should I just have given him a blank CDRW
> without formatting it in Nero?
> Thanks much,
> Dudley"
> 
> .....equates in your mind to "asking Al Queda to fly airplanes into
> buildings"? :-)
> 
> Dudley Henriques
> International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
> Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
> 
> For personal email, please
> replace the at with what goes there and
> take out the Z's please!
> dhenriquesZatZearthZlinkZdotZnet
> 
>

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