Re: Burning to DVD in Win XP
From: Raymond J. Johnson Jr. (RayJay_at_nospam.org)
Date: 01/27/05
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:08:35 -0600
"SueMichele" <SueMichele@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| "Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote:
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| > "SueMichele" <SueMichele@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:93271D3F-1766-44E7-9B3B-4B10DC4C2286@microsoft.com...
| > | Just got new Gateway 5200XL PC with Win XP Pro w/SP2. Trying
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| > | to burn to DVD-R, and getting strange behavior.
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| > | First tried to burn backup with Nero BackItUp, and it seemed
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| > | to work. However, the only way to tell for certain is to
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| > | restore everything, which I don't want to do.
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| > | Don't like backup programs or anything that compresses or
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| > | otherwise makes files inaccessible without restoring. I want
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| > | to be able to go to backup DVD and just copy over a single
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| > | file or folder. Which is why, previously, I have always just
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| > | used Windows Explorer to open a window for the blank CD-R,
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| > | then just dragged the files and folders I wanted to backup
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| > | into that window, then clicked on "Write these files to CD."
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| > | I tried to do the same with a DVD-R, which, according to user
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| > | guide files on Gateway's site, I *SHOULD* be able to do the
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| > | same way. But when I put in a blank DVD-R, Windows apparently
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| > | sees it as a CD-R. The directions say to click "Take No
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| > | Action," which I do, and then say to open My Computer,
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| > | right-click on the writable DVD icon and click "Format."
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| > | Here's where I run into trouble: there *IS* no writable DVD
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| > | icon in My Computer.
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| > | Weird thing is that, when I put in a CD-R, it is immediately
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| > | recognized as having 702MB total capacity, and 702MB free.
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| > | However, when I put in a DVD-R, it sees it as a CD, and says
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| > | "Total Capacity: 0 Free: 0."
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| > | Gateway Tech Support tells me that I have to use Nero to
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| > | format the DVD-R, which I think is bull, but I tried anyway,
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| > | and since I've never used it before, I poked around, and don't
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| > | see how to do this. (They pointed me to Nero Express 6.)
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| > | Then I tried to just copy files to the DVD-R using Nero
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| > | Express 6, which seemed to at least recognize it as a DVD
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| > | (because it said the total capacity was 4,000+ MB - I don't
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| > | remember the number offhand, but you get the idea). So I
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| > | tried to copy one folder to the DVD-R, and then it told me
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| > | that it was unable to write to the current media. What's up
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| > | with that?
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| > | Just FYI, I tried 3 or 4 different blank DVD-Rs, thinking
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| > | maybe one or two could theoretically be bad (they're HP,
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| > | though, so I doubt all 3 or 4 would be, although if that's it,
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| > | I'd at least know what the problem is!).
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| > | Gateway insists the DVD burner is fine if it can burn using
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| > | Nero, but again, no way to tell about BackItUp, and it won't
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| > | work using Nero Express 6.
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| > | Anyone have any idea what's going on?
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| > | What else should I try?
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| > | Thanks!
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| > | suemichele
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| > XP's burning facilities will not burn DVDs. You will have to use Nero or
| > some other third-party application. What did Gateway provide with the
| > computer? Formatting of optical disks involves use of third-party packet
| > writing software, such as Nero's InCD. It may or may not have been
provided
| > with a bundled (crippled) version of Nero. Be aware that packet writing
is
| > a method of getting optical disks to do things they weren't designed to
do,
| > and I would never trust important data to it. Also, are you sure that
your
| > drive is capable of burning DVD-R disks? Some are not, in which case you
| > must use DVD+R.
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| Yes, it can write DVD-Rs per Gateway. But why would GW's
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| support docs have instructions for writing to DVD in My
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| Computer if it weren't possible? Is it possible it's part of |
| SP2 that allows this?
Because some form of packet-writing software is installed, I suppose. I
repeat--XP (even with SP2) has no native DVD burning capability.
|(And I've never been able to find anything remotely helpful on ANY issue
|through MS's KB....)
Sounds like a personal problem. The KB can be a little dense, but there's
all kinds of helpful information there.
| Also, I didn't see anything called InCD, and there's a small
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| bundle of Nero apps that came installed on the PC. If I
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| can't find that, is there any other app I can D/L to do this?
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| Any recommendations? What can I use to just drag and drop
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| rather than do a full or partial backup with compression and
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| other fancy stuff? All I was to do is copy files like I would
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| onto a CD. That's all!
I thought you wanted to copy files onto a DVD. You can use Nero for what
you want to do. Read the instructions.
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| Anyone else have any thoughts on this too? I'll take any
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| help/suggestions I can get!
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| Thanks!
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| SueMichele
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