Re: copying files & folders to CD on XP

Malke, really appreciate your help.
The answers to your questins are ... "yes" and "yes".
I've gone through exactly what you suggested and what happens is ... nothing
- it just hangs. (It appears that I was getting the error message only when I
got fed up and tried to copy a second time.) Even after I appear to have
closed the CD-R window, my PC still thinks it's copying to it. (This is true
even if I have closed down both the source and target windows.) Sometimes
that window won't close and I have to use the Windows Task Manager and then I
can even lose my Windows Task Bar.
Example source path is ...
D:\data\toshiba\unzipped\after\display\ct4142\CHIPS98 (a display device
driver).
It all seems pretty serious to me now - any suggestions?


"Malke" wrote:

Johnny G wrote:

I am just trying to put some files on another PC (not networked and
not connected to the net); tried drag & drop but got the same message

Just so I am quite clear on what you are doing -

1. You are just trying to burn some data files to cd-r so you can
transfer the files to another computer.

2. You are using XP's built-in burning capability and not a third-party
burning program.

If this is correct, then first make sure the files are not in use. This
means that you don't have a file open in Word or some other program so
close all programs that might be using the files. If you had some
multimedia files running and then you closed them and are trying to
burn those files, reboot the machine first.

1. Put a blank cd-r in your burner.
2. Open the cd-r window, either from My Computer or from the autoplay
dialog box option that may appear.
3. Open the folder containing the files you wish to burn. Usually this
will be My Documents.
4. Select the files you wish to burn.
5. Left-click on the selected files and drag to the open cd-r window.
6. Burn the files.

If you follow this procedure exactly and have a problem, post back with
the confirmation of my first two questions and the exact text of any
error messages. Also include the name and location of at least one of
the files you are trying to burn as a sample.

Malke
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