Re: Copying files to CDROM - confusing instructions

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On Aug 22, 10:43 am, "Patrick Keenan" <t...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Richard Fangnail" <richardfangn...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Have you found that instructions for doing this are inaccurate, if you
search in microsoft.com or use the Help files in Windows Explorer?

I've found that I could get it to work right using just Windows
Explorer but the doc doesn't match it at all.

One confusing thing is WHEN the files are actually copied. Sometimes
it's right before you eject the CD and other times I think it's right
when you copy the icons in Windows Explorer.

It's pretty straightforward.

You will find that if you view the CD via My Computer, there's a "Write to
CD" option.

This lets you collect a number of files and burn once you have the
collection complete.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306524

HTH
-pk

One reason why I was confused was that when I copied files to a
floppy, it would be as simple and obvious as copying from one folder
to another within the same drive. But with CDROMs it's not quite as
obvious.

Have you found that when copying files to a CDROM, it writes to the
CDROM right away? I remember incidents where nothing was written
until I Ejected, at which point it wrote to it.

.

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