Re: Copying files to CDROM - confusing instructions

"Richard Fangnail" <richardfangnail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1187805649.680784.208840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Aug 22, 10:43 am, "Patrick Keenan" <t...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Richard Fangnail" <richardfangn...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:1187802414.508097.295210@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> 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.


When you add files to the CD to be burned they are written to a Temp folder. AFAIK the files are not written to disk until the user executes "Copy files to disk" or something to that effect. You must be getting prompted upon exit that there are files waiting to be copied, I've never known it to automatically execute a burn without user intervention.
If the user chooses not to burn the files at the time of being prompted, the next time the drive is accessed the files will still be there waiting to be burned taking into consideration the user didn't delete them.

For more control:
Get the free CD BurnerXP Pro: http://www.cdburnerxp.se/features.php

Check for your CD/DVD drive compatibility here: http://www.cdburnerxp.se/testeddrives.php



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