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Guest JoeSpareBedroom
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Running XP Pro sp2

 

Trying to copy the 3 CDs that came with my son's new Dell laptop, because

the disks are guaranteed to be lost in the dustballs in his dorm room, and

one day, he'll need them. I have no trouble making copies of any other CDs,

but Nero simply refuses to recognize the presence of these particular disks

in the CD drawer. I can understand that MS might copy protect the Vista CD,

but it seems I should be able to copy the Dell driver & utility CD.

 

What happens:

 

- Upon inserting the CD, I get a "wanna continue?" dialog of one kind or

another. I cancel this.

- Start Nero, tell it "copy CD". The menu screen vanishes, and the CD

copying screen pops up.

- The "burn" button is greyed out, and I'm stuck. This NEVER happens with

any CDs except these.

 

Anyone have a clue?

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Guest Paul Randall
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Re: Can't Copy CDs

 

Are these Vista CDs? If so, they are probably DVDs. Does your Nero copy

DVDs? Maybe you need the latest Nero upgrade?

 

-Paul Randall

 

"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:Cuezi.14506$B25.262@news01.roc.ny...

> Running XP Pro sp2

>

> Trying to copy the 3 CDs that came with my son's new Dell laptop, because

> the disks are guaranteed to be lost in the dustballs in his dorm room, and

> one day, he'll need them. I have no trouble making copies of any other

> CDs, but Nero simply refuses to recognize the presence of these particular

> disks in the CD drawer. I can understand that MS might copy protect the

> Vista CD, but it seems I should be able to copy the Dell driver & utility

> CD.

>

> What happens:

>

> - Upon inserting the CD, I get a "wanna continue?" dialog of one kind or

> another. I cancel this.

> - Start Nero, tell it "copy CD". The menu screen vanishes, and the CD

> copying screen pops up.

> - The "burn" button is greyed out, and I'm stuck. This NEVER happens with

> any CDs except these.

>

> Anyone have a clue?

>

Guest JoeSpareBedroom
Posted

Re: Can't Copy CDs

 

Well, I'll be darned. Right there in the small print: They *are* DVDs.

Thanks for the slap upside the head.

 

 

"Paul Randall" <paulr901@cableone.net> wrote in message

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> Are these Vista CDs? If so, they are probably DVDs. Does your Nero copy

> DVDs? Maybe you need the latest Nero upgrade?

>

> -Paul Randall

>

> "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:Cuezi.14506$B25.262@news01.roc.ny...

>> Running XP Pro sp2

>>

>> Trying to copy the 3 CDs that came with my son's new Dell laptop, because

>> the disks are guaranteed to be lost in the dustballs in his dorm room,

>> and one day, he'll need them. I have no trouble making copies of any

>> other CDs, but Nero simply refuses to recognize the presence of these

>> particular disks in the CD drawer. I can understand that MS might copy

>> protect the Vista CD, but it seems I should be able to copy the Dell

>> driver & utility CD.

>>

>> What happens:

>>

>> - Upon inserting the CD, I get a "wanna continue?" dialog of one kind or

>> another. I cancel this.

>> - Start Nero, tell it "copy CD". The menu screen vanishes, and the CD

>> copying screen pops up.

>> - The "burn" button is greyed out, and I'm stuck. This NEVER happens with

>> any CDs except these.

>>

>> Anyone have a clue?

>>

>

>


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