Guest JoeSpareBedroom Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 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 Paul Randall Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 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$B25.262@news01.roc.ny... > Running XP Pro sp2 > > Trying to copy the 3 CDs that came with my son's new Dell laptop, because > the disks are guaranteed to be lost in the dustballs in his dorm room, and > one day, he'll need them. I have no trouble making copies of any other > CDs, but Nero simply refuses to recognize the presence of these particular > disks in the CD drawer. I can understand that MS might copy protect the > Vista CD, but it seems I should be able to copy the Dell driver & utility > CD. > > What happens: > > - Upon inserting the CD, I get a "wanna continue?" dialog of one kind or > another. I cancel this. > - Start Nero, tell it "copy CD". The menu screen vanishes, and the CD > copying screen pops up. > - The "burn" button is greyed out, and I'm stuck. This NEVER happens with > any CDs except these. > > Anyone have a clue? >
Guest JoeSpareBedroom Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Can't Copy CDs Well, I'll be darned. Right there in the small print: They *are* DVDs. Thanks for the slap upside the head. "Paul Randall" <paulr901@cableone.net> wrote in message news:ucAkHna5HHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Are these Vista CDs? If so, they are probably DVDs. Does your Nero copy > DVDs? Maybe you need the latest Nero upgrade? > > -Paul Randall > > "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:Cuezi.14506$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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