saving files to CD or DVD

[Guest moonraker]

Hi, I am having trouble saving files to CD's.

 

Firstly, could you advise me as to how I can gain access to the technical

info relating to my "D" and "E" drive, i.e make speeds etc, I know you can

call this up on the PC but have forgotten where!!

 

Secondly, if either of these are just CD writers, which are the best type of

CD's to use.

 

Thirdly, if I am unable to save to the CD's, how can I best diagnose what is

wrong.

 

Many thanks

 

Steve

[Guest matt hopkins]

Re: saving files to CD or DVD

 

right clicking the drive and pressing propperites will bring up the

technical information

 

most writeable cds have there own specialities and it depends what your

copying to them eg cd-rs for music cdrws for data and dvds for movies and

big files

 

if you have problems try the windows support guide thatll guide you through

most things that are wrong with cds

 

"moonraker" <stephen.emeryremovethis@microstarsoftware.com> wrote in message

news:OlLTTzNCIHA.4176@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Hi, I am having trouble saving files to CD's.

>

> Firstly, could you advise me as to how I can gain access to the technical

> info relating to my "D" and "E" drive, i.e make speeds etc, I know you can

> call this up on the PC but have forgotten where!!

>

> Secondly, if either of these are just CD writers, which are the best type

> of CD's to use.

>

> Thirdly, if I am unable to save to the CD's, how can I best diagnose what

> is wrong.

>

> Many thanks

>

> Steve

>

>

[Guest glee]

Re: saving files to CD or DVD

 

First, look in Device Manager and tell us what is shown for the drives. Use any of

these methods to open Device Manager:

 

Press and hold the Windows key and press the Pause/Break key, to bring up System

Properties

(Or Start> Control Panel> System).

Click the Hardware tab, then Device Manager button.

Or

Start> Run> type: devmgmt.msc

|Click OK|

 

Expand the DVD/CD-ROM Drives category and post back with what is listed under it.

 

Additionally, open My Computer, right-click each optical drive shown, clcik

Properties on the menu that appears, then click the Recording tab.

Tell us every option and setting that is selected, for each drive.

 

Also, tell us how you are trying to write to the drives......are you dragging files

to the drive, or using the right-click>SendTo option on a file to send to the

optical drive, or using the Task pane in Explorer to Copy to CD, or some other

method?

 

Do you have any CD mastering software installed.....Nero, Easy CD, or other? If so,

what, and what version?

 

What type of discs are you trying....CD-R, CD-RW?

 

Exactly what problems are you having, and at what point in the process?

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

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"moonraker" <stephen.emeryremovethis@microstarsoftware.com> wrote in message

news:OlLTTzNCIHA.4176@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Hi, I am having trouble saving files to CD's.

>

> Firstly, could you advise me as to how I can gain access to the technical info

> relating to my "D" and "E" drive, i.e make speeds etc, I know you can call this up

> on the PC but have forgotten where!!

>

> Secondly, if either of these are just CD writers, which are the best type of CD's

> to use.

>

> Thirdly, if I am unable to save to the CD's, how can I best diagnose what is

> wrong.

>

> Many thanks

>

> Steve

>

>