Saving Files to CD

[andy hughes]

I have some images I've downloaded onto floppy disks - I want to save them all together on a CD-R.

Do I have to change the format first? I've tried drang-and-drop but that doesn't save the pictures. Can anyone assist please? I'm sure it's something simple.

[boobesque]

hi andy!

you cant usually drag and drop onto cds unless they are cd-rws. Do you have any programs such as nero, alcohol, pinnacle? they will burn the stuff onto the cd

[Buenchico]

You can use a CD-RW (not CD-R) like a hard drive or a floppy disk (i.e. with drag-&-drop enabled) if you choose the appropriate formatting option from whatever CD burning software you've got. You should note, however, that this CD will only be readable on another PC if that PC has compatible software. I used to do this, initially using software from Roxio and later using Nero. However, I encountered lots of problems with disks which suddenly refused to permit further files to be written to them or, worse, became unreadable. (I always managed to recover the files on the disks but this was a pain in the rear!). These days I just put all of the files I want to save into one folder an then burn that folder to a CD-R. (Cheaper, faster and, so far, no problems).

All of this, of course, assumes that your drive is actually writeable. A very basic CD drive is 'read only'. Assuming that you've actually got a CD-writer or CD-rewriter (rather than a simple CD drive) it almost certainly came with some sort of burning software. It's this that you'll have to use to get your files onto a CD-R.

Post again if you're still having problems.

Chris

[LeMarchand]

In XP, when you insert a blank CD it will ask you if you want to open a writable window as one of the options. You can drag and drop to this and then burn the files (one of the options in the blue panel to the left).

Not the quickest way to do it, but possibly the simplest.

[stevie21]

How much space do all the images take up?
Do you have a CD Writer?
A broadband connection?
CD burning software such as Nero?
If not Nero, do you have XP or can you download a free equivalent of Nero?