Putting photos onto cd

[Jillius]

I am trying to put all my photos from my pc onto a cd. I have done this endless times before and usually manage to put about 300 pictures onto one cd, but it won't let me do it today ! It says there is insufficient space on the cd for them. I have tried just to put a few on but it comes up with the same message even when i try a new cd. How can I compress them to get them all on one ??

[PeasAndRice]

perhapds the cd u are using has been written on previously?

[Jillius]

No, they are new.

[PeasAndRice]

check size of files you want to copy against size of disc then?

[sandmaster]

I've had this message and it confused me as I knew the CD was new and empty. The message in fact related to the hard drive of the computer. Photos take up lots of memory and you can quickly fill a hard disk especially if it is a few years old and has not got a huge amount of storage space like the newer ones.

[sandmaster]

Let me expand on the above. The message I received was 'There is insufficient space on the disc'.
Of course I thought it meant the CD, but eventually I realised it meant the hard disc, which is where temporary files are written before being transferred the the CD. I cured the problem by installing a bigger hard drive.

[Jillius]

I thought it meant the cd too sandmaster ! I've just put them on my memory stick for now.
Thanks for the answers both of you.