Guest Dave-UK Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 "J.Jack.J." <jack.j.jepper@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:d227fcde-1a4d-4ce6-999c-216f302beaae@d19g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... > This will be extremely basic; sorry about that. I have got this > infuriating thing of not being able to burn to CD in such a way that > the result will be readable by XP. I'm on Vista and according to Help > there's supposed to be a dialogue box that springs up asking about how > you want files to be burnt to CD when a blank CD is inserted. With > some fiddling around I got Vista to produce a menu, one of whose > options is 'burn to disk'. But then when I click on it, it just says > there aren't any files to be burnt. Where are the files supposed to be > put for them to be recognised? Vista is hopeless at CD/DVD burning. This is free and much better: http://www.imgburn.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dave-UK Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 "J.Jack.J." <jack.j.jepper@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:6f680dd8-eeb0-4aa6-8e06-87f8eb50b865@e39g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... > On Apr 30, 2:05 pm, "Dave-UK" <H...@Home.com> wrote: >> "J.Jack.J." <jack.j.jep...@googlemail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:d227fcde-1a4d-4ce6-999c-216f302beaae@d19g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... >> >> > This will be extremely basic; sorry about that. I have got this >> > infuriating thing of not being able to burn to CD in such a way that >> > the result will be readable by XP. I'm on Vista and according to Help >> > there's supposed to be a dialogue box that springs up asking about how >> > you want files to be burnt to CD when a blank CD is inserted. With >> > some fiddling around I got Vista to produce a menu, one of whose >> > options is 'burn to disk'. But then when I click on it, it just says >> > there aren't any files to be burnt. Where are the files supposed to be >> > put for them to be recognised? >> >> Vista is hopeless at CD/DVD burning. >> This is free and much better:http://www.imgburn.com/ > > Have already got VLC. Problem is there is no indication, other than a > red dot (button) as to how to record. I open the file and click the > red dot and it doesn't record to my CD. > It's not an audio file, it's a .iso. > With thanks. What are you talking about ? VLC is some sort of media player. I gave you a link for Imageburn , a program to burn files onto a CD or DVD. If you want to burn an ISO image use Imageburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.Jack.J. Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 On Apr 30, 2:05Â pm, "Dave-UK" <H...@Home.com> wrote: > "J.Jack.J." <jack.j.jep...@googlemail.com> wrote in message > > news:d227fcde-1a4d-4ce6-999c-216f302beaae@d19g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... > > > This will be extremely basic; sorry about that. I have got this > > infuriating thing of not being able to burn to CD in such a way that > > the result will be readable by XP. I'm on Vista and according to Help > > there's supposed to be a dialogue box that springs up asking about how > > you want files to be burnt to CD when a blank CD is inserted. With > > some fiddling around I got Vista to produce a menu, one of whose > > options is 'burn to disk'. But then when I click on it, it just says > > there aren't any files to be burnt. Where are the files supposed to be > > put for them to be recognised? > > Vista is hopeless at CD/DVD burning. > This is free and much better:http://www.imgburn.com/ I downloaded the app. Unfortunately I can't get it to do what I want. To begin with, it seems only to give the option of burning a .cue file, when I thought what I would need would be an ,iso file (wouldn't I?).. Second, it doesn't seem to want to burn to disk. The only complaint I think it seems to be giving is 'disk not empty'. It's got only a small amount of data on. When I try to erase the data, it says that it's an incompatible format. I can't believe it's such an ordeal just to burn a tiny file to a CD! With thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J.Jack.J. Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I've now managed to burn to disk but I'm disappointed if the disk always needs to be blank for burning to be feasible. Maybe it's just the way I was doing it. Since my disk isn't being read by my desktop, can I be certain that it would have been burnt in a WinXP-compatible format? With thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dave-UK Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 "J.Jack.J." <jack.j.jepper@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:b9f0f46b-58fa-4503-9d2f-382ded50b28a@b18g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > I've now managed to burn to disk but I'm disappointed if the disk > always needs to be blank for burning to be feasible. Maybe it's just > the way I was doing it. > Since my disk isn't being read by my desktop, can I be certain that it > would have been burnt in a WinXP-compatible format? > With thanks. What exactly are you trying to burn to disk ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 J.Jack.J. wrote: > I've now managed to burn to disk but I'm disappointed if the disk > always needs to be blank for burning to be feasible. Maybe it's just > the way I was doing it. > Since my disk isn't being read by my desktop, can I be certain that > it would have been burnt in a WinXP-compatible format? > With thanks. Wait... What? "... I'm disappointed if the disk always needs to be blank for burning to be feasible ..." You need to read up on things. If you are writing to -R (or +R) media and not +/-RW media - that is true. If you are using the built-in Windows (XP, Vista I think, Windows 7 may have a new way to write called the "Live File System", however) utilities to write CD/DVDs - even to +/-RW media - it is a 'erase and rewrite' deal. If you use some third party applications, you can use the +/-RW media more like a disk (like a USB drive, etc.) Yes - I know - "Newbie" right in the subject line. Well - not so much anymore. ;-) Use some Google searches... Watch a Video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhHWFmqBC0s -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frank Drew Leyda Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 "> Vista is hopeless at CD/DVD burning. > This is free and much better:http://www.imgburn.com/ That is more of an Image burning program. Does it work for other type files ? I downloaded the app. Unfortunately I can't get it to do what I want. To begin with, it seems only to give the option of burning a .cue file, when I thought what I would need would be an ,iso file (wouldn't I?).. Second, it doesn't seem to want to burn to disk. The only complaint I think it seems to be giving is 'disk not empty'. It's got only a small amount of data on. When I try to erase the data, it says that it's an incompatible format. I can't believe it's such an ordeal just to burn a tiny file to a CD! With thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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