Along with your instructions I followed the directions that I found for XP
and tried 3 times each and had the same results as before.
Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.
Open My Computer.
Click the files or folders you want to copy to the CD. To select more than
one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want. Then,
under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy
the selected items.
If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, click Copy to
CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.
In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click
Copy.
In My Computer, double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays a
temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD.
Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear
under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.
Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the
CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Notes
To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
Do not copy more files to the CD than it will hold. Standard CDs hold up to
650 megabytes (MB). High-capacity CDs hold up to 850 MB.
Be sure that you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the
temporary files that are created during the CD writing process. For a
standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 MB of the available free space. For a
high-capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available
free space.
After you copy files or folders to the CD, it is useful to view the CD to
confirm that the files are copied. For more information, click Related
Topics.
I also looked in the My Computer and checked to see if the device was
working properly and it was. All the checks that were to be checked were.
"Yves Alarie" wrote:
> Quite easy to use XP to copy pictures to CD, just check the steps below.
>
> To copy photos to CD-R or CD-RW using XP. (05-08-06)
>
>
>
> 1.. Insert a blank CD-R (or CD-RW) into your CD drive. Wait about 15-20
> seconds for XP to recognize that a CD-R has been inserted. A window may
> open, with a variety of options in it or no option in it. You don't need any
> of the options in this window to copy to a CD-R. There is a Cancel button at
> the bottom of this window. Click on it to close this window or click on the
> red X square at the top right. If this window does not open, this is fine
> just go to step 2.
> 2.. Click on My Computer and navigate to the folder where your pictures
> are located. Open the folder so you can see the files you want to copy.
> 3.. You now need to select the files you want to copy. Do you want to copy
> all the files in the folder? If so, hold the Ctrl key down and press the
> letter A. This will select (highlight in blue) all the files in the folder.
> If you want to select only some of the files, click on the first file you
> want to select. Remove your finger from your mouse and move the mouse
> pointer over the second file, hold the Ctrl key down and click on the second
> file you want to select. Continue doing this until all the files you want to
> copy are selected. Each time a file is selected it will be highlighted in
> blue. If the files you want to select are listed in a row, you can do it
> this way. Click on the first file, remove your finger from the mouse and
> move the mouse pointer over the last file. Hold the Shift key down and click
> on the last file you want. All the files between the first and last file you
> clicked on will be highlighted in blue.
> 4.. Once you have selected the files you want to copy, look at the menu on
> the left of the selected files. The top menu should be "Picture Tasks". The
> last item listed under "Picture Tasks" is "Copy to CD". Click on it. The
> other way is to right click on one of the selected pictures. A menu will
> open. Click on Send To. Click on your CD drive on the opening list.
> 5.. The copying process will start (a small window opening at the top of
> your screen indicating the progress, wait until completed, also you may not
> see this window if you are copying just a few files because the operation is
> too fast) and you will get a message, right hand corner bottom of your
> screen, "You have files waiting." Click on it.
> 6.. A window will open. It will show you the photo files you just selected
> to copy. Look at the menu on the left and click on "Write these files to CD".
> 7.. A Wizard box will open. Just follow the directions on the screen to
> complete the job.
> 8.. Once you have copied the photos to the CD you may want to copy more to
> it in the future. Just insert it instead of inserting a blank CD and follow
> the same directions. Just make sure you have enough space on it to add more
> photo files. A CD will hold 700 MB but with photo files, don't try to fill
> it. Limit to about 200 - 300 photo files per CD and not more than a total of
> 600 MB. Otherwise it can take a long time to open this CD to view the files,
> but if you don't mind the time you can fill it.
> 9.. During copying, you may get the following messages "File XXXX.jpg has
> extra information..." or "The thumbnails information will be lost..." In
> both cases, click on YES, not on Skip, in the message box.
>
>
> Some problems with the above:
>
>
>
> 1.. You looked for the command "Copy to CD", but it is not there. If so,
> repair this way.
> Click on Start, click on Run and type the following in the opening textbox:
>
> REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL
>
> And press the Enter key.
>
> Note that there is a space between .32 and SHI..
>
> You did the above, but still no "Copy to CD" command available. Go to step 2
> below and check if your drive is set to recording.
>
>
>
> 2.. You can find the "Copy to CD" command (or you still cannot find it
> listed there) but it still does not work.
> Check if your drive is set for recording using XP. Open My Computer, look
> under Devices with removable storage and right click on your CD drive. Click
> on Properties. A window will open. Click on the Recording tab at the top of
> this window. Then check, Enable recording box. Also, check the box "Eject
> after recording" .
>
> You tried this, but you can't find a Recording tab when the window opens. If
> so, update the CD driver so it is compatible with XP (particularly if you
> upgraded to XP from 98 or ME) or something else is wrong as under items 3 or
> 4 below.
>
>
>
> 3.. You may have installed some CD copying software to copy music CDs. If
> so, this may be interfering with XP. If you use Roxio, update your version
> to at least 5.3 or above. If you have Roxio 7, you may use this to copy
> photo files. Use the option Copy data files instead of copy music. If you
> have other music CD copying software make sure you upgrade to a version that
> will not interfere with XP or use this software to copy your photo files to
> CD.
> 4.. You may have purchased a new computer with a CD/DVD burner. If so, use
> the software supplied by the manufacturer and select the copy data files
> option if there is no specific copy photo files option. If you want to use
> XP instead, you probably need to set your drive for recording as given
> above.
> 5.. Instead of using the Copy to CD command you used the Send to command
> and no CD drive is listed there. If you upgraded to XP you should check that
> you have a driver for your CD drive compatible with XP or first check that
> your drive is Enable for recording as given above. Sometimes you get the
> instruction to send to a writable CD drive on the list but you don't get
> writable, you get drag and drop or simply the CD drive letter. Click on it,
> provided you have checked that the drive is Enabled for recording.
> 6.. If none of the above works, check the manufacturer of the CD drive web
> site for a driver compatible with XP, particularly if you upgraded to XP.
> "scubiekim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:22DADFCF-5287-428C-A29F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have Windows XP and have tried unsuccessfully to transfer (burn)
> > pictures that I have on my computer to a disk. I keep getting a
> > message "Windows encountered a problem when trying to copy this
> > folder. What would you want windows to do?" Then I have my choices
> > of Retry, Stop or Cancel. I have followed the directions of going
> > into My Computer and highlighting the file to be sent to the CD but
> > it does not work.
> >
> > I have tired to find answers in the Help but there is nothing
> > pertaining to the message that I have been getting every time I try
> > to burn pics onto the CD.
> >
> > I have read posts from others with similar problems and I follow the
> > directions that were given to them but I still get the same message.
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>
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