When trying to burn photos/files to CD I keep getting message in the Wizard
"no disk in drive". I have tried various disks to no avail. Also tried
dragging and dropping, still won't burn. Have checked properties for drive
and it says it is working properly. I can burn an audio CD from the DVD drive
to the CD writer. I can also burn photos to CD using "Picasa2" programme (but
that deletes everything on the CDRW before burning new photos on to it).It
looks like the CD writer is working or I wouldn't have been able to burn
anything but the the computer doesn't recognise that there is a disk in the
drive when I try to use it. I am using windows XP. I desperately need to
back up some photos. Can anyone help?

Margaret wrote:
> When trying to burn photos/files to CD I keep getting message in the
> Wizard "no disk in drive". I have tried various disks to no avail.
> Also tried dragging and dropping, still won't burn. Have checked
> properties for drive and it says it is working properly. I can burn
> an audio CD from the DVD drive to the CD writer. I can also burn
> photos to CD using "Picasa2" programme (but that deletes everything
> on the CDRW before burning new photos on to it).It looks like the CD
> writer is working or I wouldn't have been able to burn anything but
> the the computer doesn't recognise that there is a disk in the drive
> when I try to use it. I am using windows XP. I desperately need to
> back up some photos. Can anyone help?
===========================
Maybe the following article will offer some ideas:

(324129) HOW TO: Troubleshoot Issues
That Occur When You Write Data to a CD-R
or CD-RW Optical Disc in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324129

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Margaret wrote:
> > When trying to burn photos/files to CD I keep getting message in the
> > Wizard "no disk in drive". I have tried various disks to no avail.
> > Also tried dragging and dropping, still won't burn. Have checked
> > properties for drive and it says it is working properly. I can burn
> > an audio CD from the DVD drive to the CD writer. I can also burn
> > photos to CD using "Picasa2" programme (but that deletes everything
> > on the CDRW before burning new photos on to it).It looks like the CD
> > writer is working or I wouldn't have been able to burn anything but
> > the the computer doesn't recognise that there is a disk in the drive
> > when I try to use it. I am using windows XP. I desperately need to
> > back up some photos. Can anyone help?
> ===========================
> Maybe the following article will offer some ideas:
>
> (324129) HOW TO: Troubleshoot Issues
> That Occur When You Write Data to a CD-R
> or CD-RW Optical Disc in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324129
>
> --
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
> Have had a good trail through the web site you kindly gave me but couldn't find anything specifically for my problem. "Error: Can not complete the CD writing wizard." was the nearest I could find. Checked it out but it didn't help. I'd be grateful for any other ideas?

>

Margaret wrote:
>> Have had a good trail through the web site you kindly gave me but
>> couldn't find anything specifically for my problem. "Error: Can not
>> complete the CD writing wizard." was the nearest I could find.
>> Checked it out but it didn't help. I'd be grateful for any other
>> ideas?
================
You originally posted:
"no disk in drive"

Choose the topic:
"Hardware device and
device driver compatibility"

The article addresses...
"There is no disc in the
drive. Please insert a
writable CD into drive. "

Sorry if the article was no help...
that's all I have.

--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

You have used other software to copy to CD. Nothing wrong with this, but
usually it will take over XP. First thing to do is right click on your CD
drive listed under My Computer and then click on Properties, Then click on
the Recording Tab and click on "Enable..."

Some other possibilities 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.






"Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:80C2E361-1DB7-41B9-B46A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When trying to burn photos/files to CD I keep getting message in the
> Wizard
> "no disk in drive". I have tried various disks to no avail. Also tried
> dragging and dropping, still won't burn. Have checked properties for drive
> and it says it is working properly. I can burn an audio CD from the DVD
> drive
> to the CD writer. I can also burn photos to CD using "Picasa2" programme
> (but
> that deletes everything on the CDRW before burning new photos on to it).It
> looks like the CD writer is working or I wouldn't have been able to burn
> anything but the the computer doesn't recognise that there is a disk in
> the
> drive when I try to use it. I am using windows XP. I desperately need to
> back up some photos. Can anyone help?

Thank you for trying to help. Unfortunately everything I've checked is
working properly, I have no missing "copy to cd" etc, and the drive is
enabled. I don't have Roxio.The only newish software I've put on is Itunes
but I have been able to burn photos to CD since installing this. I can't get
past the "Wizard" telling me I have no CD in the drive. Even drag and drop
doesn't work, neither does "send to CD". I'm very frustrated as I can't
figure out what can be wrong, unless the "Wizard" itself is corrupted and if
so don't know how to mend it. I'm beginning to wonder whether I should just
give up and buy a copy of Nero.

"Yves Alarie" wrote:

> You have used other software to copy to CD. Nothing wrong with this, but
> usually it will take over XP. First thing to do is right click on your CD
> drive listed under My Computer and then click on Properties, Then click on
> the Recording Tab and click on "Enable..."
>
> Some other possibilities 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:80C2E361-1DB7-41B9-B46A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When trying to burn photos/files to CD I keep getting message in the
> > Wizard
> > "no disk in drive". I have tried various disks to no avail. Also tried
> > dragging and dropping, still won't burn. Have checked properties for drive
> > and it says it is working properly. I can burn an audio CD from the DVD
> > drive
> > to the CD writer. I can also burn photos to CD using "Picasa2" programme
> > (but
> > that deletes everything on the CDRW before burning new photos on to it).It
> > looks like the CD writer is working or I wouldn't have been able to burn
> > anything but the the computer doesn't recognise that there is a disk in
> > the
> > drive when I try to use it. I am using windows XP. I desperately need to
> > back up some photos. Can anyone help?
>
>
>

Seems like you know what you are doing and you have looked into the various
possibilities.

Long shot, but I would still try the following:

Click on Start and 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..

I agree Nero will do this copying, but XP should to this for free. Sorry we
can't be of more help.



"Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news8CF9765-EFE7-4A63-852E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you for trying to help. Unfortunately everything I've checked is
> working properly, I have no missing "copy to cd" etc, and the drive is
> enabled. I don't have Roxio.The only newish software I've put on is Itunes
> but I have been able to burn photos to CD since installing this. I can't
> get
> past the "Wizard" telling me I have no CD in the drive. Even drag and
> drop
> doesn't work, neither does "send to CD". I'm very frustrated as I can't
> figure out what can be wrong, unless the "Wizard" itself is corrupted and
> if
> so don't know how to mend it. I'm beginning to wonder whether I should
> just
> give up and buy a copy of Nero.
>
> "Yves Alarie" wrote:
>
>> You have used other software to copy to CD. Nothing wrong with this, but
>> usually it will take over XP. First thing to do is right click on your CD
>> drive listed under My Computer and then click on Properties, Then click
>> on
>> the Recording Tab and click on "Enable..."
>>
>> Some other possibilities 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:80C2E361-1DB7-41B9-B46A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > When trying to burn photos/files to CD I keep getting message in the
>> > Wizard
>> > "no disk in drive". I have tried various disks to no avail. Also tried
>> > dragging and dropping, still won't burn. Have checked properties for
>> > drive
>> > and it says it is working properly. I can burn an audio CD from the DVD
>> > drive
>> > to the CD writer. I can also burn photos to CD using "Picasa2"
>> > programme
>> > (but
>> > that deletes everything on the CDRW before burning new photos on to
>> > it).It
>> > looks like the CD writer is working or I wouldn't have been able to
>> > burn
>> > anything but the the computer doesn't recognise that there is a disk in
>> > the
>> > drive when I try to use it. I am using windows XP. I desperately need
>> > to
>> > back up some photos. Can anyone help?
>>
>>
>>

No didn't work but thanks for trying. Think I'll give up now unless anyone
out there has any fantastic ideas.

"Yves Alarie" wrote:

> Seems like you know what you are doing and you have looked into the various
> possibilities.
>
> Long shot, but I would still try the following:
>
> Click on Start and 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..
>
> I agree Nero will do this copying, but XP should to this for free. Sorry we
> can't be of more help.
>
>
>
> "Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news8CF9765-EFE7-4A63-852E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thank you for trying to help. Unfortunately everything I've checked is
> > working properly, I have no missing "copy to cd" etc, and the drive is
> > enabled. I don't have Roxio.The only newish software I've put on is Itunes
> > but I have been able to burn photos to CD since installing this. I can't
> > get
> > past the "Wizard" telling me I have no CD in the drive. Even drag and
> > drop
> > doesn't work, neither does "send to CD". I'm very frustrated as I can't
> > figure out what can be wrong, unless the "Wizard" itself is corrupted and
> > if
> > so don't know how to mend it. I'm beginning to wonder whether I should
> > just
> > give up and buy a copy of Nero.
> >
> > "Yves Alarie" wrote:
> >
> >> You have used other software to copy to CD. Nothing wrong with this, but
> >> usually it will take over XP. First thing to do is right click on your CD
> >> drive listed under My Computer and then click on Properties, Then click
> >> on
> >> the Recording Tab and click on "Enable..."
> >>
> >> Some other possibilities 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Margaret" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:80C2E361-1DB7-41B9-B46A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > When trying to burn photos/files to CD I keep getting message in the
> >> > Wizard
> >> > "no disk in drive". I have tried various disks to no avail. Also tried
> >> > dragging and dropping, still won't burn. Have checked properties for
> >> > drive
> >> > and it says it is working properly. I can burn an audio CD from the DVD
> >> > drive
> >> > to the CD writer. I can also burn photos to CD using "Picasa2"
> >> > programme
> >> > (but
> >> > that deletes everything on the CDRW before burning new photos on to
> >> > it).It
> >> > looks like the CD writer is working or I wouldn't have been able to
> >> > burn
> >> > anything but the the computer doesn't recognise that there is a disk in
> >> > the
> >> > drive when I try to use it. I am using windows XP. I desperately need
> >> > to
> >> > back up some photos. Can anyone help?
> >>
> >>
> >>
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