Copying files to CDs - confusion about adding files to CDs

[Richard Fangnail]

I am confused by some of XP's dialog boxes and help windows for copying
files to CDs. The Help mentions "File and Folder Tasks," which I can't
find at all.

When I add files to a CDROM already containing files, some of the
dialog boxes suggest that if I write anything at all to the CD, it will
write OVER the existing files on the CD. But that's not what'
happening.

Should I not be using Windows Explorer for copying files to CDs??

Thank you

 

[Rock]

I am confused by some of XP's dialog boxes and help windows for copying
files to CDs. The Help mentions "File and Folder Tasks," which I can't
find at all.

When I add files to a CDROM already containing files, some of the
dialog boxes suggest that if I write anything at all to the CD, it will
write OVER the existing files on the CD. But that's not what'
happening.

Should I not be using Windows Explorer for copying files to CDs??

Thank you

Burning CDs in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

 

[Mark Barrett]

Windows XP Built in Cd burning software is horrible. The worst I have ever
used. Go get yourdelf Roxio or NTI CD creator. It will fix your issues

 

[Richard Fangnail]

Are you talking about just "formatting" the CDs, or working with them
in general?

Sometimes a Windows XP menu item will be, "Copy these files to CD" when
you are not currently looking at the files you had selected. Basically
a lot of menu items were misnamed.

 

[NobodyMan]

Are you talking about just "formatting" the CDs, or working with them
in general?

Sometimes a Windows XP menu item will be, "Copy these files to CD" when
you are not currently looking at the files you had selected. Basically
a lot of menu items were misnamed.

Obviously they were NOT talking about formatting CDR(W)s in the OP,
since they mentioned using WinXPs native ability vs switching back to
Nero. WinXP can't format a CDR(W).

 

[Richard Fangnail]

I've formatted CDRWs just using Windows Explorer in XP but it said
something about using Roxio code.

 

[David Candy]

To erase files from a CD
Open My Computer.
Double-click the CD recording drive. Windows displays the files and folders located on the CD.
Under CD Writing Tasks, click Erase this CD-RW. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard.
Follow the instructions in the wizard to delete the files on the CD-RW.
Notes
To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
Erasing the CD deletes all the files on the CD; you cannot select individual files to delete.
Not all CDs are erasable. If the CD you are using is not erasable, for example, a CD-R, then this feature is not available.
Related Topics

 

[Richard Fangnail]

I was under the impression that only the absolute beginner used "My
Computer."
Are there things you can only do with My Computer?

 

[Ken Blake]

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I was under the impression that only the absolute beginner used
"My
Computer."

No, not at all.

Are there things you can only do with My Computer?

My Computer and Windows Explorer are the same program. They are
just two different views of the same thing. Use either, or both,
as you prefer. Or a third-party product, if you like it better.

All of these do essentially the same things. Their differences
are in the way they do them, and in the way they display the
data. There are very few such programs that do things the others
don't, but you may find it easier to do some things in one or the
other. Your choice.

 

[Richard Fangnail]

Perhaps we don't agree on what "format" means. I just now put in a
brand new blank CDRW and Windows Explorer did something so that I could
write to it. I did not start up any other applications. But it
worked.

 

[NobodyMan]

Perhaps we don't agree on what "format" means. I just now put in a
brand new blank CDRW and Windows Explorer did something so that I could
write to it. I did not start up any other applications. But it
worked.

Rest assured it did not "format" the CDRW. Formatting a CDRW is ONLY
done when it is to be used with a packet-writing program.

What XP does is multi-session mastering. This is not even remotely
the same thing.