Write to a CD-RW Disk

[JH]

From any MS Office application (Word or Excel), if I want
to save a file directly to a CD-RW disk on the CD Writer
drive, the system stated that the path is invalid. When I
contacted the vendor for my new computer, he stated that I
must first save the Office file to the hard drive. Then
copy it from the hard drive to the CD-RW disk. This seems
cumbersome. Is there a way to save a file directly from
the MS Office applciaiton to a CD-RW disk?

Thanks,

JH

 

[Guest]

To do what you want you will have to get 3rd party cd
writing software. The native XP recording does not
support what you want to do.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;279157

 

[James]

Hey JH,

WinXP won't recognize the CD-RW as a "floppy" or "hard
drive." because, well just because. Try a 3rd party
utility to make it "seem" like a floppy. I have a program
called File-CD that does exactly what you are looking for.
You can download the trial at:

http://www.ntius.com/default.asp?p=trialsoft/download_trial_main

It's $19.99 on NTI's website, but my copy came free with a
memorex CD-RW media purchase a while back. You might be
able to find the same deal...

-Regards

 

[NobodyMan]

From any MS Office application (Word or Excel), if I want
to save a file directly to a CD-RW disk on the CD Writer
drive, the system stated that the path is invalid. When I
contacted the vendor for my new computer, he stated that I
must first save the Office file to the hard drive. Then
copy it from the hard drive to the CD-RW disk. This seems
cumbersome. Is there a way to save a file directly from
the MS Office applciaiton to a CD-RW disk?

Thanks,

JH

You want to use the CDRW as a big floppy disk. OK, fine. XP doesn't
provide native support for that though. You'll need a packet writing
program, like Roxio Drag and drop (part of the Roxio CD Creator
Suite), Ahead Nero InCD (good for CDRW, not CDR though) or some such
thing.

These work, but you must always anticipate data loss. Packet writing
usually works without a hitch, but when it fu**s up, you've lost it
all. Please bear that in mind.