I did have this problem (some files had not been written, same bubble as
yours, had to reinsert the disc or delete) early on with XP. Decided this
was not the way to do it.
I make a new folder, copy the files I want on the CD from the various
folders into this new folder, and then copy all the files in this new folder
to the CD. No more problem copying.
However, there is still a problem. Files will be displayed by file name in
numerical/alphabetical order when copied to the CD and this is a pain when
displaying them as a slide show. You need to control the order. If you want
to try this, here is a way to do it.
If you need to batch rename, you can do this easily with XP.
Copy the photos to a new folder.
Open the folder. Hold the Ctrl key down and press the letter A. This will
select (highlight in blue) all the files in the folder.
Right click on the first file (important to right click on the first file
because renaming will start from there).
Click on Rename on the opening menu.
Type in the name you want, to replace the current name. Any system will
work, such as year, month,event. For example type in:
2003_09_Virginia Beach Vacation (1).jpg
and press Enter.
XP will automatically rename all the files (1), (2), (3), etc.
Two important things when renaming using the above method.
1. Look at the name of the above file, you must include a space between the
last character of the file name and (1)
2. When you rename, don't forget to add .jpg after (1). If you forget, XP
will warn you, so enter .jpg after this warning. If you don't, you will not
be able to open the file. If you still do not enter .jpg after the warning,
don't worry. Rename again and enter .jpg
You can rename anytime and as many times as you want. You are not dependent
on the wizard to rename.
You can rename portions of files in a folder, just select the group you want
and right click on the first one and rename from there.
You can do even better than this. Suppose you want a slide show and you want
the last three pictures taken to be the first three or in between some other
photos. Easy to do. Open the folder in thumbnail view, use your mouse to
place them in the order you want. Select all the photos and rename. The (1),
(2), (3), etc will be added in the order you placed the thumbnails.
Convenient if you want to make a slide show of pictures from different
folders. Just make a new folder, copy the photos you want in the new folder,
place the thumbnails in the order you want and rename.
You are not restricted to only one name and you can control the order in
which each group will open, by placing a number up front of the file name
for each group. You may have photos of Christmas, Easter, New Year etc. and
of different years. Once you have the thumbnails in the order you want,
select the first group, right click on the first thumbnail in the group and
rename:
1_2002 Easter (1).jpg
Then select the second group and rename
2_2002 Christmas (1).jpg
Placing 1_, 2_, etc in front will control the order of each group and (1)
controls the order within each group.
If you want to add another group later and you want these photos to be, say
between 1_ and 2_, use 1a_ in front of the file name.
You may also want to add some more photos in a particular group. No problem.
Copy the files in the folder, move the thumbnails in the group you want to
add them to. Select all the thumbnails in the group, right click on the
first one and rename. When you rename, you must change the name in order for
rename to take place. Add something like XYZ to the original name. Once
renaming is done, select the same files again and rename again. Remove the
XYZ and you will be back to the original name.
