CD writing problem... "E:\ not accessible"

[Guest]

having a problem with writing much needed files to a cd. my computer will
not even let me open a writable folder. i have a blank cd in my burner and
when i try and open the folder to write, i recieve the following message:
"E:\ not accessible
incorrect function"
please help me.
thanks,
joe

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

One cannot write directly to a CD. You must create
the file on your hard drive, save it, then "record" that
file to the CD.

Description of CD-R and CD-RW recording in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279157/en-us

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| having a problem with writing much needed files to a cd. my computer will
| not even let me open a writable folder. i have a blank cd in my burner and
| when i try and open the folder to write, i recieve the following message:
| "E:\ not accessible
| incorrect function"
| please help me.
| thanks,
| joe