Copy to E: drive prompt, how to get rid of

[Dave Horne]

I copied some files today to a CD and thought that was that. Now every time
I reboot the computer I am greeted with a prompt (a balloon) to 'click here
to see the files waiting to be copied' .... or something like that.

Other than copying those files, how can I get rid of that prompt? Thanks,
DH

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Click on the balloon, select the files and press the Delete key.


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[Michael Solomon]

I copied some files today to a CD and thought that was that. Now every
time I reboot the computer I am greeted with a prompt (a balloon) to 'click
here to see the files waiting to be copied' .... or something like that.

Other than copying those files, how can I get rid of that prompt? Thanks,
DH

Have you checked the CD to see if the files were actually copied to it.
Vista has two methods of CD writing, the Live File System which allows the
user to send files to a CD much as you would with a floppy disk or hard
drive or a mastering system that first sends files to a temp area waiting to
be written to the CD.

For more information about these methods, go to Help and Support on the
Start Menu, type CD Writing, press enter, in the list that appears, open
Burn a CD or DVD, both options I have mentioned are listed with links that
will take you to explanations of both.

 

[Dave Horne]

Cal, that did it. Thanks!

Click on the balloon, select the files and press the Delete key.


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[Cal Bear '66]

You're welcome.

But, as Michael Solomon suggests in the post below, please verify that the files
were indeed actually written successfully to the CD.


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[DP]

Yes, good point. I don't copy files to CDs a lot. But every time I've done
it (even in XP) it's confused the f--- outta me.
One thing you should do, if possible, is look at the CD in another computer.
It could be blank!
As long as you were still getting that balloon, every time you looked at
that CD in the computer you burned it on, it might look like there are files
on it, but it could be that Windows was only telling you, in effect, these
are the files that would be on this CD if you were to finish burning it.
As I said, it's confusing, but trying the CD on another computer should
tell you if the burn process went through the was it's 'sposed to.

 

[Dave Horne]

Cal, I thought I wrote back to thank you, but didn't see the post here.

Your suggestion did the trick. Thanks! DH

 

[Cal Bear '66]

In Vista, if I look at the "copied" files on the CD and the files are grayed
out, then I know they were not successfully copied.


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[Cal Bear '66]

You're welcome.

Yes, I did see your first thank you.

Did you see the excellent suggestion by Michael Solomon that you should verify
that the files were indeed successfully copied and to use Windows Help and
Support for information about the two file systems Vista uses for CDs/DVDs?
Frequently when you get this warning, the files were not truly copied yet.


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[Guest]

Cal Bear,
I did what you said and clicked on the ballon,highlited the files and
pushed the delete button and it deleted the files in the ballon and also
deleted them on my C: drive and i had to go into the recycle bin and rcover
them any thoughts??

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Did you just drag the files to the drive with the left mouse button? When I
want to copy a file, I use the right mouse button and select "Copy Here".

If the files were not successfully written to the CD/DVD, the next time I start
Windows the balloon pops up, and when I click it, the file are shown "grayed
out" and I can delete them, but the originals are not deleted.


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