Going in circles

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I finally have my CD burning settings working in that they will allow me to
save a file to CD from XP and also allow me to save file to CD or DVD from
Nero or RecordNow "I think they still function".
I just tried to save Quicken 2003 files to CD and found that it will not
save to CD. I used a work around by saving to HD then copying to CD.
BUT
Why can't I ever seem to get CD/DVD to function smoothly as they did in
Win95? Seems like I never had any problem there no matter what I did with
CD's or DVD's. NOTE I use disks very basically such as file saves, backup,
or disk to disk copy.
Mel
Please forgive rambling, I'm just fed up with this aspect of XPpro.
 
shakey said:
I finally have my CD burning settings working in that they will allow me to
save a file to CD from XP and also allow me to save file to CD or DVD from
Nero or RecordNow "I think they still function".
I just tried to save Quicken 2003 files to CD and found that it will not
save to CD. I used a work around by saving to HD then copying to CD.
BUT
Why can't I ever seem to get CD/DVD to function smoothly as they did in
Win95? Seems like I never had any problem there no matter what I did with
CD's or DVD's. NOTE I use disks very basically such as file saves, backup,
or disk to disk copy.
Mel
Please forgive rambling, I'm just fed up with this aspect of XPpro.
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If you have the XP burning function enabled as well as two third-party
applications, you're bound to have trouble. Best to pick one (I'd choose
Nero, if it's version 6) and stick with it. As you haven't referenced a
specific problem (other than the Quicken thing, which is to be expected)
I can't offer further advice.
 
Do not give up on Win XP the program is much better then the other versions
ref your problem I have been told that if you do an upgrade from win 95 you
will get problems. What you have to do is a format and an install from the
win XP disk. I hope this helps there are referances to this on the net check
them out befor you start.
 
Raymond J. Johnson Jr. said:
If you have the XP burning function enabled as well as two third-party
applications, you're bound to have trouble. Best to pick one (I'd choose
Nero, if it's version 6) and stick with it. As you haven't referenced a
specific problem (other than the Quicken thing, which is to be expected) I
can't offer further advice.
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Thanks for your response. I did not reference a specific problem as when I
do I receive suggestions that work but cause a related problem, probably due
to your first lines. Picking Nero would not solve my Quicken problem.
However I will repeat my disgust as this did NOT happen in Win 98 so it is a
degraded feature in XP.
Just for discussion in 98 I could:
use Nero
copy files to CD directly not thru a buffer file.
Use CD as HD for drag/drop using InCD. (if I enable that here I lose
something else associated with CD/DVD functions)
Make backups using features in user program such as Quicken 2003.
Mel
 
shakey said:
Thanks for your response. I did not reference a specific problem as when I
do I receive suggestions that work but cause a related problem, probably due
to your first lines. Picking Nero would not solve my Quicken problem.
However I will repeat my disgust as this did NOT happen in Win 98 so it is a
degraded feature in XP.
Just for discussion in 98 I could:
use Nero
copy files to CD directly not thru a buffer file.
Use CD as HD for drag/drop using InCD. (if I enable that here I lose
something else associated with CD/DVD functions)
Make backups using features in user program such as Quicken 2003.
Mel
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You can still do all of those things. In case you hadn't noticed, XP is
not 98. Some things are a little different. I have no idea what you're
talking about with regard to a "buffer file." 98 has *no* native CD
burning capability, but XP does. Whatever you were doing in 98 was done
with 3rd-party applications. Those applications may be used in XP if
there are XP-compatible versions available. My advice is to stay away
from packet writing (InCD, e.g.) because sooner or later it will screw
something up. You're going in circles because of your own mistakes and
blaming it on the operating system. If you need help, post your
specific issue(s) here and someone will help.
 
You installed a program to do it on 98. Install the same program. You may even need to to read the CDs you made in 98.

However if you want to be sure you can always access your data on any computer don't use CDs like hard drives (technically it's like a big floppy not hard drive). Depending on what program you used in 98 XP can probably read it by itself where 98 probably couldn't without the aid of another program.

Depending on filetype (I don't know about Quickbooks) it is a very bad idea to save to anything but hard drive. Especially office files. Even if it works (which it won't always) it will be slow. Quickbooks is a database and I suspect it runs horrid from CD.
 
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
You installed a program to do it on 98. Install the same program. You may
even need to to read the CDs you made in 98.

NO I did not need a special program to burn Quicken data to CD. Its part of
Quicken's own backup program.


However if you want to be sure you can always access your data on any
computer don't use CDs like hard drives (technically it's like a big floppy
not hard drive). Depending on what program you used in 98 XP can probably
read it by itself where 98 probably couldn't without the aid of another
program.

I no longer do. InCD is nothing but trouble.

Depending on filetype (I don't know about Quickbooks) it is a very bad idea
to save to anything but hard drive. Especially office files. Even if it
works (which it won't always) it will be slow. Quickbooks is a database and
I suspect it runs horrid from CD.

Quicken not Quickbooks. I was making a backup copy from inside the Quicken
program not one to use routinly.
 
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