Hot to Burn CD or DVD

[Fred Mertz]

Just wondering if it is possible to burn a data CD and/or DVD with Windows
XP Pro/SP2 (assuming of course that the computer has a functional DVD burner
installed). If so, how? What about music CDs/DVDs?

Yes - I've googled this and come up with advertising - not helpful.

Thanks.

 

[Andrew E.]

XP would use windows media player for music,windows explorer will burn
all other,create the file/folder,have or move to say "my pictures" R.click
on it,
then select "move to cd/dvd.The only dvd restrictions will/would be viewing
dvd movies,you need the add-in software.

 

[M.I.5¾]

XP would use windows media player for music,windows explorer will burn
all other,create the file/folder,have or move to say "my pictures" R.click
on it,
then select "move to cd/dvd.The only dvd restrictions will/would be
viewing
dvd movies,you need the add-in software.

:

Have you considered a career in politics? You totally failed to answer the
OP's question.

 

[M.I.5¾]

Just wondering if it is possible to burn a data CD and/or DVD with Windows
XP Pro/SP2 (assuming of course that the computer has a functional DVD
burner installed). If so, how? What about music CDs/DVDs?

Yes - I've googled this and come up with advertising - not helpful.

Out of the box, Windows XP will burn CD's when a compatible CD burner is
attached (practically all modern burners are suitable). Although XP burns
them in a technically invalid format [1], most CD drives will read the
resultant discs, but a few modern drives (and many older drives) will not
read beyond the first session.

It is only necessary to enable recording in the properties box of the target
drive. From there it is a simple matter of dragging and droping the files
on the CD drive folder. You have to click, the burn to disk to finish off
the job. Files can be added latter.

XP does not burn DVDs (except DVD-RAM) as supplied. To burn these latter
disks, a third party burning application is required, and these will also
burn CDs in many valid formats.

Music DVDs (that is DVDs burned to the Audio CD Red book standard) is not a
valid format [2], though having said that, I have come across a few DVD
video players that recognise and play the disks. Most DVD (video) players
that recognise CDs with .MP3 files on them won't recognise DVDs with .MP3
files.

[1] Multisession Mode 1 format, which was not intended to be supported - but
the Orange Book specification was somewhat ambiguous on the point.

[2] Most burning packages won't permit burning such disks, but a few do.

 

[Fred Mertz]

Just wondering if it is possible to burn a data CD and/or DVD with
Windows XP Pro/SP2 (assuming of course that the computer has a functional
DVD burner installed). If so, how? What about music CDs/DVDs?

Yes - I've googled this and come up with advertising - not helpful.

Out of the box, Windows XP will burn CD's when a compatible CD burner is
attached (practically all modern burners are suitable). Although XP burns
them in a technically invalid format [1], most CD drives will read the
resultant discs, but a few modern drives (and many older drives) will not
read beyond the first session.

It is only necessary to enable recording in the properties box of the
target drive. From there it is a simple matter of dragging and droping
the files on the CD drive folder. You have to click, the burn to disk to
finish off the job. Files can be added latter.

XP does not burn DVDs (except DVD-RAM) as supplied. To burn these latter
disks, a third party burning application is required, and these will also
burn CDs in many valid formats.

Music DVDs (that is DVDs burned to the Audio CD Red book standard) is not
a valid format [2], though having said that, I have come across a few DVD
video players that recognise and play the disks. Most DVD (video) players
that recognise CDs with .MP3 files on them won't recognise DVDs with .MP3
files.

[1] Multisession Mode 1 format, which was not intended to be supported -
but the Orange Book specification was somewhat ambiguous on the point.

[2] Most burning packages won't permit burning such disks, but a few do.

Thank you for the helpful and informative response. Now a quick followup
question: Can you recommend a good - yet *uncomplicated* program or package
I can use to burn CDs and DVDs (data files and music file; I don't care
about movies or blue ray etc)? I would really appreciate such a
recommendation. I have done a bunch of research on this and all I find from
Nero, Roxio, and their competitors are complicated packages that allow me to
compete with Holywood, steal protected content etc.. I just want to copy my
data files for backup/archival purposes and burn a music CD from time to
time. That's all. Any suggestions? I'm happy to pay a reasonable price for
the software.

Thanks.

 

[Fred Mertz]

And I do understand you showed me how to do this with Windows, but I'm a bit
concerned about the apparently non standard formats of which you speak...
thus my wanting something that is straight-forward, but also writes in
standard formats.

Thanks.

 

[Kenny]

CDBurnerXP, it's free:
http://cdburnerxp.se/
There's a good article on how to use it in the current issue of
Computeractive magazine.

--
Kenny Cargill

Just wondering if it is possible to burn a data CD and/or DVD with
Windows XP Pro/SP2 (assuming of course that the computer has a
functional DVD burner installed). If so, how? What about music CDs/DVDs?

Yes - I've googled this and come up with advertising - not helpful.

Out of the box, Windows XP will burn CD's when a compatible CD burner is
attached (practically all modern burners are suitable). Although XP
burns them in a technically invalid format [1], most CD drives will read
the resultant discs, but a few modern drives (and many older drives) will
not read beyond the first session.

It is only necessary to enable recording in the properties box of the
target drive. From there it is a simple matter of dragging and droping
the files on the CD drive folder. You have to click, the burn to disk to
finish off the job. Files can be added latter.

XP does not burn DVDs (except DVD-RAM) as supplied. To burn these latter
disks, a third party burning application is required, and these will also
burn CDs in many valid formats.

Music DVDs (that is DVDs burned to the Audio CD Red book standard) is not
a valid format [2], though having said that, I have come across a few DVD
video players that recognise and play the disks. Most DVD (video)
players that recognise CDs with .MP3 files on them won't recognise DVDs
with .MP3 files.

[1] Multisession Mode 1 format, which was not intended to be supported -
but the Orange Book specification was somewhat ambiguous on the point.

[2] Most burning packages won't permit burning such disks, but a few do.

Thank you for the helpful and informative response. Now a quick followup
question: Can you recommend a good - yet *uncomplicated* program or
package I can use to burn CDs and DVDs (data files and music file; I don't
care about movies or blue ray etc)? I would really appreciate such a
recommendation. I have done a bunch of research on this and all I find
from Nero, Roxio, and their competitors are complicated packages that
allow me to compete with Holywood, steal protected content etc.. I just
want to copy my data files for backup/archival purposes and burn a music
CD from time to time. That's all. Any suggestions? I'm happy to pay a
reasonable price for the software.

Thanks.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Andrew

Go away and stay away. You are a incompetent and a complete id**t/ If you cannot answer correctly then do not answer at all.

Read the excellent answer that M.I.5¾ posted and learn

 

[M.I.5¾]

And I do understand you showed me how to do this with Windows, but I'm a
bit concerned about the apparently non standard formats of which you
speak... thus my wanting something that is straight-forward, but also
writes in standard formats.

It doesn't cause a problem 99% of the time. But it is a gotcha that can
occasionally catch you out.

 

[M.I.5¾]

Just wondering if it is possible to burn a data CD and/or DVD with
Windows XP Pro/SP2 (assuming of course that the computer has a
functional DVD burner installed). If so, how? What about music CDs/DVDs?

Yes - I've googled this and come up with advertising - not helpful.

Out of the box, Windows XP will burn CD's when a compatible CD burner is
attached (practically all modern burners are suitable). Although XP
burns them in a technically invalid format [1], most CD drives will read
the resultant discs, but a few modern drives (and many older drives) will
not read beyond the first session.

It is only necessary to enable recording in the properties box of the
target drive. From there it is a simple matter of dragging and droping
the files on the CD drive folder. You have to click, the burn to disk to
finish off the job. Files can be added latter.

XP does not burn DVDs (except DVD-RAM) as supplied. To burn these latter
disks, a third party burning application is required, and these will also
burn CDs in many valid formats.

Music DVDs (that is DVDs burned to the Audio CD Red book standard) is not
a valid format [2], though having said that, I have come across a few DVD
video players that recognise and play the disks. Most DVD (video)
players that recognise CDs with .MP3 files on them won't recognise DVDs
with .MP3 files.

[1] Multisession Mode 1 format, which was not intended to be supported -
but the Orange Book specification was somewhat ambiguous on the point.

[2] Most burning packages won't permit burning such disks, but a few do.

Thank you for the helpful and informative response. Now a quick followup
question: Can you recommend a good - yet *uncomplicated* program or
package I can use to burn CDs and DVDs (data files and music file; I don't
care about movies or blue ray etc)? I would really appreciate such a
recommendation. I have done a bunch of research on this and all I find
from Nero, Roxio, and their competitors are complicated packages that
allow me to compete with Holywood, steal protected content etc.. I just
want to copy my data files for backup/archival purposes and burn a music
CD from time to time. That's all. Any suggestions? I'm happy to pay a
reasonable price for the software.

For pure simplicity, the Free copy of Nero (Nero Express?) that comes with
most retail boxed DVD burners is about as good as it gets. Although it does
other things besides simply burning files, it's relatively easy to just
ignore those aspects. The full retail burning applications (and that
includes the full version of Nero) are somewhat bloated with complications
that you clearly do not require and often present a fairly busy user
interface to the user.

There are other simple (and free, or at least very low cost) burner
apllications, but I'm not familiar enough with them to recommend any
particular one.

 

[Lil' Dave]

Standard data format that works with any OS, including boot media, is ISO
9660. File size limitation is approximately 2GB when saving to DVD in this
format. In Nero, this is the data type selection. Use is by drag and drop
to the media for setting up the burning process.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Have you considered a career in politics?

Even politicians need to be able to read.

You totally failed to answer the
OP's question.

Of course. It's par for the course when Andrew E. "answers" a
question.

 

[Jim]

Just wondering if it is possible to burn a data CD and/or DVD with
Windows XP Pro/SP2 (assuming of course that the computer has a
functional DVD burner installed). If so, how? What about music CDs/DVDs?

Yes - I've googled this and come up with advertising - not helpful.

Out of the box, Windows XP will burn CD's when a compatible CD burner is
attached (practically all modern burners are suitable). Although XP
burns them in a technically invalid format [1], most CD drives will read
the resultant discs, but a few modern drives (and many older drives) will
not read beyond the first session.

It is only necessary to enable recording in the properties box of the
target drive. From there it is a simple matter of dragging and droping
the files on the CD drive folder. You have to click, the burn to disk to
finish off the job. Files can be added latter.

XP does not burn DVDs (except DVD-RAM) as supplied. To burn these latter
disks, a third party burning application is required, and these will also
burn CDs in many valid formats.

Music DVDs (that is DVDs burned to the Audio CD Red book standard) is not
a valid format [2], though having said that, I have come across a few DVD
video players that recognise and play the disks. Most DVD (video)
players that recognise CDs with .MP3 files on them won't recognise DVDs
with .MP3 files.

[1] Multisession Mode 1 format, which was not intended to be supported -
but the Orange Book specification was somewhat ambiguous on the point.

[2] Most burning packages won't permit burning such disks, but a few do.

Thank you for the helpful and informative response. Now a quick followup
question: Can you recommend a good - yet *uncomplicated* program or
package I can use to burn CDs and DVDs (data files and music file; I don't
care about movies or blue ray etc)? I would really appreciate such a
recommendation. I have done a bunch of research on this and all I find
from Nero, Roxio, and their competitors are complicated packages that
allow me to compete with Holywood, steal protected content etc.. I just
want to copy my data files for backup/archival purposes and burn a music
CD from time to time. That's all. Any suggestions? I'm happy to pay a
reasonable price for the software.

Thanks.

Using either Roxio just to copy files from the disk to the dvd is extremely
easy. You just use the Drag-to-Disk utility.
Using Explorer, you just drag the files to the dvd disk drive icon. It
can't get much easier than that.

In fact, all of the rest of the Roxio facilities are just fancy interfaces
to Drag-to-Disk.

Nero has much the same capabilities.

Jim

 

[Phisherman]

Just wondering if it is possible to burn a data CD and/or DVD with Windows
XP Pro/SP2 (assuming of course that the computer has a functional DVD burner
installed). If so, how? What about music CDs/DVDs?

Yes - I've googled this and come up with advertising - not helpful.

Thanks.

Nero is considered the "Cadillac" at burning discs. There is a
freebie version you can install and use.

 

[Fred Mertz]

Nero is considered the "Cadillac" at burning discs. There is a
freebie version you can install and use.

Where can I download the freebie? I don't want to go out and buy a new
retail DVD just to get a freebie.

I do not want the Cadillac version full of stuff I don't need or want (more
to break), and philosophically opposed to it if a slimmed down "bare bones"
version is available.

Thanks.

 

[NISMO1968]

I don't think there's any free version of Nero available... Even ~2
years old 6.x.x is still sold for $15 or so. Probably OP means cracked
stuff? I'd not do this! Serial key generators and crackers often
contain viruses and botnet clients. There are however a lot of the
really *free* and very good CD/DVD and Blu-Ray/HD-DVD burning
applications to put your ISO to the recordable media. My favortine one
is StarBurn from Rocket Division Software. Here's an URL just in case:

www.rocketdivision.com/starburn.html

Good luck!

-ichiro

 

[M.I.5¾]

Nero is considered the "Cadillac" at burning discs.

Not by everybody. Compared with many other products, I would say it's more
like a 2CV. And indeed it has a number of limitations compared with many
other burning products. The best burning utility is the one you find
easiest to use and that does everything you want. As far as the OP is
concerned, I would say that the free Nero bundled jobie is best for his
needs (but ultimately, only he can decide).