Need help with transfering a file to a CD

[PeterM]

I can't for the life of me transfer/burn a file 34mb to a CD. I have Nero 6,
Roxio's latest software, and can't figure it out. I always start with making
a data disk. Maybe that is the wrong way to do it. How do I copy a file to a
CD in Win XP Home. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease tell me how to do it. I have so many
coasters, I can cover my house with it. Is it still true that I can read a
CD w/o starting it, by pressing down the Shift key?. Is there a toggle maybe
where I can have the CD play or not play? After I made several attempts to
copy/burn a file to a CD (CD-R) and I want to just look at the CD content,
the CD reader just reads and reads and reads, never even stopping, what is
wrong with that? Any help is appreciated.............Peter

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I can't for the life of me transfer/burn a file 34mb to a CD. I have
Nero 6, Roxio's latest software, and can't figure it out. I always
start with making a data disk. Maybe that is the wrong way to do it.
How do I copy a file to a CD in Win XP Home. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease tell
me how to do it. I have so many coasters, I can cover my house with
it. Is it still true that I can read a CD w/o starting it, by
pressing down the Shift key?. Is there a toggle maybe where I can
have the CD play or not play? After I made several attempts to
copy/burn a file to a CD (CD-R) and I want to just look at the CD
content, the CD reader just reads and reads and reads, never even
stopping, what is wrong with that? Any help is
appreciated.............Peter

Some Light Reading:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

 

[Mary Sauer]

Use the directCD format utility, format the CD, drag and drop your files or
right-click drag to the CD and click move here.

 

[PeterM]

Thanks Mary, how do I get to that ? old feeble man in California..Peter