Question on CD Burning (data files not music)

[NobodyMan]

Nobodyman, from your message
I gather you and
others don't believe contributors when they say they can't achieve a second
independent burn with MS's CD Writer on a CD-R. Well now you have visual
proof!
As for not wanting it on your HD, I would have thought that you have enough
sense (and know how) to delete it after viewing but apparently I was wrong.
Dave

It has nothing to do with "good sense." An uploaded binary file could
be anything. Even if it was just a picture file, it is still out of
place and does not belong here. I didn't even open it as I make it a
policy NEVER to open binary files uploaded into text newsgroups.

 

[Michael Stevens]

Binary files are OK. It is Audio CDs that are closed after burning;
this is because this is needed for most domestic CD Players, Walkmans
and so on

Alex,
Thanks for clarifying this. I was thinking audio when I made the reply.
I suspected it was the cause for the OP not getting the option to add files.
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[Alex Nichol]

I used the inbuilt burning system. I'm going to try and do a new burn later
on tonight (using the inbuilt system) to see what happens (if I can
multi-session). I just hate the thought of wasting another disk if it
doesn't work.

Now that you mention 3rd-party software.....prior to upgrading, I mentioned
I had DIRECT CD as my burning software (no longer). But I did burn several
data disks with that --- now that I try to look at them again, the XP inbuilt
system won't read it. I gather from your post below that it won't....is
there ANY way I can read that old info?

Only installing a current version of Direct CD. Now 'Drag to disk' and
part of Roxio's Easy CD Creator package. As that has just gone to
version 7 you should be able to pick up a ver 6 cheaply. Or even ver 5
say on eBay - do not try anything earlier