recording to cd/dvd with XP

[Spikey]

Am I right in thinking that XP has some basic recording facility built in?
In media player?

I've always used roxio software, so a bit vague on what XP will do without
it. Ive just had a look in media player and it looks as if it will for music
tracks.

I have a neighbour who is having difficulty offloading his pictures from
camera to pc then putting them on disc. Hes not pc literate and at this
point I'm only assuming XP from the age of his computer and that he actually
has some type of recordable drive. He saying he is following instructions
from someone else and getting nowhere.

I'm going to have a look tomorrow ( why me!!). So assuming he has the camera
software installed and he has got at least a cd-r can the photos be
transferred to disc without using 3-party burning software?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Am I right in thinking that XP has some basic recording facility
built in? In media player?

I've always used roxio software, so a bit vague on what XP will do
without it. Ive just had a look in media player and it looks as if
it will for music tracks.

I have a neighbour who is having difficulty offloading his pictures
from camera to pc then putting them on disc. Hes not pc literate
and at this point I'm only assuming XP from the age of his computer
and that he actually has some type of recordable drive. He saying
he is following instructions from someone else and getting nowhere.

I'm going to have a look tomorrow ( why me!!). So assuming he has
the camera software installed and he has got at least a cd-r can
the photos be transferred to disc without using 3-party burning
software?

Windows XP can write to CD-Rs - not DVDs.
Start button --> Help and Support --> search for:

write CD

 

[Tony Luxton]

Hi Spikey,

Am I right in thinking that XP has some basic recording facility built in?
In media player?

I've always used roxio software, so a bit vague on what XP will do without
it. Ive just had a look in media player and it looks as if it will for
music tracks.

Yes, Media Player will rip and burn music tracks to and from CDs (if that's
what you're asking).

I have a neighbour who is having difficulty offloading his pictures from
camera to pc then putting them on disc. Hes not pc literate and at this
point I'm only assuming XP from the age of his computer and that he
actually has some type of recordable drive. He saying he is following
instructions from someone else and getting nowhere.

I'm going to have a look tomorrow ( why me!!). So assuming he has the
camera software installed and he has got at least a cd-r can the photos
be transferred to disc without using 3-party burning software?

Yes, you can do it all in Explorer. Your friend's CDR drive should be in the
"send to" folder (right-click on a picture file, and select "send to"). The
picture(s) will go into a temporary folder, waiting to be burned to the
disk.

Tell him to click start, help and support. Look at the 2nd topic down in
the left column.

HTH Tony.

 

[Spikey]

Hi Spikey,

Yes, you can do it all in Explorer. Your friend's CDR drive should be in
the "send to" folder (right-click on a picture file, and select "send
to"). The picture(s) will go into a temporary folder, waiting to be burned
to the disk.

Tell him to click start, help and support. Look at the 2nd topic down in
the left column.

Thank you both for your replies. That sets it out quite clearly so I should
be able to walk him through the procedure ( assuming he has a cdr!).

Many thanks.

)

 

[Tony Luxton]

You're welcome, glad to help!

regards Tony.

Thank you both for your replies. That sets it out quite clearly so I
should be able to walk him through the procedure ( assuming he has a
cdr!).

Many thanks.

)

 

[Rock]

Am I right in thinking that XP has some basic recording facility built in?
In media player?

I've always used roxio software, so a bit vague on what XP will do without
it. Ive just had a look in media player and it looks as if it will for
music tracks.

I have a neighbour who is having difficulty offloading his pictures from
camera to pc then putting them on disc. Hes not pc literate and at this
point I'm only assuming XP from the age of his computer and that he
actually has some type of recordable drive. He saying he is following
instructions from someone else and getting nowhere.

I'm going to have a look tomorrow ( why me!!). So assuming he has the
camera software installed and he has got at least a cd-r can the photos
be transferred to disc without using 3-party burning software?

See this article on burning CD's in XP.
Burning CDs in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm