saving files to CD or DVD

[moonraker]

Hi, I am having trouble saving files to CD's.

Firstly, could you advise me as to how I can gain access to the technical
info relating to my "D" and "E" drive, i.e make speeds etc, I know you can
call this up on the PC but have forgotten where!!

Secondly, if either of these are just CD writers, which are the best type of
CD's to use.

Thirdly, if I am unable to save to the CD's, how can I best diagnose what is
wrong.

Many thanks

Steve

 

[matt hopkins]

right clicking the drive and pressing propperites will bring up the
technical information

most writeable cds have there own specialities and it depends what your
copying to them eg cd-rs for music cdrws for data and dvds for movies and
big files

if you have problems try the windows support guide thatll guide you through
most things that are wrong with cds

 

[glee]

First, look in Device Manager and tell us what is shown for the drives. Use any of
these methods to open Device Manager:

Press and hold the Windows key and press the Pause/Break key, to bring up System
Properties
(Or Start> Control Panel> System).
Click the Hardware tab, then Device Manager button.
Or
Start> Run> type: devmgmt.msc
|Click OK|

Expand the DVD/CD-ROM Drives category and post back with what is listed under it.

Additionally, open My Computer, right-click each optical drive shown, clcik
Properties on the menu that appears, then click the Recording tab.
Tell us every option and setting that is selected, for each drive.

Also, tell us how you are trying to write to the drives......are you dragging files
to the drive, or using the right-click>SendTo option on a file to send to the
optical drive, or using the Task pane in Explorer to Copy to CD, or some other
method?

Do you have any CD mastering software installed.....Nero, Easy CD, or other? If so,
what, and what version?

What type of discs are you trying....CD-R, CD-RW?

Exactly what problems are you having, and at what point in the process?