Burning CD's ...

[Daniel]

Hi,

I'm running a P4 TOSHIBA laptop. I wish to backup some data to cdr but
there's one thing I'm concerned about .. My screen saver switches on after a
few minutes an I'm affraid that this will screw up the cdr burning process.
I was told that as little desktop "activity" should be done while recording
cdr's and I'm wondering if I should turn the screen saver off ? At the same
time I don't want my screen to be on the whole time and have problems with
it later. How do I do both ? Can I just turn the screen off while burning
the cdr ? What advice would you give ? Thanks again. ---Daniel

[Harry Ohrn]

It is unlikely that the screensaver will cause you a problem.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Daniel" > wrote in message
. ca...
> Hi,
>
> I'm running a P4 TOSHIBA laptop. I wish to backup some data to cdr but
> there's one thing I'm concerned about .. My screen saver switches on after
a
> few minutes an I'm affraid that this will screw up the cdr burning
process.
> I was told that as little desktop "activity" should be done while
recording
> cdr's and I'm wondering if I should turn the screen saver off ? At the
same
> time I don't want my screen to be on the whole time and have problems with
> it later. How do I do both ? Can I just turn the screen off while burning
> the cdr ? What advice would you give ? Thanks again. ---Daniel
>
>

[Malvern]

"Daniel" > wrote in message
. ca...
> Hi,
>
> I'm running a P4 TOSHIBA laptop. I wish to backup some data to cdr but
> there's one thing I'm concerned about .. My screen saver switches on after
a
> few minutes an I'm affraid that this will screw up the cdr burning
process.
> I was told that as little desktop "activity" should be done while
recording
> cdr's and I'm wondering if I should turn the screen saver off ? At the
same
> time I don't want my screen to be on the whole time and have problems with
> it later. How do I do both ? Can I just turn the screen off while burning
> the cdr ? What advice would you give ? Thanks again. ---Daniel
>
If this is a real concern, extend the delay time for Screen Saver to start
up past the average time it takes your system to create a CD; it can always
be reduced later. It takes roughly 20 minutes to burn a CD to capacity at
4x--at least with HP RecordNow. FWIW, I have my Saver set to start at 15
minutes and have not, to date, had a start of it while doing a "burn."

Malv

Malv

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"Daniel" > wrote in message
. ca
> Hi,
>
> I'm running a P4 TOSHIBA laptop. I wish to backup some data to cdr but
> there's one thing I'm concerned about .. My screen saver switches on
> after a few minutes an I'm affraid that this will screw up the cdr
> burning process. I was told that as little desktop "activity" should
> be done while recording cdr's and I'm wondering if I should turn the
> screen saver off ? At the same time I don't want my screen to be on
> the whole time and have problems with it later. How do I do both ?
> Can I just turn the screen off while burning the cdr ? What advice
> would you give ? Thanks again. ---Daniel

Turn off the screen saver.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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