Re: The W-XP burner = J Harkins

[Jim Harkins]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:46:37 -0600, "~ Free Spirit ~"
> wrote:

>
>"Jim Harkins" > wrote in message
...
>> US$40 isn't too cheap these days. I just paid $70 for a known-name
>> (Sony) CD-RW drive, but the $20 rebate brought the price down to $50.
>> I suppose if I'd waited another month or so, the p[rice would have
>> been even less...
>> Mad? Subscribe to VITUPERATIONS - you'll get madder, and you'll like it!
>====================
>Thanks. I hadn't realized they came down so much..... I'm thinking over
>$100 for a good CD-RW/R drive with underrun protection. :-)
>
>FS.......
>
You might get what you pay for, anyway. Sony is a known name in
electronics, but they don't have that much of a history in the CD
area. I noticed this morning when I installed it that they rely on
somebody else's software instead of their own. I'll probably try
several different CD-burning software apps before I settle on one.
Don't be afraid to experiment!
Mad? Subscribe to VITUPERATIONS - you'll get madder, and you'll like it!

[Mad Max]

All;
Saw on TV last night that ' Maytag ' had began producing a less expensive
line of washing machines. ( make that cheaper, both in price and in quality)
Also John Deere lawn tractors has a line of less costly ( same notation)
machines.
Both companies bought out other mfgrs. to produce lines of equipment of
lesser quality. However neither company thought it necessary to advise the
general public of their underhanded tactics.
Both products bear the names Maytag and John Deere , but are generally
available only at Home and Garden centers etc.
And to make matters worse , most of the sales people in those stores are not
aware of the deception. Of course we all know that generally speaking,
salespersonell as a group know less that the buyers about whatever it is
they are selling.
Buyer beware---true now more than ever.


"Jim Harkins" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 16:46:37 -0600, "~ Free Spirit ~"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Jim Harkins" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> US$40 isn't too cheap these days. I just paid $70 for a known-name
> >> (Sony) CD-RW drive, but the $20 rebate brought the price down to $50.
> >> I suppose if I'd waited another month or so, the p[rice would have
> >> been even less...
> >> Mad? Subscribe to VITUPERATIONS - you'll get madder, and you'll like
it!
> >====================
> >Thanks. I hadn't realized they came down so much..... I'm thinking over
> >$100 for a good CD-RW/R drive with underrun protection. :-)
> >
> >FS.......
> >
> You might get what you pay for, anyway. Sony is a known name in
> electronics, but they don't have that much of a history in the CD
> area. I noticed this morning when I installed it that they rely on
> somebody else's software instead of their own. I'll probably try
> several different CD-burning software apps before I settle on one.
> Don't be afraid to experiment!
> Mad? Subscribe to VITUPERATIONS - you'll get madder, and you'll like it!
>

[cinnebarr]

If you choose to you XP burner, my preference, then all you need to do is right click on the file you want burned, scroll down to "send to" and XP will automatically list it on it's burner software. When you are done a "pop up" will tell you that you have
files waiting to be burned.

[The_Geologist]

Is there a way to make the files burn directly onto the CD and not have to go through the pop up telling you that you have files waiting to be burned. I am trying to move my archieve folder (a pst file from outlook 2002) to my CD burner and the file become
s a read only once it is written on the CD. Is that a function of the NT based XP?

[Sharon F]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:31:05 -0800, The_Geologist wrote:


> Is there a way to make the files burn directly onto the CD and not have
> to go through the pop up telling you that you have files waiting to be
> burned. I am trying to move my archieve folder (a pst file from outlook
> 2002) to my CD burner and the file becomes a read only once it is
> written on the CD. Is that a function of the NT based XP?

No, it is not a function of an NT based XP. It is the nature of writing
files to CD. There are two common methods of writing to CD. "Mastering
sessions" which is what XP uses Nero portion of Ahead's software as well.
Then there is on-the-fly "packet writing." XP does not do packet writing.
Ahead's InCD, HP's DLA and a handful of other programs do this.

Using program's of this type might make it feel as if you are directly
editing a file. Behind the scenes, the old copy is erased and a new one is
created. Whenever you copy a file from a CD, CD/R and even a CD/RW to the
hard drive, check the Read Only attribute. If it is not normally checked
for that file, uncheck the box.

A good article on XP CD burning can be found here:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Sharon F]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:01:09 -0800, The_Geologist wrote:

> Sharon,
>
> Thank you! Now I understand why I couldn't use the CD burner the way I
> wanted. The article was great.

You're welcome! I'm glad to hear that you found Alex Nichol's article to be
useful too.
--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User