Need help with transfering a file to a CD

[PeterM]

I can't for the life of me transfer/burn a file 34mb to a CD. I have Nero 6,
Roxio's latest software, and can't figure it out. I always start with making
a data disk. Maybe that is the wrong way to do it. How do I copy a file to a
CD in Win XP Home. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease tell me how to do it. I have so many
coasters, I can cover my house with it. Is it still true that I can read a
CD w/o starting it, by pressing down the Shift key?. Is there a toggle maybe
where I can have the CD play or not play? After I made several attempts to
copy/burn a file to a CD (CD-R) and I want to just look at the CD content,
the CD reader just reads and reads and reads, never even stopping, what is
wrong with that? Any help is appreciated.............Peter

[Mary Sauer]

Use the directCD format utility, format the CD, drag and drop your files or
right-click drag to the CD and click move here.

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"PeterM" > wrote in message
...
> I can't for the life of me transfer/burn a file 34mb to a CD. I have Nero 6,
> Roxio's latest software, and can't figure it out. I always start with making
> a data disk. Maybe that is the wrong way to do it. How do I copy a file to a
> CD in Win XP Home. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease tell me how to do it. I have so many
> coasters, I can cover my house with it. Is it still true that I can read a
> CD w/o starting it, by pressing down the Shift key?. Is there a toggle maybe
> where I can have the CD play or not play? After I made several attempts to
> copy/burn a file to a CD (CD-R) and I want to just look at the CD content,
> the CD reader just reads and reads and reads, never even stopping, what is
> wrong with that? Any help is appreciated.............Peter
>
>

[PeterM]

Thanks Mary, how do I get to that ? old feeble man in California..Peter
"Mary Sauer" > wrote in message
...
> Use the directCD format utility, format the CD, drag and drop your files
or
> right-click drag to the CD and click move here.
>
> --
> Mary Sauer MS MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
> "PeterM" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I can't for the life of me transfer/burn a file 34mb to a CD. I have
Nero 6,
> > Roxio's latest software, and can't figure it out. I always start with
making
> > a data disk. Maybe that is the wrong way to do it. How do I copy a file
to a
> > CD in Win XP Home. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease tell me how to do it. I have so
many
> > coasters, I can cover my house with it. Is it still true that I can read
a
> > CD w/o starting it, by pressing down the Shift key?. Is there a toggle
maybe
> > where I can have the CD play or not play? After I made several attempts
to
> > copy/burn a file to a CD (CD-R) and I want to just look at the CD
content,
> > the CD reader just reads and reads and reads, never even stopping, what
is
> > wrong with that? Any help is appreciated.............Peter
> >
> >
>
>

[Shenan Stanley]

PeterM wrote:
> I can't for the life of me transfer/burn a file 34mb to a CD. I have
> Nero 6, Roxio's latest software, and can't figure it out. I always
> start with making a data disk. Maybe that is the wrong way to do it.
> How do I copy a file to a CD in Win XP Home. Pleeeeeeeeeeeease tell
> me how to do it. I have so many coasters, I can cover my house with
> it. Is it still true that I can read a CD w/o starting it, by
> pressing down the Shift key?. Is there a toggle maybe where I can
> have the CD play or not play? After I made several attempts to
> copy/burn a file to a CD (CD-R) and I want to just look at the CD
> content, the CD reader just reads and reads and reads, never even
> stopping, what is wrong with that? Any help is
> appreciated.............Peter

Some Light Reading:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

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