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ukdave
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Although reasonably competent in many areas of computer work over 20 plus years, my know how with regard to burning CDs is NIL as the following cries for help will be obvious to those of you who are ‘seasoned campaigners’.
I believe I am falling into a possible trap of thinking the work is similar to copying and pasting. Also viewing the disk as I do my floppy disk and zip disk. Whereas I hope you are all going to say – start to think differently when it comes to learning this new technology.
My problems!! Sorry about the long-winded detail, but I know of no other way to let you know where I have been in my first 36 hours. So here goes.
1. I use Windows 98SE operating system. Have 512MB RAM and hard disk of 57GB. The CD Rewriter is the Plextor Plexwriter 24/10/40A. The burning software came with the rewriter and is Nero version 5.5.3.5.
2. I tried to start in the most simple way I thought. The Plextor came with a complimentary disk CD-RW 74 minutes 650 MB. So I used this. I decided to write 1 AVI file to the CD-ROM (ISO). This worked OK. It was at this point I decided to use Explorer and using the right mouse button I examined the Properties to see Total capacity and bytes available. Here I was confronted with something surprising I thought. It showed up as Used 2MB and Free Space as ZERO BYTES! Why would this not show the balance of the 650MB CD-RW disk please? The usual properties circle image was coloured blue throughout - as all used up. Puzzled?? Type shown as CD-ROM disk and the File System as CDFS. It was this that made me write earlier have I got to start thinking differently from before.
3. Next I tried to delete the file using Explorer and this was not possible. I received a message to the effect that the file is “read-only”, together with the following: ERROR DELETING FILE. Cannot delete. Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. I had made sure not to finalize the disk in any way to prevent what I imagine would lead to such a write-protection. The disk patently was not full, the file was not being used other than me trying to delete it, and all programs were closed.
4. After the foregoing, I tried to create a MULTISESSION CD following Nero 5 instructions to the letter which I had printed out for clarity. Now before I started I erased the disk and checked using CD-Info the true availability capacity. Now here it was different it showed 651MB. Nevertheless I was a little confused by the other reference above it, because in the Total capacity it showed 0MB. I had thought this figure should also be 651MB. Perhaps I am completely missing the point in thinking that all references in this CD- burning business would be similar to those of using a Floppy Disk or a Zip disk. Perhaps someone could “cut to the chase” on this one for me. Thanks in advance.
5. My Multisession efforts used ISO Level 2 – Mode 1 ISO9660 – Start Multisession disk. All OK. Continued Multisession disk using default settings with multisession. I added 1 file to first attempt and this too was OK.
6. Now this is where I really start to lose the plot! Having read online help it states that something known as “the Nero Multimounter” is automatically installed with the installation of Nero! I take that to be so, as I would not know how to check. But let’s assume for the moment that it was. They use a question often sent to them which is: “Although I created a Multisession disk I can only see the last session. Why?” They (aHead) go on to explain that would probably be the case and that in Windows 3.1x you would only see the first session. But using the Nero Multimounter we can switch to any other session on our Multisession CD. I used their instructions as set out and when attempting to select my first session I got the message. “ The volume could not be mounted” Totally confused!! The ticked last selection is the only one I could access. Whether or not I need the earlier ones at this stage of my learning I have no idea. I just followed the instructions blindly.
7. If I wanted to remove earlier sessions one by one from the disk to increase available space, how would I do this please?
8. Basically I get the feeling that once information is on a CD-RW (and maybe a CD-R also) it cannot be removed file by file from a CD-RW like a Zip Disk. Only removed in its entirety by disk erasing. Is this so please?
As you can see, I soon realised that I was going nowhere and getting there fast – that is why I come to you to point me at least in the right direction. It is no good me charging down the road playing with the software I feel, if in fact I am heading in the wrong direction from the outset.
At least I learned early that there is a LOT to learn in this subject.
Many thanks to you all.
David
I believe I am falling into a possible trap of thinking the work is similar to copying and pasting. Also viewing the disk as I do my floppy disk and zip disk. Whereas I hope you are all going to say – start to think differently when it comes to learning this new technology.
My problems!! Sorry about the long-winded detail, but I know of no other way to let you know where I have been in my first 36 hours. So here goes.
1. I use Windows 98SE operating system. Have 512MB RAM and hard disk of 57GB. The CD Rewriter is the Plextor Plexwriter 24/10/40A. The burning software came with the rewriter and is Nero version 5.5.3.5.
2. I tried to start in the most simple way I thought. The Plextor came with a complimentary disk CD-RW 74 minutes 650 MB. So I used this. I decided to write 1 AVI file to the CD-ROM (ISO). This worked OK. It was at this point I decided to use Explorer and using the right mouse button I examined the Properties to see Total capacity and bytes available. Here I was confronted with something surprising I thought. It showed up as Used 2MB and Free Space as ZERO BYTES! Why would this not show the balance of the 650MB CD-RW disk please? The usual properties circle image was coloured blue throughout - as all used up. Puzzled?? Type shown as CD-ROM disk and the File System as CDFS. It was this that made me write earlier have I got to start thinking differently from before.
3. Next I tried to delete the file using Explorer and this was not possible. I received a message to the effect that the file is “read-only”, together with the following: ERROR DELETING FILE. Cannot delete. Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. I had made sure not to finalize the disk in any way to prevent what I imagine would lead to such a write-protection. The disk patently was not full, the file was not being used other than me trying to delete it, and all programs were closed.
4. After the foregoing, I tried to create a MULTISESSION CD following Nero 5 instructions to the letter which I had printed out for clarity. Now before I started I erased the disk and checked using CD-Info the true availability capacity. Now here it was different it showed 651MB. Nevertheless I was a little confused by the other reference above it, because in the Total capacity it showed 0MB. I had thought this figure should also be 651MB. Perhaps I am completely missing the point in thinking that all references in this CD- burning business would be similar to those of using a Floppy Disk or a Zip disk. Perhaps someone could “cut to the chase” on this one for me. Thanks in advance.
5. My Multisession efforts used ISO Level 2 – Mode 1 ISO9660 – Start Multisession disk. All OK. Continued Multisession disk using default settings with multisession. I added 1 file to first attempt and this too was OK.
6. Now this is where I really start to lose the plot! Having read online help it states that something known as “the Nero Multimounter” is automatically installed with the installation of Nero! I take that to be so, as I would not know how to check. But let’s assume for the moment that it was. They use a question often sent to them which is: “Although I created a Multisession disk I can only see the last session. Why?” They (aHead) go on to explain that would probably be the case and that in Windows 3.1x you would only see the first session. But using the Nero Multimounter we can switch to any other session on our Multisession CD. I used their instructions as set out and when attempting to select my first session I got the message. “ The volume could not be mounted” Totally confused!! The ticked last selection is the only one I could access. Whether or not I need the earlier ones at this stage of my learning I have no idea. I just followed the instructions blindly.
7. If I wanted to remove earlier sessions one by one from the disk to increase available space, how would I do this please?
8. Basically I get the feeling that once information is on a CD-RW (and maybe a CD-R also) it cannot be removed file by file from a CD-RW like a Zip Disk. Only removed in its entirety by disk erasing. Is this so please?
As you can see, I soon realised that I was going nowhere and getting there fast – that is why I come to you to point me at least in the right direction. It is no good me charging down the road playing with the software I feel, if in fact I am heading in the wrong direction from the outset.
At least I learned early that there is a LOT to learn in this subject.
Many thanks to you all.
David
