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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 21:41:12 GMT
Okay. So I've finally acquired some cheap DVD-Rs. "General Purpose" 8x 4.7 GB DVD-R by Datawrite. £12.50 for 50. I've bought them to back up my My Documents / Pictures folders - stuff like that. Nothing technical - no ripping, movie copying ... just data. And I can't copy anything into them - not even a simple folder. Any thoughts?  really dissapointed and daren't take them back if I'm just f?cking them all up. |
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 21:51:45 GMT
Break it down. What are you doing?
Are you using a program to do it, or just manually in Windows Explorer?
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 21:55:17 GMT
Manually. Drag and drop with CD-Wizard in Windows XP. Keeps telling me it can't copy files. I'm thinking it might be a driver issue. I don't think I've written anything to a DVD since after the last crash I had.
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 21:56:32 GMT
I'm going to try one of my Roxio programs next.
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 21:58:25 GMT
It might be a drive issue. What does your drive call itself?
On the other hand, sometimes I'm told I can't copy stuff when I'm doing it manually. Computers can be a bit fussy/temperamental... Do you have any software you could use? Might make it easier - although it shouldn't be necessary, mght help avoid the hassle.
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:03:23 GMT
I can't find any specific drivers on the disks that came with the computer  I'm pretty sure it's not what Windows XP thinks it is (a SONY something) - but CD-R writing works. Okay, going for a restart and trying something else. |
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 22:09:29 GMT
Surely if it's just pictures and documents you'd be all right doing it to CD instead of DVD anyway. They can't be THAT huge...
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:09:32 GMT
Okay. I am now trying Roxio Drag To Disc.
It whirs, it spins ....
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:15:25 GMT
2 minutes remaining ... hmm ... I could have copied something smaller I guess ...
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:16:22 GMT
Surely if it's just pictures and documents you'd be all right doing it to CD instead of DVD anyway. They can't be THAT huge... I'm being careful not to copy anything larger than 4 giggles. ;D |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:16:58 GMT
Oh, now it says 3 minutes - it started at 8 minutes ...
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 22:20:35 GMT
Don't panic  |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:23:04 GMT
"preparing to eject " ...
Some scary tickboxes about allowing the disc to be readable on other computers - did I tick the right one?
I remember having trouble getting my dad's laptop to read a DVD ages ago - is this all linked ...? where are computers so unforgiving!?
It's ejected.
long pause
I'm staring at it.
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 22:23:43 GMT
And............?
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:24:30 GMT
I'm re-inserting it ....
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 22:24:40 GMT
Dude, you know it won't look any different once it's been written.
(You have to get the computer to look at it with its magic computer eyes to see if it's worked.)
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:24:45 GMT
*whirring noises*
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 22:25:25 GMT
You should be a thriller writer.
You really have the suspense thing down pat.
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:25:58 GMT
Tune in next week ... ;D
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:27:28 GMT
3.4 GB!!!  Oh yes, yes .... Serious data transfer!!!! Next: Pirating!  |
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 22:27:29 GMT
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:29:08 GMT
;D
Now where's that special pen I'm supposed to use?
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 22:29:24 GMT
Pirating is the way forward!  Mmmmmmm I like CD pens. I've started drawing beautiful pictures on all of my homemade CDs/DVDs now. |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:33:10 GMT
And they say that pirating lacks creativity! ;D
No I lie. I've plenty to back up first, before all that films nonsense.
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Post by lollipop on Apr 20, 2007 22:34:37 GMT
I had to steal some orange and yellow pens from the maths department (we had them when we were making a slideshow, for the OHP) to complete my Now! Christmas ones ;D
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2007 22:39:18 GMT
;D ;D
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Post by Tinkerbell on Apr 21, 2007 19:13:39 GMT
Nero is your friend! And dvd shrink
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 21, 2007 20:07:53 GMT
It's interesting stuff - there's loads of programs for shrinking DVDs to CD size. I was just saying today to a friend that there hardly seems any point to me copying my own films for people when they were nearly all bought on budget originally - however some of my older print DVDs may be without various copy-protection thingies so they'll be easier to rip. However most of my Disney / animations seem to be pretty well protected.
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Post by lollipop on Apr 21, 2007 20:08:17 GMT
Nero and Power2Go! Seriously, Power2GO!!! |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 21, 2007 20:08:52 GMT
I can see Ive got some downloading to do ;D
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really dissapointed and daren't take them back if I'm just f?cking them all up.
I'm pretty sure it's not what Windows XP thinks it is (a SONY something) - but CD-R writing works.
