-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Burning question--Lil
- From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 21:44:13 -0600
Hi Lil,
When I try to open the file, no matter what format it uses, jpg or gif or
doc...the image or file does not come up. The file has the correct icon on
some, but the file size is 0. And instead of the CD being 600 plus MBs, it
is only 3.5 MBs for example.
If you hear of a wild-eyed g'ma running around pulling out her hair,
shrieking and babbling...it's me! LOL. This is really teaching me a lot
about my computer, my EZ Creator 6 and that I *should* have been backing up
this stuff all along. Duh. Like most things (like diets) I start strong and
it goes down hill from there. Because XP is so much more stable than W 98
was, I got complacent and forgot what I have always told others to do.
I have spent most of the evening organizing, rearranging and testing my
EZC6. I had forgotten there were so many things that I liked about it. I was
nearly through with a 4 G DVD test...when my big ol' bull-mastiff jumped up
to give me a big sloppy kiss, his foot hit the keyboard and canceled it! I
didn't even get cross with him; if he thinks that he has done something
wrong, he gets very stressed. We rescued him from a slow starvation and he
is the sweetest most loving dog we have ever had; his former owners didn't
know what a treasure they had.
Fortunately for him and for me...I had saved the project in EZC6 and all I
had to do was load it again and run the test again. I have an older version
of Nero, but it says it's for W98 SE. I am going to stick with EZC6 for
right now and see if the other things I am working will help.
Thanks for your post,
Sammi
Lilian wrote:
> But what happens when you try to open the file you burned? For
> instance the
> jpg or gif, does the image come up when you click it? I also used CD
> Creator 6 (now I use Nero) but I dragged the files inside the CD
> Creator
> windows, not in Explorer.
>
> Lil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sammi
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:10 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Burning question
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Just when you thought I was gone...LOL. Below you will notice I use
> the
> words *seem* and *appears*, that is because I am not sure about
> anything
> anymore on my pc.
>
> Because of all of my PrtScn/memory problems, I am trying to do all of
> those
> backups that I should have done before. There are a few problems I am
> running into that may impact my new backups.
>
> 1. I often encounter this message:
> "The file xyz.ext has extra information attached to it that might
> be
> lost if you continue copying. The contents of the file will not be
> affected.
> Do you want to copy the file anyway?" What the heck does this mean?
> Why
> would it have extra info that would be lost and what is the
> information? I
> have gotten this msg on zip, jpg, gif and other extensions. Do I need
> to
> worry about it? I don't want to continue to make backups when I keep
> getting
> this warning/alert.
>
> 2. I have tried using my version 6 of EZ CD Creator to make my
> backups, but
> when using a DVD for this purpose, it seems to be a hit and miss
> result.
> Some files are OK. Some look like they are OK, but the file size is
> 0. So
> far I have a few 'coasters' instead of backups. The DVDs/CDs are too
> expensive for me to keep experimenting.
> On some of the DVDs, there will be parts that are OK...and part
> of it
> just *looks* OK. The only way I can tell is to run my cursor over the
> file
> and check the file size. And some files have the 'unknown' icon and
> zero
> file size. I rather doubt that using a different burning program
> would give
> me better results.
>
> 3. It appears that the most secure way to burn a CD seems to be
> using a CD
> and not a DVD. The method of copy and paste each item seems to be
> 'sticking'
> to the CD. At least it seems that way. Short of checking every single
> file
> on the burned media, I can't be sure that any of them are really
> good. The
> only drawback to using this method is that I will have to use a *lot*
> of CDs
> for my large folders of images, sound files, fonts etc.
>
> 4. Also on using a DVD, it appears that you cannot create a folder
> without
> using a burn program. I tried bypassing the folder creation by
> copy/paste
> directly through Windows. But then I get the Windows has encountered a
> problem with ....
>
> This morning with both sticks in, the PrtScn worked fine. The burn
> function
> is iffy. I have removed and replaced those two sticks so many times I
> could
> do it in my sleep.
>
> Last night, after posting on the Dell community forum, I was advised
> to run
> a Dell Diagnostic from the Utility partition on my PC. It didn't show
> anything that might be wrong. It passed every test with flying colors.
> Except that my pc is NOT working right, hahah.
>
> If I can get around the problem I'm having with making backups at
> least that
> will be one more problem I can quit worrying about. Anyone have any
> ideas to
> help me with this new wrinkle?
>
> TIA
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