-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Burning question--Lil
- From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 21:36:32 -0600
Not to worry Lil, I was late replying to your message! And yes, there were a
bunch of msgs to download. I haven't been online the past couple of days
since I am trying to better organize my files.
I am still having some problems, but not as severe as they were. I was going
to reinstall EZC-6...I dove into my big "pc" box where I have lots and lots
of old programs, floppy diskettes, books and all-around OLD pc stuff. I
found my backup copy CD for it, but I have not yet found my original. Oh
well, I thought...I'll just pop this backup I made a long time ago. I did
and I was surprised that it showed there was nothing on the disk! I know I
used it when I first got this pc, so at one time it was OK. Now I'll have to
go out to the cold garage and see if I can find my original.
You asked if I had deleted the original files, no I didn't do that. I'm
hoping to save them before something horrid happens. In my big pc box, I did
find some CDs that I made with EZC-6 over 2 years ago on this pc and they
are good! A few of the files have no extension, but the file size is right;
I copied and pasted one onto my desktop and added the .jpg...wow, it worked!
I opened it with ACDsee and it was gorgeous. Only the ones with 0 bytes are
not good.
I understand completely about your dogs...and cats, too. We have 2 dogs, one
is an American Pit Bull Terrier and I will tell you that we have had *many*
dogs over our 46 years, but he is the sweetest, smartest most well-mannered
dog we have ever had. He is nearly perfect! Gentlemanly but funny, too. Bad
owners, bad breeders and the media have given the properly raised dogs a bad
name. Our two cats were already established, and they taught him manners
early!
The bull mastiff has a little red-nose Staffordshire in him, but he too is
so sweet, even though he was terribly abused for about 4 years. He was so
starved that he couldn't stand up. Our grandson had to carry him in, and I
thought it was a sack of bones. He is scarred all over, but many of the
scars are not as visible any more. His poor ears were a mass of puncture
wounds.
I never dreamed when we took him on as a rescue, that he would be so sweet.
I thought we would really have our hands full...I also thought that he would
'hate' people because of how he was treated. But, other than wanting to sit
on my lap, he is pretty good. Like many mastiffs, he is a bit willful, but
wants so badly to please that he becomes totally bummed out if he thinks he
messed up. And wants to make it up to you by extra kisses, ha-hah.
You mentioned a possible problem with the DVD drive, it is possible and I
did wonder about that, I have played audio CDs in it teday, with no trouble.
But since it is a combo, it might just be.
I'll be working on the backup problem. I can't afford it really, but I was
even considering an external hard drive. Don't know for sure at this point.
Sammi
Lilian wrote:
> Sorry I´m late replying to your message. Haven´t had much time for
> the
> puter these past days. Now have to go through 80+ messages :o)
>
> I´ve never had anything like what you said happen to me in EZC... I
> hope you
> did not delete your original files after copying them!!! I wonder if
> its
> something to do with DVD. As I said, I never burned DVDs with it,
> only CDs.
> I am going to install EZC 6 and have a look around and see if I come
> up with
> something.
>
> A bull -mastiff jumping on you could be quite a disaster <g> I had 3
> labradors that wanted to sit on my lap simultaneously... They are
> long gone
> now and we have 12 cats instead, one loves to sleep between the
> monitor and
> the keyboard !
>
> Regards
> Lil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 12:44 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Burning question--Lil
>
>
>> 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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