Thanks for that information. I have been searching for a reason to use Nero instead of XP drag and drop. And I also learned from you guys that InCD is a part of Nero. I didn't have a clue what that was on my task bar for or how to use it. Well, still don't but I am better off than before I knew it was a part of Nero. :-) Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:25 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: CD Burning Software > What I don't like about the windows burning program is that > it is difficult to find out when you are reaching the limit > of the amount of data you can put on a cd. > In Nero, it just has a bar that climbs as you put data on to > be burned, so you can play around with what you want to > burn. Plus - I like the way you can find your data to burn > better on Nero. > Cris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: T. Hunt > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:53 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: CD Burning Software > > > The feature built into XP that allows you to burn files to > CD is an > older version of Adaptec's (now Roxio) DirectCD program > which is a > packet writing program. It's another in a long line of > bundled > applications that are either old, limited or buggy that > Microsoft has > added to Windows. Seldom do any of these work as well as > the full blown > programs available elsewhere. > > My statement was to indicate that Windows' drag'n'drop > feature wasn't > part of any current burning program. > > And don't equate "always works" in a situation limited to > one computer > or one household with the idea that a program is functional > across a > wide range of platforms and operating systems. I learned a > lesson a > long time ago on a service call out in the middle of nowhere > when the > CD's I needed wouldn't read in the customer's machine. I > had thought I > would save money by using CD-RW's and erasing and updating > the info. > When I got home, I put all the info on CD-R's using the > TAO/DAO method > and haven't had a problem since. > > Backups mean different things to different people. If you > KNOW that > you'll always be reading those CD's in the same machine with > the same > OS, then using a method like that included in Windows is OK > for you. > When I talk about backups, I'm talking about securing vital > information > and putting it in a form that will be as widely readable as > possible, so > I can access it as quickly as possible, on the first machine > I have > available. I am usually involved with corporate records, > bank records, > business transactions, etc. > > Tom > > Judith wrote: >> But when I use XP's My Computer, click on my CD burning >> drive >> and drop a file I want to save into it, the menu on the >> left >> says "Write these files to CD." >> >> When I click on that, the Wizard which comes up and burns >> the >> file (data) to the CD has the words right before it closes >> that >> the software was made by says Roxio or Nero. >> >> All of the CDs I've burned dragging and dropping files >> always >> work. -- so what do you mean? >> >> Judith >> __________________ >> Neither one has anything to do with XP's drag'n'drop >> feature, >> however. >> >> Tom > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.4 - Release Date: > 2/1/2005 > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk