Hi Amro, It must be different on vista, I highlighted the files I wanted to write to disk, right clicked and chose send to rom-drive, then opened my computer and right clicked rom-drive and selected burn to disk. However, it said their were no files to write to disk. any further suggestions? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 4:41 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: free accessible cd burners Hi Jim, I use XP but I recall that burning under Vista/Windows7 is not too different. Start with highlighting the files you want to burn. Right click and choose your drive from the (send to) submenu. When I finish adding files to the CD image to be burned I open the my computer, right click the DVD drive and choose (write these files to CD). Next the Windows writing wizard pops up asking if I want to burn a data CD or an audio CD. Choose the forma for MP3 files and the latter for audio CD's. Give your CD a name and hit enter. WMP will come up at this stage. Tab to Start Burning and click it or just hit Alt S to start burning. That's it. I can't recall of the top of my head how to rip CD's using WMP but it was quite straight forward. Don't you get a popup Window asking if you want to rip the CD when you first insert it? If anyone is really interested I can rip a CD to refresh my memory and write back. I am not saying that one has to use WMP, I myself use other tools sometimes, but if there isn't a reason to use other tools than the ones that come with your system, you might as well give them a go before looking somewhere else. HTH, Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: jim To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 6:00 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: free accessible cd burners Andy, I've tried to burn before with the vista burning part of vista and I've had no luck. Sometimes i need to burn audio and sometimes mp3 files so need something that I can use to burn either, but not too difficult to use. Thanks for your advice though. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: ANDY COLLINS To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 3:38 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: free accessible cd burners Jim - whichever programme you opt for, something about it will have to be learnt, so why not have a go with what you already have under Vista--insert your blank disk, and select your rom drive from Windows Explorer, and go from there, have a look on the file menu as I can't remember the steps off heart, but always found them strait forward. HTH in some way - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: jim To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:38 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: free accessible cd burners Hi Andy, Again because I don't know how to burn from the vista burn program. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: ANDY COLLINS To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:27 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: free accessible cd burners Why not use the burning facility in Vista? I do and it works fine - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: jim To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:17 PM Subject: [access-uk] free accessible cd burners Hi List, Now I've managed to sort the cdex ripping program out, can someone please advise me on the best free accessible burner to use other than Nero. It was suggested deepburner but unfortunately it doesn't support vista. It is for burning music and data and doesn't need loads of bells and whistles. I'm using jaws 9 and vista. Any suggestions gratefully accepted. Jim. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5389 (20100823) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com