[accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage
- From: "Loy" <loyrg2845@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:23:23 -0500
Another way is to select files, then use context key and select send to and
then select the drive where you want to copy the files. I don't know if this is
a Windows feature or if this is placed there by Roxio or similar program.
Always good to have more than one way to do things.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcus Williams" <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:44 AM
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage
Wow, thanks!
These instructions are simple and easy to follow.
Marcus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:50 AM
Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage
> Here are instructions I wrote for someone awhile ago. I couldn't find my
> copy and she sent me hers. I've made slight modifications to make the
> instructions general and not specific to her machine configuration. They
> now apply to all computers running Windows XP.
>
> Gene
>
> First, place the cd in the drive and close it. After closing it, hold the
> left shift key down for about twenty seconds to keep a dialog from
> appearing asking what you want to do.
> Then, select the file or files you want to burn to cd. Now copy them to
> the clipboard.
> then backspace until you are at the place in My Computer where you select
> the drive you want to work with. Once there, down arrow to the cd drive.
> Press enter to open the drive.
> Paste the files to the drive. they now appear on the drive. Nothing has
> been copied to the cd yet. the files are in a temporary folder and the
> contents of that folder appears on the drive.
> Now, backspace once. You are again in the part of My Computer where you
> select the drive.
> Down arrow to the cd drive. Don't open the drive.Press the context menu
> key and when the menu opens, type the letter t.that's the shortcut for
> transfer. A dialog opens for naming the file if
> you wish. If you don't want to do this tab to the next button and press
> the space bar.
> a new dialog may appear asking what kind of cd you want to make. There
> are two radio buttons in this part of the dialog. down arrow to data cd.
> Once you hear that this option is checked, tab to the next button and
> press the space bar. Files will then start to be copied after a pause.
> If you don't get the dialog asking what kind of cd you want to make, files
> will be copied after a pause. In other words, after the dialog asking you
> if you want to name the cd, pressing the next button will either cause the
> files to start to be copied or bring up the dialog asking what kind of cd
> you want to make.
> After the files have finished copying, the cd drive door will open
> automatically. Also, a dialog will appear asking if you want to copy the
> files to another cd. If you don't want to, just tab to the finish button
> and press the space bar. this closes the transfer wizard.
> the files have been copied, the cd door is opened and the cd wizard is now
> closed.
> I should add that when you are pasting the files into the cd drive, if you
> get a dialog telling you that some content can't be transfered or will be
> lost, answer yes to this dialog which is asking if you want to copy the
> files anyway.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcus Williams" <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:56 AM
> Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage
>
>
>> I'll start by agreeing that an external drive is a better method for
>> extra storage.
>>
>> But since I don't own an external drive, and I have a half-dozen blank
>> discs, I decided to get some use out of them.
>>
>> I don't need to store files on them indefinitely; they need only be used
>> for a few months.
>>
>> I can't think of anything else to add.
>> Marcus
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:52 AM
>> Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage
>>
>>
>>> First, how long do you intend to keep what you store and how much
>>> material do you have which you intend to store? If it's more than a
>>> small or rather small amount, cds are not a good way to store it. The
>>> following does not apply to commercially produced cds such as albums you
>>> buy in stores. Those cds use a completely different process for
>>> encoding data and will last much longer. CDs you burn at home are
>>> expected to be reliable for five years after purchase. Beyond that
>>> time, you need to reburn everything to new cds. However, cds fail far
>>> too often even before five years. Some people make two separate copies
>>> of everything they back up on cd on two separate cds. That's so that if
>>> one cd fails, the other may well still be good. In short, if you have
>>> enough material to fill ten or fifteen cds, you will actually be using
>>> twenty or thirty cds if you want to be reasonably confident your
>>> material is safe and then in five years, you'll need to burn all the
>>> material again. Using an external hard drive for storage is a much more
>>> reliable and efficient choice. Or, you may want to use a service like
>>> Carbonite.com for storage. Your material may not be important enough or
>>> critical enough so you consider off site storage to be justified but it
>>> is an option you should at least be aware of. It protects you against
>>> loss due to fire, flood, robbery, etc. You may want to learn how to
>>> burn a data cd and use them, taking the precautions I discussed above.
>>> If you do, if you are using Windows XP, it has a burning utility built
>>> into the operating system. Vista does as well but I haven't worked with
>>> Vista and can't discuss the Vista version of the utility. I'll wait to
>>> see if others provide instructions before proceeding. I may have saved
>>> messages I wrote in the past explaining how to burn data cds. I'll look
>>> for them if others don't furnish a description.
>>>
>>> Gene
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Marcus Williams" <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:16 AM
>>> Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage
>>>
>>>
>>>>I haven't installed any CD burning software.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <jewelsong21@xxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <the-blind-geek-squad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Cc: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:21 AM
>>>> Subject: [accesscomp] Re: using CD's for data storage
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Marcus,
>>>> What kind of CD burning software do you have? That will dictate wat
>>>> steps you take to put the books on CD. D
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Marcus Williams <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:28 AM
>>>> To: the-blind-geek-squad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Cc: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [accesscomp] using CD's for data storage
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I have some blank compact discs, but no music to put on them.
>>>>
>>>> So, I thought I could use them to store part of my ebook collection.
>>>>
>>>> Since I've never tried this, any helpful hints would be nice.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Marcus
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
Other related posts:
