Document copy help needed.

brianlux

This belongs under "Computer Illiteracy 101"!

I want to copy a doument (66 pages of text) from my Dell laptop to a CD. I'm not sure how to do that. I tried copying on to a new disc that says "Magnavox CD-R 52X 700 MB" with no luck. It's either the wrong kind of disc or I didn't follow proper proceedure.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

rafie

First, you need to make sure that your CD drive also has the ability to "burn" disks. If so, you need to use a burnner program like Nero to place the files to the CD. The CD itself should be fine.

If all else fails, try uploading it to a disk on key if you have one or to your e-mail as a draft.

brianlux

Thanks, rafie. Is there a difference between "recordable" cds and "writable" cds? Mine say "recordable"-- maybe the wrong kind?

rafie

brianlux wrote:

Thanks, rafie. Is there a difference between "recordable" cds and "writable" cds? Mine say "recordable"-- maybe the wrong kind?

You need any disk that says CD-R on it. That means recordable (after burning the CD you can not make any changes to it). If it says CD-RW, that means re-writable (you can erase the disk and burn it again numerous times) - These are usually a lot more expensive.

brianlux

rafie wrote:

brianlux wrote:

Thanks, rafie. Is there a difference between "recordable" cds and "writable" cds? Mine say "recordable"-- maybe the wrong kind?

You need any disk that says CD-R on it. That means recordable (after burning the CD you can not make any changes to it). If it says CD-RW, that means re-writable (you can erase the disk and burn it again numerous times) - These are usually a lot more expensive.

Thanks again!

rafie