Assignment:   Burn a CD of all of your documents

Goals:             Produce a CD for you to take all of your documents (pictures, files, projects, etc.)

Tools:              Windows XP or Nero

 

If you are burning only Photos, you may want to use Picasa CD burning.

 

Regardless of what method you use below, consider that you have documents in multiple places:

• P Drive

• Desktop

• My Documents (specifically, you want the Picasa folder in the Pictures Folder, but other documents may have gotten saved in that folder as well)

• L Drive (it is small, but you might have saved some work in there in a hurry or when your P Drive was not active)

• K Drive (public work that you have access to, like slide shows, class pictures you took, or that were taken of you, as well as software that I have downloaded for you)

 

Method 1: Alternative to using Picasa to burn your CD (using Windows XP Built In Burning Software):

 

1. Insert a blank CD. Windows XP Autoplay Wizard will present several options for you. Choose "Open writeable CD folder"

2. Drag everything over to this window that you want to put on the CD. Ie. Go to your picture folder and drag over all the pictures that you want to put on the CD. A disk will generally hold 650mb (yes, they are rated for 700...but filling it all the way will increase the chance of a bad burn).

3. Click on "Write these files to CD" in the upper left side of the CD Folder you have been dragging items to.

 

 

Method 2: Burning a CD via Nero: (see screen shots below)

 

NOTE: PSD should be saved as JPEGs BEFORE burning.

 

 

1. Insert a blank CD. Windows XP Autoplay should present you with several options for you. Choose "Create Your Own Disc using Nero StartSmart".

2. Choose "Make Data CD" or "Make DAta DVD

3. Drag everything over from your P Drive, C Drive and L Drive windows to the Nero Express Window. EXCEPT...delete the TRASHBOX

4. Make sure the bar at the bottom does not exceed the 700 MB or the 4500 space...and generally, anything over 650 increases the chance of a bad burn. Click Next.

5. Name the disk Change "Writing speed" to one or two less than the maximum (burning at max speed increases the chance of a bad burn).

* If you want to burn more than one disk copy, the quickest way is to turn OFF the "Allow files to be added later (multisession disc)". Leave this option on if you only are filling HALF of the disk, like iwth 300 MBs. If you are over 600 MB...turn this option OFF!!

* If the data is REALLY important, you should "Verify data on disc after burning" but it will increase the burn time two fold. And, increase the burn failure rate. Generally...if the burn finishes, the files will work...so Verify is not really necessary.

6. Confirm, then Burn.

 

Screen shots using Nero:

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be sure to grab the Picasa folder in My Pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

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