Want to put some pics on a cd rom thingee
 

Okay!!

My niece send me photos of me and Alan when we used to weigh 300 plus pounds. I never laughed so hard in all my life.

Alan wants me to copy these things from my "my pictures" folder to a cd rom so we can take it to the Kodak store and print them out.

Now I've only burned Audio files to a CdRW.

And the only cd rom thingees that I have in the house are MEMOREX, 4x rewrite speed CD-RW thingees.

So I took one, and placed in my Lightscribe DVD Writer/Cd-Writer thing that's in my computer. I actually have two cd rom drives. One says Cd-rom and the other is the Lightscribe thing.

I brought up the picture (this time it was in something called a Window Fax viewer) and on the bottom, it gives you lots of options.

I clicked on "save it", and I chose Drive E (which I believe is the Lightscribe thing). It kept saying "audio drive", or something to that effect.

Then when I thought I copied it, I went to My computer, I clicked on Drive E, and on the screen it gave me


Files waiting to be copied (and there was the picture),

and then it said "Files on the cd", and it said "One track".

So is this CD Rom thingee that I have in the drive, well is it the correct kind of thing to put photos on, or do I have to purchase some special cd rom thingee that you can copies photos to?

And if I have the wrong thingee, what do I need to buy? and where do I buy it? Maybe the Kodak guy sells the cd roms things?

I have no clue. Thanks much.

I never have figured out the xp version of CD burning ..

I downloaded a program called Ashampoo burning studio 6 {you can get trial pgms of newer versions - but i found the 6 that was free.
http://www.download.com/Ashampoo-Bur...-10776287.html

I tried a few other burning programs and this one was about the easiest to use - does CDs, DVDs, back ups etc.

Or maybe someone can tell us both how the windows XP burning works LOL

Oh, I just remembered. I have cd burning software on my computer.
I should have brought up that software and try doing that.

but am I using the correct cd rom thingee??

thanks, Melody

why not open explore on your windows and drag the files to the drive the disc is in?

right click the start button and click on explore find the folder your pics are in, probably a sub folder of 'my documents' click on that folder, the files in that folder will show up on right side of screen and then on left window scroll down to the cd drive at the bottom and from right side drag the pics you want to the cd drive on left side, when you drag the file right click the mouse and when you drag it to the cd folder at bottom release mouse it will say move or copy click copy

how about using a thumb drive?
 

Get one of those little "thumb drive' (aka 'flash' drive) - insert it in a USB port. Then drag & drop your files onto it.

A thumb drive is portable memory storage. It is re-writeable and holds its memory without a power supply, unlike RAM. Thumb drives will fit into any USB port on a computer.

:o

good idea Jean and mel you could bring the thumb/ flash drive to the photo place
cool look what i foundhttp://i429.photobucket.com/albums/q...flashdrive.jpg

Mel more than likely they will look like this though
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...lashDrive7.jpg

So I buy the thumb thing, or the flash drive, copy the photos and go to the photo place?

But tell me something, how come it would not copy to the MEMOREX 4x cd rom rw thingee? I'm still going to try and burn it using my burn software (whatever the heck THAT is). Oh god, all I wanted was 3 old fat photos of me.

Want to see one? I was such a full figured goddess back in the day!!!

lol

Thanks much

you really dont have to burn anything just drag files to the cd drive folder and copy them there and it will be done, i neve use a program to make data or pic cd's

to answer you yes take the flash drive in and they can plug it in to their machine and read it

I did the copy thing. I put in the memorex 4x thing into the Lightscribe thing. I copied it. All I get now is a balloon at the bottom right of my screen telling me that I have files in Drive E waiting to be copied.

Now how can I have files in Drive E waiting to be copied when Drive E is a CD ROM DRIVE.

UPDATE.

I just put the Memorex 4x cd into my E Drive. I went to My computer and double clicked on it. It said I had AN AUDIO CD in the drive.
Is this why I can' copy pics? Because this is an audio cd??

That's all I really want to know.

I am going to buy the flash drive thing



Mel

sounds like it
 

Mel

if it says you have an audio cd in the drive - it means that particular cd is formatted already and can't be written to.

Getting a rewritable thumb/portable USB drive will be easier for you. Just plug it in and drag files to it. When you are done with a project, just drag the "old" files (that are on the usb drive) to the trash. Then you can reuse it for new projects

good luck! jean