Cannot copy photos to CD

I'm trying to copy photos to a CD-R in Vista. All the files are jpegs. I
insert a disc, it asks to format so we format. I copy the files I want from
my hardrive and paste them on the cd and it starts copying, then it says its
going to take an hour and a half to copy 500mb of pics. somethings seems
wrong to me. anyone else have a problem like this? Any solution?

In article <7AB88287-246E-4D95-B610->,
jmwhosh <> wrote:

> I'm trying to copy photos to a CD-R in Vista. All the files are jpegs. I
> insert a disc, it asks to format so we format. I copy the files I want from
> my hardrive and paste them on the cd and it starts copying, then it says its
> going to take an hour and a half to copy 500mb of pics. somethings seems
> wrong to me. anyone else have a problem like this? Any solution?

Since when do CD-Rs need to be "formatted"?

Mike

Vista apparently got rid of the nice quick CD creation method of WXP and now
uses a lame version that takes a rediculous amout of time and wastes a lot
of space with this 'formatting'. I had software years ago that did
something similar similar - it allowed read/write/delete access to CD-Rs,
but of course, the space deleted from deleted files is not recovered. I was
so disappointed by my first attempt to move some files by putting them on a
CD-RW and carrying it to a WXP system that I haven't even tried to find out
how it is 'supposed' to work.

-Paul Randall

"jmwhosh" <> wrote in message
news:7AB88287-246E-4D95-B610-...
> I'm trying to copy photos to a CD-R in Vista. All the files are jpegs. I
> insert a disc, it asks to format so we format. I copy the files I want
> from
> my hardrive and paste them on the cd and it starts copying, then it says
> its
> going to take an hour and a half to copy 500mb of pics. somethings seems
> wrong to me. anyone else have a problem like this? Any solution?

So basically I should look for a different solution instead of hoping that
creating a cd in vista would work.

"Paul Randall" wrote:

> Vista apparently got rid of the nice quick CD creation method of WXP and now
> uses a lame version that takes a rediculous amout of time and wastes a lot
> of space with this 'formatting'. I had software years ago that did
> something similar similar - it allowed read/write/delete access to CD-Rs,
> but of course, the space deleted from deleted files is not recovered. I was
> so disappointed by my first attempt to move some files by putting them on a
> CD-RW and carrying it to a WXP system that I haven't even tried to find out
> how it is 'supposed' to work.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
> "jmwhosh" <> wrote in message
> news:7AB88287-246E-4D95-B610-...
> > I'm trying to copy photos to a CD-R in Vista. All the files are jpegs. I
> > insert a disc, it asks to format so we format. I copy the files I want
> > from
> > my hardrive and paste them on the cd and it starts copying, then it says
> > its
> > going to take an hour and a half to copy 500mb of pics. somethings seems
> > wrong to me. anyone else have a problem like this? Any solution?
>
>
>

You have probably allowed Vista to format the CD-R in the 'Live File System'
this allows you to add files and delete files from the CD-R (space is not
recovered however). I suspect that this is not what you actually want. When
you are asked to format the CD-R disc there should be a down chevron for
'Show Formatting Options', open this up and select 'Mastered' rather than
'Live File System'.
Now when you copy files to the CD-R they will be placed in a temporary area.
You can continue to add files until you select the 'burn to CD'. The files
will then be transferred to the CD, the CD finalized for use and no more
files can be added to it. This should be MUCH faster and results in a more
'standard' CD which can be read on many more machines.

Michael


"jmwhosh" <> wrote in message
news:7AB88287-246E-4D95-B610-...
> I'm trying to copy photos to a CD-R in Vista. All the files are jpegs. I
> insert a disc, it asks to format so we format. I copy the files I want
> from
> my hardrive and paste them on the cd and it starts copying, then it says
> its
> going to take an hour and a half to copy 500mb of pics. somethings seems
> wrong to me. anyone else have a problem like this? Any solution?

"jmwhosh" <> wrote in message
news:2F974971-597D-4D73-AD3F-...
> So basically I should look for a different solution instead of hoping that
> creating a cd in vista would work.
>
> "Paul Randall" wrote:

Go the route that the other poster Michael said. I haven't tried it, yet,
but it sounds similar to the WXP process.

-Paul Randall

Get a decent burn software.

"Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "jmwhosh" <> wrote in message
> news:2F974971-597D-4D73-AD3F-...
>> So basically I should look for a different solution instead of hoping
>> that
>> creating a cd in vista would work.
>>
>> "Paul Randall" wrote:
>
> Go the route that the other poster Michael said. I haven't tried it, yet,
> but it sounds similar to the WXP process.
>
> -Paul Randall
>

"jmwhosh" <> wrote in message
news:7AB88287-246E-4D95-B610-...
> I'm trying to copy photos to a CD-R in Vista. All the files are jpegs. I
> insert a disc, it asks to format so we format. I copy the files I want
> from
> my hardrive and paste them on the cd and it starts copying, then it says
> its
> going to take an hour and a half to copy 500mb of pics. somethings seems
> wrong to me. anyone else have a problem like this? Any solution?


I just burned some files to DVD+R just the other day and Vista didn't ask to
format the disk first. I had no issues and the burn went fine. I've done
this twice using Vista to burn DVD+R's and no issues either time. Maybe the
issue is the quality of your media?

Just get Nero.

"Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
news:u%...
> Vista apparently got rid of the nice quick CD creation method of WXP and
> now uses a lame version that takes a rediculous amout of time and wastes a
> lot of space with this 'formatting'. I had software years ago that did
> something similar similar - it allowed read/write/delete access to CD-Rs,
> but of course, the space deleted from deleted files is not recovered. I
> was so disappointed by my first attempt to move some files by putting them
> on a CD-RW and carrying it to a WXP system that I haven't even tried to
> find out how it is 'supposed' to work.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
> "jmwhosh" <> wrote in message
> news:7AB88287-246E-4D95-B610-...
>> I'm trying to copy photos to a CD-R in Vista. All the files are jpegs. I
>> insert a disc, it asks to format so we format. I copy the files I want
>> from
>> my hardrive and paste them on the cd and it starts copying, then it says
>> its
>> going to take an hour and a half to copy 500mb of pics. somethings seems
>> wrong to me. anyone else have a problem like this? Any solution?
>
>