problem burning CDs..

ok, am home now.. tried again..

I put blank CD in second drive (other drive has CD I want to burn
FROM..)

it prompts me to format, I format.. when it's done it says "drag
files to this drive" or something like that.. when I do so I get
error, that there's not enough room in CD.... exact same thing that
heppened last night.. and yes, blank CD IS a brand-new, blank CD...
(a different one from the one I tried last night, and exactly the same
thing happens..)

do I need to purchase Roxio (which costs about $100) or is there a
way to burn CDs on Vista w/o it??
(Vista Ultimate...)

thank you very much....

here's screenshot of alert:

http://www.mayacove.com/ss_cd.gif

thank you....



On Jul 30, 6:41 pm, maya <maya778...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ok, am home now.. tried again..
>
> I put blank CD in second drive (other drive has CD I want to burn
> FROM..)
>
> it prompts me to format, I format.. when it's done it says "drag
> files to this drive" or something like that.. when I do so I get
> error, that there's not enough room in CD.... exact same thing that
> heppened last night.. and yes, blank CD IS a brand-new, blank CD...
> (a different one from the one I tried last night, and exactly the same
> thing happens..)
>
> do I need to purchase Roxio (which costs about $100) or is there a
> way to burn CDs on Vista w/o it??
> (Vista Ultimate...)
>
> thank you very much....

"maya" <> wrote in message
news: ups.com...
> here's screenshot of alert:
>
> http://www.mayacove.com/ss_cd.gif
>
> thank you....
>
>
>


I would suspect that the 2 CDs vary in their capacity eg one 700MB and the
other 650MB etc.

--
Jon

"Jon" wrote:

> "maya" <> wrote in message
> news: ups.com...
> > here's screenshot of alert:
> >
> > http://www.mayacove.com/ss_cd.gif
> >
> > thank you....
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> I would suspect that the 2 CDs vary in their capacity eg one 700MB and the
> other 650MB etc.
>
> --
> Jon

you don't format CD-r cd's
This is a stupid option in vista because it should know you don't need to
format a cd-r you only format cd-rw CD

just cancel out or select the other option and then just select the files
you want to burn and send to CD.


>
>

Hopefully some expert will have a better comment. This is mostly an
educated guess.

I think that Vista's CD creation software is significantly different from
WXp's.
You have a choice of two formats: Live File System, and Mastered Format. It
defaults to live file system and the option for mastered format is not very
obvious.
I'm not sure, but I think that the live file system is something like a
floppy disk - you have to format it before you can use it, and after that
you can write files, and possibly even delete and rewrite them. Of course,
this kind of formatting on a CD takes a lot of space, like 5% or more, so it
may not hold all the stuff from another CD. And it takes a lot of time.
But it may be time efficient if you are just transferring files between
Vista systems. Non-vista systems cannot read this format. Mastered format,
I think, is what you want. I haven't tried it yet, but I think it quickly
writes the stuff to the CD similar to WXP's data disc creation.

Search for 'burn a cd' in help and support.

-Paul Randall

"maya" <> wrote in message
news: oups.com...
> ok, am home now.. tried again..
>
> I put blank CD in second drive (other drive has CD I want to burn
> FROM..)
>
> it prompts me to format, I format.. when it's done it says "drag
> files to this drive" or something like that.. when I do so I get
> error, that there's not enough room in CD.... exact same thing that
> heppened last night.. and yes, blank CD IS a brand-new, blank CD...
> (a different one from the one I tried last night, and exactly the same
> thing happens..)
>
> do I need to purchase Roxio (which costs about $100) or is there a
> way to burn CDs on Vista w/o it??
> (Vista Ultimate...)
>
> thank you very much....
>

"Paul Randall" <> wrote in message
news:uVi$...
> Hopefully some expert will have a better comment. This is mostly an
> educated guess.
>
> I think that Vista's CD creation software is significantly different from
> WXp's.
> You have a choice of two formats: Live File System, and Mastered Format.
> It defaults to live file system and the option for mastered format is not
> very obvious.
> I'm not sure, but I think that the live file system is something like a
> floppy disk - you have to format it before you can use it, and after that
> you can write files, and possibly even delete and rewrite them. Of
> course, this kind of formatting on a CD takes a lot of space, like 5% or
> more, so it may not hold all the stuff from another CD. And it takes a
> lot of time. But it may be time efficient if you are just transferring
> files between Vista systems. Non-vista systems cannot read this format.
> Mastered format, I think, is what you want. I haven't tried it yet, but I
> think it quickly writes the stuff to the CD similar to WXP's data disc
> creation.
>
> Search for 'burn a cd' in help and support.
>
> -Paul Randall

Paul you are right here.

When you ask Vista to use a CD write drive it open a dialog that invites you
to use Either the Live File System or the Mastered. Below this is a help
link to advise you on which to chose. Click and read it because it clarly
explains and shows that Vista will burn to media if you out in the Correct
CD type.

I would guess the the CD-r in not large enough to hold the .mrm file. Try
burning it to a DVD

--

Bob Eyster
MS Windows Vista Home Premium



"maya" <> wrote in message
news: ups.com...
> here's screenshot of alert:
>
> http://www.mayacove.com/ss_cd.gif
>
> thank you....
>
>
>
> On Jul 30, 6:41 pm, maya <maya778...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ok, am home now.. tried again..
>>
>> I put blank CD in second drive (other drive has CD I want to burn
>> FROM..)
>>
>> it prompts me to format, I format.. when it's done it says "drag
>> files to this drive" or something like that.. when I do so I get
>> error, that there's not enough room in CD.... exact same thing that
>> heppened last night.. and yes, blank CD IS a brand-new, blank CD...
>> (a different one from the one I tried last night, and exactly the same
>> thing happens..)
>>
>> do I need to purchase Roxio (which costs about $100) or is there a
>> way to burn CDs on Vista w/o it??
>> (Vista Ultimate...)
>>
>> thank you very much....
>
>

Jon wrote:
> "maya" <> wrote in message
> news: ups.com...
>> here's screenshot of alert:
>>
>> http://www.mayacove.com/ss_cd.gif
>>
>> thank you....
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> I would suspect that the 2 CDs vary in their capacity eg one 700MB and
> the other 650MB etc.
>
well, it looks like that, but in fact content I want to copy is about
650MB, CD has a capacity of 705... still don't get why Vista asks you
to format a CD before you burn it.. why do these guys always have to
complicate things? any Windows XP machine I have been on has Roxio
installed and burning CDs with that thing is a breeze..

thank you for your response..

Bob Eyster wrote:
> I would guess the the CD-r in not large enough to hold the .mrm file.
> Try burning it to a DVD
>

yes, I tried that last night.. inserted a DVD, was prompted to format
it, but as soon as it starts formatting it says, time left: 57 min!!!!

this is simply crazy...

thank you...

STOP FORMATTING THE CD!!!!!!!

Formatting is for CD-RW's once you format a CD-R it gets closed and NO MORE
writing is allowed. THIS IS a STUPID Vista option. It should know not to
format CD-R's and so should you.

here http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...y/default.mspx