Help with cd burning on XP

[davita45]

Hi Group,

I am being driven mad with XP.
I liked to click an icon on my desktop to burn with Nero.
I then got a wizard to choose data or music and new or continue cd, also a bar line shopwing how much room I had. I dragged and dropped from anywhere and then clicked the burn icon. wonderfully simple.
XP is determined to make it a bloody awful job.
I have tried and tried to search and get an icon on my desktop to make it easy.
PLEASE HELP.


Best wishes


Dave E

[Flame]

Let me get this straight... You want the same shortcut to Nero on your desktp right?

[glb]Flame[/glb]

[davita45]

Hi Flame,



YES YES. As long as it takes me to the wizard and not the long way around that xp wants you to go.


Best wishes


Dave E

[Raptor]

1. Right click on your desktop
2. New -> Shortcut
3. Click the Browse button
4. Browse to Ahead/Nero/Startmart
5. Select NeroStartSmart.exe
6. Press OK
7. Press Next
8. Name the shortcut (Default is NeroStartSmart)
9. Press Complete

Additional:

If Nero Start Smart is not the program you mean, then search through the Ahead/Nero folder until you have located the correct program.

Nero is most likely located in:

C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero

If you have used the default installation path.

Additional two:

Windows XP can drag and drop files you wish to copy onto the CD. Simply select a file and drag it onto the CD/DVD writer. Then let go and it will be placed in a queue. Right click on the CD/DVD writer to select the option 'Burn files from queue onto CD'.

[merlin_2]

Maybe a conflict with windows media player......which has burning software embeded in it..........?
info>http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php

[davita45]

Hi,

Thanks for the help.
Windows Media Player burns music fine.
I tried to run Nero Start Smart but it says there are files missing, please reinstall nero. I cannot because it does not show in the add/remove programs list.
The dragging to the cd drive worked ok but I cannot see how much room is on the CD.
Any suggestions will be welcome.


Best wishes


Dave E

[merlin_2]

Unistall nero.............and re-install......if its nero 6 see if there is a patch/or update for it?

[Raptor]

1. I tried to run Nero Start Smart but it says there are files missing, please reinstall nero. I cannot because it does not show in the add/remove programs list.

2. The dragging to the cd drive worked ok but I cannot see how much room is on the CD.

1. You may have (accidently) uninstalled Nero. Remove whatever folders and files remain and reinstall Nero.

2. CD's have a fixed amount of data that you can copy onto them. Simply deduct the amount of CD/DVD space by the amount of data you are trying to copy on to it.

Right click on a file -> Properties to see the amount bytes a  file consists of.