Sorry, forgot the URL http://www.mrichter.com/cdr/welcome.htm
Keith Thompson wrote: > You can create folders on the cd when you are setting up the burn. Its not > necessary to use CDRW disks for this, but you need to do a standard burn rather > than pre-format and create a drag and drop disk (some program will do it on a > CDR, but its recommended that you ONLY use CDRW for the drag and drop). I > usually build the cd on my hard drive in that I use a program to create > thumbnails in an HTML page and then use an html page that I construct for the > index. This links to the various folders and the index page that I build inside > each folder. When you create the cd, if you want to add more later, be sure to > use the multisession method. Check the help of your program to find out where or > what the settings are for your particular one. In nero, it asks on the wizard > if you want to add, continue or create a disk that you cannot add again. The > wizard is very helpful with a number of different situations including video. > > Here is a pretty good primer on CDR help and FAQ. > > Keith Thompson > > scubic wrote: > > > I finally got my regular CD drive replaced with a burner. I wanted this > > mostly to store photos. I'm sooo green at this! > > > > I bought a 50-stack of blank CD's, and a 5-pack of R/W CD's--the ones you > > can apparently reuse? > > > > I have many hundreds of pictures stored on my hard drive--well-organized > > into folders. Trouble is, I still add new pictures to these folders. > > > > Can you create folders on a CD and add things to them? If so, do you have > > to use the R/W variety, and does adding things to it involve 'reburning' > > the entire CD? Some people have told me that there IS a limit to how many > > times you can successfully reuse/rewrite a CD? > > > > Is there any way to add things to a regular CD? (not the R/W). Or are they > > basically a one-time-use thing? The salesman was babbling something about > > being able to use the entire space on a regular CD, over time, as long as > > you didn't "finalize" it? I've not happened across an option like that yet. > > > > The software "Nero Express" was included with the burner. The instructions > > consisted of a Quick-Start" pamphlet. I can "copy an entire CD" with no > > problem, but what I really want to do is get these photos off my machine > > onto CD's, be able to organize them into their proper folders, and add more > > photos to folders as necessary. > > > > Is there a good web site that might explain all of this? I really don't > > want a terribly technical explanation--just some basic theory. > > > > I found this site, but it was quite technical and did not tell me what I > > want to know: > > http://www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=Comp > > > > It's a fun site to poke around on, though! > > > > Sue > > > > -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Here is further away than you think. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
