Thanks for the above link. . In fact I used the steps suggested on one of the posts in the forum Now I got some understanding.
I used to burn dvd data disks using Roxio Easy CD media Creator 5.0. It was accidentally deleted recently. When I create a DVD data disk with that sw, I could retrieve the data when I boot that disk. I am not able to do this with IMGBURN software. Surely I am missing some basics. I am totally in a learning process. Here is what I have done.
I started with about 6.0 GB of a MP3 folder as source file. I chose a destination file onto my hard drive . Here are the steps:
Mode - Build - browse and selected source file from hard drive
Output - Imagefile - browse and selected a file on hard disk- checked to verify
Options - ISO9660 + UDF - Recursive subdirectories
Lablels - entered same label under ISO9660 and UDF
Advanced - Date - entered todays date
Media - under single layer DVD+R/RW - under double layer DVD+R DL
Restrictions - ISO9960 - Level one - Charac. set standard
Finally clicked BUILD
waited for the build to complete.
I got advisory msg not to use ISO file the sw changed it to MDS
In the output directory folder I see 3 files look like the following
test dvd 4,194,300 kb I00 file date
test dvd-1 1,868,300 kb I01 file date
test dvd 9 kb MDS file date
I clicked test dvd - I got the following msg
Windows cannot open the file I selected Imgburn as a program to open the file
I see a Imgburn screen . How could I see my original MP3 files.
If it were actual dvd disc burn, I would expect to see my original directory of MP3 files when I place the DVD data disk in DVD drive
I do not see what I have done wrong. Could someone comment on this ? Do u suggest I should try actual DVD burn instead of Imagefile ?
Thanks in anticipation of ur reply.
anant