someotherguy Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) I'm a beginner regarding using writeable DVDs and/or ImgBurn. I copied some binary files to a new DVD+RW, as a data-disk using the "Build" option, intending to top them up later with some more files until the DVD was full. I do not think my old computer, with a nearly full HD and not much memory, could cope with doing the full 4.7GB in one go. When I tried to copy another batch of files, I was shocked to be told that the existing files on the DVD would be deleted. What??!! How do I get ImgBurn to do what I want please? Thanks Edited February 20, 2011 by someotherguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 You can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 There is no support for multisession. You have to rebuild your disc with the additional files. ImgBurn don't need space on hard drive if you burn to disc and uses little of the system memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someotherguy Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) Thats very bad. I shall have to use some other software instead. What's the point of having a function called "Build" if it does not in fact build?? When you say "You have to rebuild your disc with the additional files" am I correct in thinking that this means a) copying the existing files to my nearly-bursting HD, b ) re-formating the DVD, c) copying back the old files and the new files onto it? Thanks Edited February 20, 2011 by someotherguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yes you are correct. Copy files to hard drive, add what you want to them and burn the new disc. You don't have to reformat the disc. You just hit the Burn button and accept the erase prompt. It will be overwrited after a quick erase. The build function is "from scratch"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someotherguy Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 I'm very unhappy with ImgBurn as the data it had put on a DVD was completely lost when other burning software topped up the disc. It was also said to be in CD format rather than DVD format. It took me hours to try to recover the original data from its source, and I doubt I got all of it. I have now found that CDBunerXP is my prefered burner software, so bye bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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