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[Boiler Pete]

I'm probably embarassing myself by asking this question, but here goes. I'm trying to burn an image file to a Memorex DVD+RW disc. When I insert it in the D drive, the destination menu window shows the following: Sony CD-RW CRX320EE (D:). The write button and the profile description window remain grayed. How Do I get the write function to recognize the actual destination medium and operate properly? Here is the log:

 

I 13:04:00 ImgBurn Version 2.5.6.0 started!

I 13:04:00 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 13:04:00 Total Physical Memory: 1,562,700 KB - Available: 316,068 KB

I 13:04:00 Initialising SPTI...

I 13:04:00 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 13:04:01 -> Drive 1 - Info: SONY CD-RW CRX320EE RYK4 (D:) (ATA)

I 13:04:01 Found 1 DVD-ROM/CD-RW!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Your drive can't burn DVDs, it can only read them.

[Boiler Pete]

I was able to write this data file to a little CD-R disc, but it only held 770MB and not all of my data file would fit. So what kind of disc should I be using to get this somewhat somewhat larger file to succesfully be written ? The data file I am writing (or trying to) is not a DVD.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Maybe what you're trying to write isn't meant to be burnt to a disc at all.

 

Size wise, the next one up from CD is DVD. But like I said, your drive can't burn those.

 

You can get oversized CD-R discs - normal ones are 74 or 80 mins (of CD Audio, which is about 640/700MB in data terms) but you can get 90 and 99 minute ones too if you look hard enough. Not all drives will support burning to them though.

 

What's the file you're trying to burn?

[Boiler Pete]

Not exactly sure what you're asking, but it is a .MDS file taken from a disc containing tons of photographs taken at a recent class reunion. This material has been copied onto discs by many other people many times. In fact, the source disc is the same kind of medium I'm trying to use as my destination disc; namely, a DVD+RW disc. As I said, I got a good copy of the material onto the CD-R disc, but ran out of space.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Right so if the source disc was a DVD and once you've created an image of it you can't burn it to a CD (because CD doesn't hold as much), you'll either have to...

 

1. Buy a DVD writer so you can burn to DVDs

or

2. Copy all the files off the source disc into a folder on your computer (using drag+drop in Explorer), split them into chunks of around 690MB and then burn each chunk to its own CD.

[Boiler Pete]

Well, neither of those options are what I wanted to hear, but I understand that I have an old computer with less than state-of-the-art "accessories". I appreciate the fast response.