photos onto a disc

castle96

Hi,
need to get 50 photos from computer (they are in various folders), onto a disc, to get them printed.
Do I use a cd-r or a cd-rw ? When I put in a cd-rw, it wants to fromat it, which is taking ages. Why does it need to format ?
Main Q is, can I select say 4 from one folder, then 'send to'...... disc, then do again from another folder (won't this 'overwrite' the previous 4 I have done ?
"Auto play" comes up, with many (mainly audio), options. Which method do I select ?
Easy for some.......
thanks for advice

bat999

Hi
If you use a cd-rw disc you will be able to erase and use it again.
rw means re-writeable.

weegie.geek

CDRWs need formatted the first time you use them, and each time you want to reuse them. They come without a filesystem, like most blank hard drives do, and like a lot of old floppies used to.

Use a CDR or a CDRW, either's fine.

Just cancel out of autoplay.

And yes, you can just send to for each group of files, it won't replace the old ones. http://www.worldstart.com/tips/file-management/howto-burn-a-cd.htm should tell you how to do it.

Personally I prefer to use ImgBurn to burn CDs and DVDs. I find it a better interface than the build-in windows tools.

castle96

thanks fols - got it now

castle96

but with a cdr' i coul only use/put it in the computer once, is that true. the next time i put it in, nothing else woul copy to it - true...

bat999

Not necessarily true.
Some software will allow you to leave the disc 'appendable'.
If you do this you can add extra files later ie append.