Why cant i copy photos to disc?

gazza975526570

My laptop is about to die on me and im trying to copy the photos onto disc.

Ive never done it before and presumed i could just copy the folders onto them - but whenever i try i get an error saying:

D is not accesble - incorrect function. Does this mean i bought the wrong discs?!

TonyMMM

What operating system are you using (Xp, Vista, Windows 7) ?

What sort of drive is in your laptop (make/model) ?

What type of discs have you got ?

gazza975526570

Running XP and bought DVD-R no idea re drive. Ive copied music etc before but never photos

marleyboy

can you read a disk from the drive, that will at least tell you if the drive is working properly, as a desperate measure you could always store the images onto a USB flash drive or an external hard drive.

closed

Use nero or the like if you have it installed.

gazza975526570

Yeah i can read stuff from the drive ok.

I have got all the photos from my laptop also on my ipod - if the worst comes to the wost and i cant reboot my laptop is it possible to get the photos from my ipononto a new pc etc?

marleyboy

assuming your using nero, you need to set your burning software for "data", its possible you have it set as audio recording or even ISO Boot Disk.

gazza975526570

I wasnt using anything - is that what i need to do?

macman

gazza975526570 wrote: »

I wasnt using anything - is that what i need to do?

You have to use some software to burn DVD's, Windows XP does not natively support DVD burning. But if your laptop came with a DVD burner installed, then it should have some bespoke software.
Look for Nero or Roxio for starters, as these are the most common bundled products.

googler

Can you write to CDR using this drive?

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

Another thing to check is whether your DVD drive supports DVD- and not DVD+.