CD-R/RW best place to buy and how to use ?

kelk72

Im looking to buy some discs so that i can transfer some pics /info onto and I dont know which is better to buy? I have a cd writer on my pc. Ive never bought any or transferred onto disc before so am a complete novice
Could anyone recommend a site for decent reasonably priced discs and explain how to do this please? :beer:

Ivan_Konstantinov

kelk72 wrote: »

Im looking to buy some discs so that i can transfer some pics /info onto and I dont know which is better to buy? I have a cd writer on my pc. Ive never bought any or transferred onto disc before so am a complete novice
Could anyone recommend a site for decent reasonably priced discs and explain how to do this please? :beer:

just get cd-r,more reliable than rw.you can get 100 for GBP9.99 delivered from play.com http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/590136/Maxell-CDR-80-XL-100-Pack-On-Spindle/Product.html?P36=5WZW78 thats cheap.then you just need a burning program like nero,120% alcohol or fireburner :money:

kelk72

Ivan_Konstantinov wrote: »

just get cd-r,more reliable than rw.you can get 100 for GBP9.99 delivered from play.com http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/590136/Maxell-CDR-80-XL-100-Pack-On-Spindle/Product.html?P36=5WZW78 thats cheap.then you just need a burning program like nero,120% alcohol or fireburner :money:

Hi thanks, had a look at Nero on download.com and it says its just a trial version which will expire in sept' so does that mean I wont be able to use it after that date and would have to download the trial version each time I wanted to use it in the future ? soz if its a daft question

Jorell00

Cdburner pro is good freeware software for writing cds

albertross_2

you may already have the software on your PC to burn disks, it usually comes with the writer, and is built into XP

Ivan_Konstantinov

kelk72 wrote: »

Hi thanks, had a look at Nero on download.com and it says its just a trial version which will expire in sept' so does that mean I wont be able to use it after that date and would have to download the trial version each time I wanted to use it in the future ? soz if its a daft question

i've got loads of burning progs from usenet,but i'd get whacked if i posted here, but you can download free ones from here http://www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads/burning?page=1

coolagarry

Hi Kelk72. Yes trial versions expire but no you will not be able to download another trial version so you either buy it or try something else.
Assuming you have windows media player that is the easiest way to go (and, if not you can get it free.)
Upload your pics or data onto your pc.
Put a cdr or cdrw into your burner
Start up Windows Media Player and re-size it. Click on 'Burn'.
At the bottom of the 'burn ' button you will see a tiny white arrow. Click on that.
in the dropdown list Click on 'Data CD' (If you were buring a music cd you would click on 'Audio CD')
Drag your pics into where it says 'drag here to create a burn list'.
Click on 'Start Burn' and stand back. How Easy is That !!
Incidentally I normally get my Blank media from here http://svp.co.uk/products-list.php?bid=13
but as you will only be getting a small amount I would suggest a local PC Shop because of carriage costs.

BillScarab

Or just get them in Tesco, they normally have decent offers on and even their cheapo own brand ones work fine.

zee_2

Do not spend money , use picassa on google , its FREE and does a great job, have used it for 3 years , no problems ...zee

kelk72

Many Thanks to everyone for your replies it really is appreciated :T

bat999

kelk72
CD-R and CD-RW are different types of discs.
CD-R is Compact Disc Recordable - you can only record on it once.
CD-RW is Compact Disc Rewritable - you can erase and record over it many times.
So if you're going to use the discs for storing photos on they don't need to be rewritable because you'll probably want to keep them permanently.
Also CD-RW are usually more expensive than ordinary CD-R.
(If you already knew all this, I'm sorry:p)