Burning jpg files to a CD

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Running XP Home Edition with all updates up to, but NOT including, SP2.

I have 6 folders of .jpg pictures. Two days ago I wrote one folder (45
files) to a CD using CD Writing Wizard. No problem, wrote OK, displays OK.
Today I wanted to write the other folders - each on a separate CD. Each
folder is moderate in size - 30 to 100 MB. I can't get anything to write out.
The "Wizard" goes through all the motions...adding data...preparing the
drive....writing data files....then in "final steps" it coughs up the "error
in writing process...disk may no longer be usable" message. No help in
diagnosing why it is failing...I've tried 4 different blanks from various
parts of the same stack that I have been using successfully for a long time.
I thought I might not have enough buffer space free. I cleaned up my drive
and have >1.2 GB. It won't write 1 file, won't even write the same folder it
wrote OK 2 days ago. Is my CD dead? Any ideas how I can determine what has
gone wrong? Is there any way to test the basic hardware?
 
Maybe the following article would offer
some ideas:

(324129) HOW TO: Troubleshoot Issues
That Occur When You Write Data to a CD-R
or CD-RW Optical Disc in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324129

And...I would suggest doing a little maintenance:

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
(check the two boxes..."Automatically fix file
system errors" and "Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors") the utility will run
the next time you restart your computer.
(run error checking repeatedly until it finds
no errors)

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

(305781) HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment
a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305781

BTW if you cleaned up your hard drive
and only have 1.2GB of free space...it's
time for a larger hard drive.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
....for what it is worth, I've gotton this to work. I went to "My Computer",
selected the CD-RW drive...."Properties"...."Recording" Tab. I set the Drive
Image to my 100GB external drive and I lowered the speed from "Fastest" to
"4X".
Now it seems to be working. Don't know if it needed more temp space, a
slower speed, or both, but it's working now...burned 5 more CD's fine...not
going to change a thing from these settings!
 
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