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Not knowing how you tried to do this with XP, a common mistake is to select
the files and then click on Copy these files. You cannot use the Copy
command to copy to a CD. You have to use the Copy to CD command or right
click on the selected files and click on Send to on the opening menu and
then on your CD drive.
Check the steps below and if this does not work, post back and tell us what
happens.
1. Insert a blank CD-R into your CD drive. Wait about 15-20 seconds for
XP to recognize that a CD-R has been inserted. A window will open, with a
variety of options in it. You don't need any of the options in this window
to copy to a CD-R. There is a Cancel button at the bottom of this window.
Click on it to close this window. If this window does not open, just go to
step 2.
2. Click on My Computer and navigate to the folder where your pictures
are located. Open the folder so you can see the files you want to copy.
3. You now need to select the files you want to copy. Do you want to
copy all the files in the folder? If so, hold the Ctrl key down and press
the letter A. This will select (highlight in blue) all the files in the
folder. If you want to select only some of the files, click on the first
file you want to select. Remove your finger from your mouse, hold the Ctrl
key down and click on the second file you want to select. Continue doing
this until all the files you want to copy are selected. Each time a file is
selected it will be highlighted in blue. If the files you want to select are
listed in a row, you can do it this way. Click on the first file, remove
your finger from the mouse. Hold the Shift key down and click on the last
file you want. All the files between the first and last file you clicked on
will be highlighted in blue.
4. Once you have selected the files you want to copy, look at the menu
on the left of the selected files. The top menu should be "Picture Tasks".
The last item listed under "Picture Tasks" is "Copy to CD". Click on it. The
other way is to right click on one of the selected pictures. A menu will
open. Click on Send To. Click on your CD drive on the opening list.
5. The copying process will start (a small window opening at the top of
your screen indicating the progress, wait until completed, also you may not
see this window if you are copying just a few files because the operation is
too fast) and you will get a message, right hand corner bottom of your
screen, "You have files waiting." Click on it.
6. A window will open. It will show you the photo files you just
selected to copy. Look at the menu on the left and click on "Write these
files to CD".
7. A Wizard box will open. Just follow the directions on the screen to
complete the job.
8. Once you have copied the photos to the CD you may want to copy more
to it in the future. Just insert it instead of inserting a blank CD and
follow the same directions. Just make sure you have enough space on it to
add more photo files. A CD will hold 700 MB but with photo files, don't try
to fill it. Limit to about 200 - 300 photo files per CD. Otherwise it can
take a long time to open this CD to view the files, but if you don't mind
the time you can fill it.
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