Robert said:
Before installing Windowsxp I had Windows98 and I could
move a file in windows explorer to a C D just by dragging
it but, I can't find a way to move a file to a C d.
You will have had some third party software installed - probably Direct
CD or DLA. While the inbuilt burning of XP *looks* like that, it isn't.
And it does not work with all burners anyway. Read up at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm.
Then start with a look in My Computer, r-click the CD burner drive and
take Properties; on the Recording page have 'Enable recording' checked.
If that page is not present you do not have a burner drive that XP can
use itself.
If that is OK, then when you right click on a file and Send To, one
place will be that drive. When you have 'sent' enough files to make a
worthwhile batch (Note: there is an overhead of about 14MB per batch, so
less than 40 MB or so is wasteful of disk space)
In My Computer double click the drive - you will see 'files waiting to
be written'. On the left click on 'Write files to CD' and insert a
blank disk when asked.
If you put such a disk back on another occasion, and let it open to view
files in Explorer, there will be a section on 'Files waiting to be
written', as well as the ones already on it. You can drag more files to
this area, and later burn the new batch
And if you want a 'true' drag drop to a CD-RW you will have to get third
party software again
