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Old 03-16-2007   #6 (permalink)
Richard Urban


 
 

Re: Help! DVD format error: "Windows was unable to complete the fo

What I was saying is that you can use Drag-To-Disk to treat the DVD disk
just as a hard drive. It is your choice whether you want to rid yourself of
Nero - which doesn't seem to be working.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"hamishmacdonald" <hamishmacdonald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:87B6F8AF-26C8-4FC1-92D0-A47B12EE2AD9@microsoft.com...
> Yes, um, well, apologies, but I didn't receive that software with my PC,
> so
> it's not what I was asking about. In fact, I received the Nero suite,
> version
> 6, which is excellent, but doesn't run under Vista, and I was really
> hoping
> to just use the native applications. If only they worked.
>
> I've successfully made a DVD in Windows DVD Maker, but it's the shell
> applications that don't want to work. They fail at the point of formatting
> the disk.
>
> So, anyone have helpful suggestions?
>
> - Hamish
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> No. There is no charge for this, as in free. And any way, I have 5
>> previous
>> versions of Easy CD Creator, Easy Media Creator etc. - going back to
>> version
>> 5.
>>
>> It was placed there because Roxio found that there were problems - a lot
>> of
>> problems. You can also get it from the Roxio web site but the Dell one is
>> easier to find.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban MVP
>> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "LaRoux" <hlx@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:OAOU1w9ZHHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> > Is this not piracy?
>> >
>> > "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:O2tMMW9ZHHA.4620@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >>
>> >> Because Dell has been having so much trouble with the software they
>> >> supply as part of their package, Dell has placed a stand alone copy of
>> >> the latest version of Drag-To-Disk on their web site for download. It
>> >> doesn't check as to whether, or not, you have a Dell computer. It
>> >> installed fine on my home built computers and runs fine.
>> >
>> >

>>
>>


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