"Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:g4l24u$9qk$1@xxxxxx

> Vista Home Premium. I have no third-party CD/DVD recording software on the
> machine. Every time I go to burn files to a CDR, CDRW, DVD R or DVDRW
> using the Windows burning function it wants to format the disk. If I
> cancel the format, then the burn is not proceeded with.
> XP does not do this. How do I stop this infuriating behaviour?

Your answer is simple enough:
Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media.
Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or
Roxio's software.

Cheap-skate!

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Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup.
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I can agree with you 100% WRT Nero, both the Windows and Linux (is that
a joke or what?) versions are terribly buggy. Or at least they were
until they hit the trashcan.

Xenomorph wrote:

> Wow, you sound ignorant.
>
> Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free.
>
> You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead?
>
> Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero
> does (plus a lot more), and costs $0.
>
>
> "Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@xxxxxx

>>
>>
>> Your answer is simple enough:
>> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media.
>> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's
>> or Roxio's software.
>>
>> Cheap-skate!
>>
>> --
>>
>> Donald L McDaniel
>> Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup.
>> =======================================
>>
>>
>>

>

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:11:54 -0500, "Xenomorph" <spam@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Wow, you sound ignorant.

Yeah, you're responding to a typical no nothing MS fanboy. They can't
get it in their heads anything free might be as good as or better then
the overpriced crap like Microsoft shovels out.

Just three examples of good, free applications:

Autoruns..... great utility that shows what's getting loaded at boot
GIMP......... equal to or better than Photoshop in many respects
VirtualDub... one of the best feature loaded basic video editors

There are dozens of others.

Any what's wrong with RW media? Nothing. McDaniel is just another
clueless jerk. This newsgroup is a magnet for his type.

>
>Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free.
>
>You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead?
>
>Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero does
>(plus a lot more), and costs $0.
>
>
>"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@xxxxxx

>>
>>
>> Your answer is simple enough:
>> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media.
>> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or
>> Roxio's software.
>>
>> Cheap-skate!
>>
>> --
>>
>> Donald L McDaniel
>> Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup.
>> =======================================
>>
>>
>>

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:04:19 -0700, "Charles W Davis"
<Anthemwebs@xxxxxx> wrote:

>
>Personal attacks really make your day!!!

No, correcting misinformation from some blowhard does.

>"Ringmaster" <bigtop@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:ceqs6457fcqt1uhgr0v485vvil0s5vq20l@xxxxxx

>> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:11:54 -0500, "Xenomorph" <spam@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>

>>>Wow, you sound ignorant.

>>
>> Yeah, you're responding to a typical no nothing MS fanboy. They can't
>> get it in their heads anything free might be as good as or better then
>> the overpriced crap like Microsoft shovels out.
>>
>> Just three examples of good, free applications:
>>
>> Autoruns..... great utility that shows what's getting loaded at boot
>> GIMP......... equal to or better than Photoshop in many respects
>> VirtualDub... one of the best feature loaded basic video editors
>>
>> There are dozens of others.
>>
>> Any what's wrong with RW media? Nothing. McDaniel is just another
>> clueless jerk. This newsgroup is a magnet for his type.
>>

>>>
>>>Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free.
>>>
>>>You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead?
>>>
>>>Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero
>>>does
>>>(plus a lot more), and costs $0.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Donald McDaniel" <orthocross@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:O8OLA5c3IHA.1436@xxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Your answer is simple enough:
>>>> Stop using CD-RW media or DVD-RW media.
>>>> Also, spend a few bucks and buy decent burner software -- like Nero's or
>>>> Roxio's software.
>>>>
>>>> Cheap-skate!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Donald L McDaniel
>>>> Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup.
>>>> =======================================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

XP always wanted to install its file System on a CD before burning files!!!!!
That is why we used 3rd party burning software, lol.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Gordon" wrote:

> "Xenomorph" <spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:EF026F7E-BCA7-4CD7-AD5C-EE59A52660DF@xxxxxx

> > Wow, you sound ignorant.
> >
> > Some of the best burning applications for Windows are free.
> >
> > You recommend he buys CRAP software from Roxio or Nero instead?
> >
> > Perhaps the user should try ImgBurn. It does just about everything Nero
> > does (plus a lot more), and costs $0.

>
> I actually use CDBurnerXP Pro - have done for some years....the main point
> of my post is, that occasionally, I do just want to do a simple file burn
> from Explorer without firing up the burning app, and with XP that was OK but
> in Vista you can't do that without formatting the CD/DVD first.....
>
>