Vista - Cannot burn disc

I cannnot burn a disc by doing drag/drop of files. See attached. Everytime I
insert a fresh blank CD-RW and do a drag/drop it forces me to format the
disc. When its done, and I try again it won't allow me to drag and drop
anything.

http://talkjesus.com/cd.gif

"Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27409794-23E7-4A3E-9A0F-563D9AF67418@microsoft.com...
>I cannnot burn a disc by doing drag/drop of files. See attached. Everytime
>I
> insert a fresh blank CD-RW and do a drag/drop it forces me to format the
> disc. When its done, and I try again it won't allow me to drag and drop
> anything.

Have you tried actually going through the motions to copy image to disc,
rather than dragging the file?

--
Beck --> http://becs.wordpress.com

I rebooted and now I get this

http://talkjesus.com/cd2.gif

"Chad" wrote:

> I cannnot burn a disc by doing drag/drop of files. See attached. Everytime I
> insert a fresh blank CD-RW and do a drag/drop it forces me to format the
> disc. When its done, and I try again it won't allow me to drag and drop
> anything.
>
> http://talkjesus.com/cd.gif

1. How do I do that?

2. Why is drag/drop not working and forcing me to format?

"Beck" wrote:

>
> "Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:27409794-23E7-4A3E-9A0F-563D9AF67418@microsoft.com...
> >I cannnot burn a disc by doing drag/drop of files. See attached. Everytime
> >I
> > insert a fresh blank CD-RW and do a drag/drop it forces me to format the
> > disc. When its done, and I try again it won't allow me to drag and drop
> > anything.
>
> Have you tried actually going through the motions to copy image to disc,
> rather than dragging the file?
>
> --
> Beck --> http://becs.wordpress.com
>
>

"Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0FB39389-A7DB-4425-B9C9-E50AE469713A@microsoft.com...
> 1. How do I do that?
>
> 2. Why is drag/drop not working and forcing me to format?

ISO files do not work like that. What you have is a proper disc image, not
just a program you can put onto disc. You should really also use a CDR and
not a rewritable one.
What sort of burning program are you using?

I'm simply using vista's windows explorer to drag drop. I've never had such a
problem before. I'm not sure where you get "iso" in the first place. I never
mentioned such. I am simply copying an unzipped copy of windows xp home
(drag/drop) so I can install it on a virtual pc to run programs not
compatible with vista. I had to use this copy (not a cd) as the cd's I have
is IBM standard (7 of them) and that will overwrite vista if I did it that
way.

As a matter of fact, I even dragged/dropped a single text file - same error.

"Beck" wrote:

>
> "Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0FB39389-A7DB-4425-B9C9-E50AE469713A@microsoft.com...
> > 1. How do I do that?
> >
> > 2. Why is drag/drop not working and forcing me to format?
>
> ISO files do not work like that. What you have is a proper disc image, not
> just a program you can put onto disc. You should really also use a CDR and
> not a rewritable one.
> What sort of burning program are you using?
>
>

I just inserted another unformatted blank disc and it poppped up a dialog box
wanting to force me (no other option at least) to format this disc. Why?

"Chad" wrote:

> I'm simply using vista's windows explorer to drag drop. I've never had such a
> problem before. I'm not sure where you get "iso" in the first place. I never
> mentioned such. I am simply copying an unzipped copy of windows xp home
> (drag/drop) so I can install it on a virtual pc to run programs not
> compatible with vista. I had to use this copy (not a cd) as the cd's I have
> is IBM standard (7 of them) and that will overwrite vista if I did it that
> way.
>
> As a matter of fact, I even dragged/dropped a single text file - same error.
>
> "Beck" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:0FB39389-A7DB-4425-B9C9-E50AE469713A@microsoft.com...
> > > 1. How do I do that?
> > >
> > > 2. Why is drag/drop not working and forcing me to format?
> >
> > ISO files do not work like that. What you have is a proper disc image, not
> > just a program you can put onto disc. You should really also use a CDR and
> > not a rewritable one.
> > What sort of burning program are you using?
> >
> >

"Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED072FA0-44E3-42A7-A43A-BE27C3813739@microsoft.com...
> I'm simply using vista's windows explorer to drag drop. I've never had
> such a
> problem before. I'm not sure where you get "iso" in the first place. I
> never
> mentioned such. I am simply copying an unzipped copy of windows xp home
> (drag/drop) so I can install it on a virtual pc to run programs not
> compatible with vista. I had to use this copy (not a cd) as the cd's I
> have
> is IBM standard (7 of them) and that will overwrite vista if I did it that
> way.

Sorry Chad, with all the posts of people wanting to know how to burn the
vista disc I totally got the wrong end of the stick of your post.

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:59:02 -0700, Chad
<Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm simply using vista's windows explorer to drag drop. I've never had such a
>problem before. I'm not sure where you get "iso" in the first place. I never
>mentioned such. I am simply copying an unzipped copy of windows xp home
>(drag/drop) so I can install it on a virtual pc to run programs not
>compatible with vista. I had to use this copy (not a cd) as the cd's I have
>is IBM standard (7 of them) and that will overwrite vista if I did it that
>way.
>
>As a matter of fact, I even dragged/dropped a single text file - same error.
>
>"Beck" wrote:
>


I have not tried the built in burning in Vista so not sure. But if
Vista is like XP...drag and drop burning is not supported.



>>
>> "Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0FB39389-A7DB-4425-B9C9-E50AE469713A@microsoft.com...
>> > 1. How do I do that?
>> >
>> > 2. Why is drag/drop not working and forcing me to format?
>>
>> ISO files do not work like that. What you have is a proper disc image, not
>> just a program you can put onto disc. You should really also use a CDR and
>> not a rewritable one.
>> What sort of burning program are you using?
>>
>>

Vista certainly does support drag & drop burning! In fact, with the "live
format" you can also update and delete files on the disc! If the disc is
blank, it WILL force a format first!
Regards,
Mike L


"Breaker" wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:59:02 -0700, Chad
> <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm simply using vista's windows explorer to drag drop. I've never had such a
> >problem before. I'm not sure where you get "iso" in the first place. I never
> >mentioned such. I am simply copying an unzipped copy of windows xp home
> >(drag/drop) so I can install it on a virtual pc to run programs not
> >compatible with vista. I had to use this copy (not a cd) as the cd's I have
> >is IBM standard (7 of them) and that will overwrite vista if I did it that
> >way.
> >
> >As a matter of fact, I even dragged/dropped a single text file - same error.
> >
> >"Beck" wrote:
> >
>
>
> I have not tried the built in burning in Vista so not sure. But if
> Vista is like XP...drag and drop burning is not supported.
>
>
>
> >>
> >> "Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:0FB39389-A7DB-4425-B9C9-E50AE469713A@microsoft.com...
> >> > 1. How do I do that?
> >> >
> >> > 2. Why is drag/drop not working and forcing me to format?
> >>
> >> ISO files do not work like that. What you have is a proper disc image, not
> >> just a program you can put onto disc. You should really also use a CDR and
> >> not a rewritable one.
> >> What sort of burning program are you using?
> >>
> >>
>