Good burning prog...

[Force Flow]

Is there a CD burning prog that will allow me to take hundreds of files, burn them onto CDs and have me instert a new CD when the previous one is filled?

[RJ]

Well, I know that WinOnCD does it (feature is called Data OverSpan), if you can find Version 5 get it, Version 6 is crap.

But as far as I know one of the newer Versions of Nero should be capable of. I'd download a trial from ahead and look. The upcoming Nero 6 should include that feature, too.

RJ

[Force Flow]

I've got Nero 5.5.9.13

Thanks RJ, I check out the winoncd prog

[glc]

I haven't seen an option like that in Nero, and I've got 5.5.10.35.

[TwoRails]

HI Force Flow,

Don't know your exact expectations, but what I use is the very lowly

xcopy32

with various command line switches. It will / can stop and tell you when the CD-R/RW/DVD is full. pop another one in, and there you go again.

To see the switches, type at the command line:

xcopy32 /?

HTH

TwoRails

[amk1369]

I give another vote for Nero. Excellent program and very stable. It's also very versatile and powerful if you know how to use it.

[RJ]

I give another vote for Nero. Excellent program and very stable. It's also very versatile and powerful if you know how to use it.

Well, then does such an option exist in Nero ? If so, where ?

RJ

[Force Flow]

Nero's great! It's just that I can't find the option anywhere.

TwoRails, I'm just looking for the kind of thing that happens with floppies when you run out of room: "insert new floppy". You just insert another floppy and continue copying files. That's all I'm looking for.

xcopy32... a run command?

[glc]

You run xcopy32 (just xcopy with 2K/XP) in a DOS box/command prompt. Note that this only works with formatted cd's. InCD can't format CD-R, only CD-RW. If you need to format a CD-R, you need DirectCD (Roxio).

[TwoRails]

Hi Force Flow,

Yes, it will tell you you full, but a little differently than with floppies...I do it all the time. - real nice and easy. Which method do you use on floppies?

TwoRails

[simpatico]

If you do it with floppy's how do you do, it so that one can continue to load a files to a new floppy, and get the a whole file, let's say 3 or 4 mb of text stuff , in multiples floppy's

[casey]

Roxio 6 Supports that function,and may I add that I have been using Roxio 6 on 2 Sysytems for the past 8 weeks and I do not have any problems.

"Recording a Large Project to Multiple Discs
You can record a large project to two or more discs. When the amount of files and folders that you add to a project exceeds what can fit onto a single disc (blank CD or DVD), the Disc Info Bar at the bottom of the Project Window changes and displays the project size and the number of discs required to record the project. "
You record this type of project as you would a normal data disc. When one disc becomes full with data, you are prompted to insert another blank disc until the project has been completely recorded.

Note: You cannot record large projects to multiple discs using discs that already contain data. The maximum number of discs that can be used to record a large project is 30. The discs should be of the same size.



When you want to retrieve files and folders from your multiple disc set and copy them back to your hard disk, use the Roxio Retrieve program

[Dan]

WinonCD is my choice....full featured...but you will have trouble finding it in the US, they don't sell outside of Europe.

[RJ]

I thought they now ship version 5 in the US.

RJ

[Force Flow]

Originally posted by TwoRails Hi Force Flow, Yes, it will tell you you full, but a little differently than with floppies...I do it all the time. - real nice and easy. Which method do you use on floppies? TwoRails

What do you mean which method? Do you mean copy-paste or disk spanning?

[TwoRails]

I was wondering how you copy your files to floppies, as most likely it would be the same to copy them to CD-RW. So I guess the Q would be how do you do your "disk spanning" on floppies?? Just curious

[Force Flow]

With zip files.

I would be just following the copy-paste method for the CD-R's, though.

[TwoRails]

Here's an actual copy-n-paste of one of my batch files I use very regularly. It simply copies all new or modified files to the burner. When the CD RW if full, you get a message stating it's full. You simple eject that disc and insert a new one, and run the batch file again:

echo This will copy files to the CD RW burner
pause Press any key to continue or Ctrl-C to EXIT

xcopy32 *.* u:\DigitalCameraCyberShot\*.* /m /s /e /h

And it's easy to add multiple lines, like this:

echo This will copy files to the CD RW burner
pause Press any key to continue or Ctrl-C to EXIT

xcopy k:\Clarion5\*.* u:\Clarion5\*.* /m /s /e /h
xcopy k:\Clarion5\CheckBook\*.* u:\Clarion5\CheckBook\*.* /m /s /e /h
xcopy k:\Clarion5\PhoneBook\*.* u:\Clarion5\PhoneBook\*.* /m /s /e /h

To use it the first time, it's best to set the Archive flag on all files first. This is best as the example above will copy only files with the Archive flag set, and then clear the flag when it's copied. That way, each time it is run afterward, it does an incremental backup, coping only new or altered files.

HtH

TwoRails

[Force Flow]

You said CD-RW; will this work with a regular CD-R?

[TwoRails]

I'd hate to say for sure, as I've never tried it.....

[Force Flow]

I guess that makes me a pioneer then. Alright, I'll give it a try.

Thanks to everyone who provieded info!

[TwoRails]

Let us know how it works, OK?

[Force Flow]

Okay. I'll probably do it this weekend.

[glc]

That batch file will only work with UDF formatted CD media - the only UDF formatter that can format a CD-R is DirectCD. Also note that NT-based operating systems do not have xcopy32 - just xcopy.

[ssahl]

I like Nero, and CloneCD