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    1. Copying emails, or any documents, to a CD
    2. Robyn Leeds
    3. Hi everyone :) Okay, I'm going to post TWO sets of instructions here for anyone interested. The first is for Nero, which is what Norm has. The second is for Windows XP users, which is actually easier! When using Nero or any other CD burning program, you're best off disabling internet access and disable your virus protection software, as virus protection software can interfere with the burning process!!! Open Nero Burning Rom (if it normally opens the wizard, go to your START menu, "All Programs", find "Nero" and position your cursor over it, do the same with "Nero 6 Ultra Edition", scroll across to "Nero Burning Rom" and click on it. Sorry, that was long winded, wasn't it?); From the top left side select "CD" and make sure "CD-ROM (ISO)" is selected below that; Click on the "New" button (to the right, at the top); (Sidenote here ... if you want to name your CD, you can do so before clicking "New" by clicking on the "Label" tab and typing in the name of your CD in the text line) On the right hand side of the window you'll see the Nero version of "Windows Explorer". Find the folder where you have the files you want copied and click on it to highlight it. On the right side of that "Explorer" box, select the files you want to copy (if it's all of them, right click, choose "Select All", if it's just 10 out of 20 and they're in a "line", click on the top one, hold down your shift key and click on the bottom one which will highlight all the files in the middle of the two you've clicked on); Once the files are highlighted, click and HOLD your left mouse button over the top of the highlighted files and drag them to the left into the window marked "Name"; Click on the"Burn" button (CD with a lit match in front of it) and then "Burn". A new screen will come up showing you the burning process. If you want to verify what you're burning (sometimes a verification failure does NOT mean it didn't work by the way!!!!) check the "verification" box near the bottom left side; A notification box will come up when the CD is burnt, and you're done! :D Windows XP users ... Open Windows Explorer; Select the folder where the files you want to copy are located; Highlight the files (see instructions above if you need help there); If you have a "Copy to" button at the top, click on that. If you don't have the "Copy to" button, right click to the right hand side (where it's empty) of your taskbar where all the icons are (not the "File", "Edit" etc. bar!!!), scroll down to "Customize", select "Copy to" from the left hand box and click the arrow to add it to the right hand side. It's not important where it's placed, it's just much easier doing it this way than copying through the "Edit" menu, especially if you're going to be doing this a fair bit!!; In the bottom right hand side of your screen, near the date etc., a notification will come up telling you there are files ready to be copied to a CD. Click on the icon in the taskbar and follow the instructions that come up. With ANY form of copying to a CD, always ensure you choose "COPY", not "MOVE" or you COULD possibly lose your files. If you always choose copy, you won't have a problem. I hope this wasn't too long or confusing and that it helps some of you. If I didn't do it clearly enough, just email me offlist and tell me how useless I am and I'll explain it better!! lol Take care, Rob.

    10/09/2005 12:09:54