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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know
anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
This question has nothing to do with Word.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "kittykathy" wrote in message ... i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
Really wrong newsgroup. The type of media you use is governed by your
hardware. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "kittykathy" wrote in message ... i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
kittykathy wrote:
i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop` |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
I don't think our answers were rude or crude. This *is not* the correct
newsgroup and the OP needs to know that. Plus the type of media the OP can use *is* governed by her hardware. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Poprivet" wrote in message ... kittykathy wrote: i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop` |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
And I wouldn't call it "leaving people in the lurch" when we prefer to
confine our answers to questions on subjects we know something about, subjects that are the ones to which this newsgroup is devoted. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I don't think our answers were rude or crude. This *is not* the correct newsgroup and the OP needs to know that. Plus the type of media the OP can use *is* governed by her hardware. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Poprivet" wrote in message ... kittykathy wrote: i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop` |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote:
I don't think our answers were rude or crude. This *is not* the correct newsgroup and the OP needs to know that. Plus the type of media the OP can use *is* governed by her hardware. "Poprivet" wrote in message ... kittykathy wrote: i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop` Sorry you feel that way, and I understand the annoyances of off-topic, answered a gazillion times and such, but I still think the format of the response was entirely uncalled for with an apparent newbie. Pop` |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
And I wouldn't call it "leaving people in the lurch" when we prefer to confine our answers to questions on subjects we know something about, In which case, the correct response is no response. subjects that are the ones to which this newsgroup is devoted. Sorry you feel that way, and I understand the annoyances of off-topic, answered a gazillion times and such, but I still think the format of the response was entirely uncalled for with an apparent newbie. You've changed a lot since the says of experts.com and gotten unsympathetic to the newbies of the world. One person chiming in with a "not here" note is plenty, too; there is no need for followon "me too's". Pop` "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I don't think our answers were rude or crude. This *is not* the correct newsgroup and the OP needs to know that. Plus the type of media the OP can use *is* governed by her hardware. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Poprivet" wrote in message ... kittykathy wrote: i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop` |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
If I'd said "Bugger off, you imbecile!" or something to that effect, you'd
be right. But I told her that she had the wrong newsgroup (no caps, no exclamation points, no insults) and I told her that the media she needs can be determined by her hardware. No all computers will accept any writable disks. She needs to find out what media her system can write to and then make her decision. I would hope that she would then understand that sometimes you need to do some research for yourself whether it's where to ask a question or what her computer is capable of doing. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Poprivet" wrote in message ... JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote: I don't think our answers were rude or crude. This *is not* the correct newsgroup and the OP needs to know that. Plus the type of media the OP can use *is* governed by her hardware. "Poprivet" wrote in message ... kittykathy wrote: i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop` Sorry you feel that way, and I understand the annoyances of off-topic, answered a gazillion times and such, but I still think the format of the response was entirely uncalled for with an apparent newbie. Pop` |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
FWIW, when I posted, there were no other replies visible, and you will note
that my reply was actually posted six minutes before JoAnn's. I don't see how you can possibly interpret "This question has nothing to do with Word." as anything other than a simple statement of fact. It is certainly not rude. We are under no obligation to go out of our way to answer off-topic questions. FWIW, I'm still answering questions for AllExperts, but they've gotten to be even worse than the ones here. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Poprivet" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: And I wouldn't call it "leaving people in the lurch" when we prefer to confine our answers to questions on subjects we know something about, In which case, the correct response is no response. subjects that are the ones to which this newsgroup is devoted. Sorry you feel that way, and I understand the annoyances of off-topic, answered a gazillion times and such, but I still think the format of the response was entirely uncalled for with an apparent newbie. You've changed a lot since the says of experts.com and gotten unsympathetic to the newbies of the world. One person chiming in with a "not here" note is plenty, too; there is no need for followon "me too's". Pop` "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I don't think our answers were rude or crude. This *is not* the correct newsgroup and the OP needs to know that. Plus the type of media the OP can use *is* governed by her hardware. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Poprivet" wrote in message ... kittykathy wrote: i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop` |
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how do I know to use DVD+R or DVD-R?
On Feb 11, 6:25 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
FWIW, when I posted, there were no other replies visible, and you will note that my reply was actually posted six minutes before JoAnn's. I don't see how you can possibly interpret "This question has nothing to do with Word." as anything other than a simple statement of fact. It is certainly not rude. We are under no obligation to go out of our way to answer off-topic questions. FWIW, I'm still answering questions for AllExperts, but they've gotten to be even worse than the ones here. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Poprivet" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: And I wouldn't call it "leaving people in the lurch" when we prefer to confine our answers to questions on subjects we know something about, In which case, the correct response is no response. subjects that are the ones to which this newsgroup is devoted. Sorry you feel that way, and I understand the annoyances of off-topic, answered a gazillion times and such, but I still think the format of the response was entirely uncalled for with an apparent newbie. You've changed a lot since the says of experts.com and gotten unsympathetic to the newbies of the world. One person chiming in with a "not here" note is plenty, too; there is no need for followon "me too's". Pop` "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I don't think our answers were rude or crude. This *is not* the correct newsgroup and the OP needs to know that. Plus the type of media the OP can use *is* governed by her hardware. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Poprivet" wrote in message ... kittykathy wrote: i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This Pop seems riveted on twisting somebodies nose over this trivial matter doesn't he? What was it JoAnn said about buggering off? I already deleted that thread. |
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I said that *if* I'd said that, then I could understand people getting
upset. I can honestly say that I've never told anyone to do that tho. And only once told someone to RTFM - and that was only after the poster got nasty. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Greg Maxey" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 11, 6:25 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: FWIW, when I posted, there were no other replies visible, and you will note that my reply was actually posted six minutes before JoAnn's. I don't see how you can possibly interpret "This question has nothing to do with Word." as anything other than a simple statement of fact. It is certainly not rude. We are under no obligation to go out of our way to answer off-topic questions. FWIW, I'm still answering questions for AllExperts, but they've gotten to be even worse than the ones here. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site:http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Poprivet" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: And I wouldn't call it "leaving people in the lurch" when we prefer to confine our answers to questions on subjects we know something about, In which case, the correct response is no response. subjects that are the ones to which this newsgroup is devoted. Sorry you feel that way, and I understand the annoyances of off-topic, answered a gazillion times and such, but I still think the format of the response was entirely uncalled for with an apparent newbie. You've changed a lot since the says of experts.com and gotten unsympathetic to the newbies of the world. One person chiming in with a "not here" note is plenty, too; there is no need for followon "me too's". Pop` "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I don't think our answers were rude or crude. This *is not* the correct newsgroup and the OP needs to know that. Plus the type of media the OP can use *is* governed by her hardware. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Poprivet" wrote in message ... kittykathy wrote: i am a beginner. i know how to use a jump drive & floppys. i don't know anything about saving to CD or DVD. my school has Windows XP, and said we have firewire & burning capabilities. is it smarter to stick with USB for saving stuff? side question: i just got a Canon Elura 100, & want to make edited DVD's for my familly of an up-coming reunion. i read that there is a difference between DVD+R & DVD-R. the techs didn't know which or both can be used here. how do i know which DVD's to purchase? would it be better to use Sony's rerwitable ones, in case i mess up (they cost more)? Although they're a little crude & rude, the other two responses are basically correct; you're in the wrong newsgroup. However I'm not sure which one/s you might find your info at, so instead I took a few seconds and found the following link for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%C2%B1R It'll explain the differences between the +r -r RW and so on; there are quite a few of them, and yes, you do need to buy the right media for your drive. Usually, if you look closely at the CD/DVD drive's door, in tiny lettering, there will be a list of the types of media the drive supports. Otherwise you might still have to do some research but I've never seen a drive without that list on it. If the link above isn't enough info, and you still cannot locate a source for your information, come on back and Reply to this thread again with what you still need. I don't check here every day, but I don't leave people in a lurch when I can help it, like some others tend to do. HTH Pop`- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - This Pop seems riveted on twisting somebodies nose over this trivial matter doesn't he? What was it JoAnn said about buggering off? I already deleted that thread. |