Configuring w98 se to save to cd-rw

Just installed Quicken 2005 and would like to save my files to my CD-r drive
but it does not reconize it. What do I need to do to resolve this so I may
save my info to the cd-r in E drive? It's a CenDyne drive I put in a year or
so ago.

Ernie,

Win98, unlike WinXP, does not include the program to burn CD-R/RW. So
you have to install the program like Nero, or EasyCD Creator (there are
another programs, too) -- most likely you'll find it on CD that came
with your CD-R drive.

Using any of the program like these, you have to prepare your data to
burn CD: you can't use "File -- Save" in menu of any program. But there
are the additional separate programs (like Nero InCD) which allow to use
CD-RW (but not CD-R!) like the "big diskette", so you can work with
CD-RWs as if you work with the small standard HDDs.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:31:02 -0800, "Ernie"
wrote:

Just installed Quicken 2005 and would like to save my files to my CD-r drive
but it does not reconize it. What do I need to do to resolve this so I may
save my info to the cd-r in E drive? It's a CenDyne drive I put in a year or
so ago.

(Hi Mikhail!)

I would add that if you use Nero's InCD or Roxio's DirectCD, you usually =
need to have the same program installed just to read the CDs--can't just =
pop them into any CD player and read the files. I always recommend that =
people write to CD-R/RW using a "normal" data burn, and not a "direct =
write" scheme. Save your files to a hard disk folder, then burn that =
folder to CD-R/RW daily.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
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"Mikhail Zhilin" wrote in message =
...
Ernie,
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Win98, unlike WinXP, does not include the program to burn CD-R/RW. So
you have to install the program like Nero, or EasyCD Creator (there =
are
another programs, too) -- most likely you'll find it on CD that came
with your CD-R drive.
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Using any of the program like these, you have to prepare your data to
burn CD: you can't use "File -- Save" in menu of any program. But =
there
are the additional separate programs (like Nero InCD) which allow to =
use
CD-RW (but not CD-R!) like the "big diskette", so you can work with
CD-RWs as if you work with the small standard HDDs.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:31:02 -0800, "Ernie"
wrote:
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Just installed Quicken 2005 and would like to save my files to my =
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but it does not reconize it. What do I need to do to resolve this so =
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save my info to the cd-r in E drive? It's a CenDyne drive I put in a =
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so ago.

Thanks to both for you help with my question. I do have Nero InCD installed.
I had thought being I was using Quicken version 99 that it didn't know that
CD burners existed. I got this computer in 99. So I upgrade to 2005 believing
it would solve my problem. When I saw it didn't this afternoon I hope I could
find someone to help. Your answered that. I had been thinking of trying to
save it from my C: drive by going to the files in the Quicken folder but
wasn't sure of that angle. I now am going to save them to C: with the date
added each time. Then copy them to the CD thur Nero. You've make me feel it
can work. Thanks again. It means alot knowing I have your help out there.
Merry Christmas to you both. Ernie

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

(Hi Mikhail!)

I would add that if you use Nero's InCD or Roxio's DirectCD, you usually need to have the same program installed just to read the CDs--can't just pop them into any CD player and read the files. I always recommend that people write to CD-R/RW using a "normal" data burn, and not a "direct write" scheme. Save your files to a hard disk folder, then burn that folder to CD-R/RW daily.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mikhail Zhilin" wrote in message ...
Ernie,

Win98, unlike WinXP, does not include the program to burn CD-R/RW. So
you have to install the program like Nero, or EasyCD Creator (there are
another programs, too) -- most likely you'll find it on CD that came
with your CD-R drive.

Using any of the program like these, you have to prepare your data to
burn CD: you can't use "File -- Save" in menu of any program. But there
are the additional separate programs (like Nero InCD) which allow to use
CD-RW (but not CD-R!) like the "big diskette", so you can work with
CD-RWs as if you work with the small standard HDDs.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:31:02 -0800, "Ernie"
wrote:

Just installed Quicken 2005 and would like to save my files to my CD-r drive
but it does not reconize it. What do I need to do to resolve this so I may
save my info to the cd-r in E drive? It's a CenDyne drive I put in a year or
so ago.

Hi Gary -- and Merry Holidays and Happy New Year to you and yours! s

Yes, I agree -- and as minimum UDF-reader or similar has to be installed
at computers with Win9x/ME (WinXP can read these disks with no external
programs).

And had to mention that direct writing is less safe than the usual
burning.
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To Ernie:

Glad our answers were useful for you.

And in addition -- taking into account that CD-R disks are cheaper than
the diskettes now (I use high quality, though non world-wide brand name,
700MB CD-Rs, which cost in Moscow about $30 per 100-disks pack) -- I
came to the conclusion, that it is reasonable to use CD-RW disks for the
experiments only (say, when you make your first steps with the burning
program) or for the specific tasks -- and use CD-Rs for the usual tasks.
And you can keep the outdated archives (say, 2 latest of them) --
sometimes they become very useful.

Merry Christmas to you, too!
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:33:23 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote:

(Hi Mikhail!)

I would add that if you use Nero's InCD or Roxio's DirectCD, you usually need to have the same program installed just to read the CDs--can't just pop them into any CD player and read the files. I always recommend that people write to CD-R/RW using a "normal" data burn, and not a "direct write" scheme. Save your files to a hard disk folder, then burn that folder to CD-R/RW daily.

"Ernie" wrote in message
...
Thanks to both for you help with my question. I do have Nero InCD
installed.
I had thought being I was using Quicken version 99 that it didn't know
that
CD burners existed. I got this computer in 99. So I upgrade to 2005
believing
it would solve my problem. When I saw it didn't this afternoon I hope I
could
find someone to help. Your answered that. I had been thinking of trying to
save it from my C: drive by going to the files in the Quicken folder but
wasn't sure of that angle. I now am going to save them to C: with the date
added each time. Then copy them to the CD thur Nero. You've make me feel
it
can work. Thanks again. It means alot knowing I have your help out there.
Merry Christmas to you both. Ernie


Quicken saves its data in the quicken folder. The backup selection in
Quicken simply copies the appropriate files to the location of your choice.

Copying these files to another location on the "C:" partition is simply
duplicating what's on that partition to begin with.

INCD and other such programs create a UDF filesystem for the target cdrw.
If the application you're using needs to backup to that target cdrw, as long
as the application works using windows explorer to move/copy/read files, it
will work okay.

You should create a long term archive of your Quicken data in ISO 9660
format to cd or cdrw. This can be read in windows or dos like any other
data CD without use of a helper application like INCD.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

(Hi Mikhail!)

I would add that if you use Nero's InCD or Roxio's DirectCD, you usually
need to have the same program installed just to read the CDs--can't just pop
them into any CD player and read the files. I always recommend that people
write to CD-R/RW using a "normal" data burn, and not a "direct write"
scheme. Save your files to a hard disk folder, then burn that folder to
CD-R/RW daily.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

"Mikhail Zhilin" wrote in message
...
Ernie,

Win98, unlike WinXP, does not include the program to burn CD-R/RW. So
you have to install the program like Nero, or EasyCD Creator (there
are
another programs, too) -- most likely you'll find it on CD that came
with your CD-R drive.

Using any of the program like these, you have to prepare your data to
burn CD: you can't use "File -- Save" in menu of any program. But
there
are the additional separate programs (like Nero InCD) which allow to
use
CD-RW (but not CD-R!) like the "big diskette", so you can work with
CD-RWs as if you work with the small standard HDDs.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:31:02 -0800, "Ernie"
wrote:

Just installed Quicken 2005 and would like to save my files to my
CD-r drive
but it does not reconize it. What do I need to do to resolve this so
I may
save my info to the cd-r in E drive? It's a CenDyne drive I put in a
year or
so ago.