[simonz1red]

I installed the Roxio Creator 9.0 DE last night and wanted to burn some photos from the hard drive to a CD. Through "Browse", I selected the photos and then hit "Burn" but it seems that the project is too big for the capacity of the CD. I need, therefore, to remove some photos from the project but I am unable to work out how to do it. I cannot even delete the entire project and start again, despite rebooting.

I am not great with PC's so any help would be greatly appreciated. My PC runs XP.

[sknis]

I installed the Roxio Creator 9.0 DE last night and wanted to burn some photos from the hard drive to a CD. Through "Browse", I selected the photos and then hit "Burn" but it seems that the project is too big for the capacity of the CD. I need, therefore, to remove some photos from the project but I am unable to work out how to do it. I cannot even delete the entire project and start again, despite rebooting.

I am not great with PC's so any help would be greatly appreciated. My PC runs XP.

What application are you using to burn? We may be able to help if we know that. Realize that DE means Dell edition -- EMC 9 was modified by Dell to their requirements. It is a cut down version so you have to be pretty specific for us to provide any help. Another source would be the Dell forums.

Have you tried rebooting? or Get a DVD RW (rewritable), burn the images and then erase the disc. Usually keep an eye on the bottom line on your application window' it will tell you the amount of free space. You can set up the project again.

If you are trying to use Drag to Disc, where you have to format the disc, don't ! You are gambling with being able to recover the images. Do you see an application called Creator Classic? If so,use that.

[simonz1red]

Many thanks for your prompt response.

My computer is not a Dell, it is a custom built PC but not all singing & dancing. I am trying to burn with an external Samsung SE-S204. I also have an internal Asus CD/DVD R/RW.

I have inserted a DVD+RW disc, which is big enough, but when I try to burn the disc it is ejected. This happens with both lots of hardware.

I have not seen Creator Classic at any stage.

I managed to do a PhotoShow so the software seems ok but what do I know!!

Any more thoughts?

[sknis]

Many thanks for your prompt response.

My computer is not a Dell, it is a custom built PC but not all singing & dancing. I am trying to burn with an external Samsung SE-S204. I also have an internal Asus CD/DVD R/RW.

I have inserted a DVD+RW disc, which is big enough, but when I try to burn the disc it is ejected. This happens with both lots of hardware.

I have not seen Creator Classic at any stage.

I managed to do a PhotoShow so the software seems ok but what do I know!!

Any more thoughts?

Where did you get the Easy Media Creator 9 DE. That is what comes on a Dell computer and, as I said, it is not a fill version of the program. Please explain what you mean by the text I bolded.

Let's back up a bit. Please tell us what you are trying to do:

1) Burn the images to a CD/DVD in order to store and back up the images or to have someone else look that the individual images on your computer?

2) Crete a slide show where people can put the disc in a computer OR in a DVD player so people can sit back and relax an watch the images show one at a time until finished.

Where/how did you do a PhotoShow?

Did you format the discs?

At this point, I am still trying to understand what you are doing and trying to do. Until I understand that, I cannot offer any ideas for a solution.

[simonz1red]

I bought the software off eBay not realising it was a Dell edition, it didn't say so. I thought it was for all PC's.

When I refer to "both lots of hardware", I mean the Samsung & the Asus. (I am not very PC literate!!)

With regards to the digital photos, I want to put them on to a disc as both a backup & to enable me to get prints from Boots, Jessop, etc.

The PhotoShow was available from the software under the "Home" & then "Welcome" links.

Now, did I format the disc? No! I didn't realise I had to and I wouldn't know how to. There were no screen prompts and I do not see the option on any of the links/drop-downs. Could this be the answer?

[sknis]

I bought the software off eBay not realising it was a Dell edition, it didn't say so. I thought it was for all PC's.

When I refer to "both lots of hardware", I mean the Samsung & the Asus. (I am not very PC literate!!)

With regards to the digital photos, I want to put them on to a disc as both a backup & to enable me to get prints from Boots, Jessop, etc.

The PhotoShow was available from the software under the "Home" & then "Welcome" links.

Now, did I format the disc? No! I didn't realise I had to and I wouldn't know how to. There were no screen prompts and I do not see the option on any of the links/drop-downs. Could this be the answer?

Good ! I'm glad that you didn't format the discs.

I hope you didn't pay much for the DE edition. I will work on almost all computers but it is highly modified (castrated) from the full edition. I hope you paid less than about $10-15 for it. Give the seller negative feedback ! You can get the full and latest version Creator 2009 for about $45 (with the blu ray plug in).

Now we go to hardware. If you go to My Computer and right click to get to properties, then Hardware and device manager, do you see the burners under disk drives? If not, uninstall then from that location and reboot. When the computer restarts, check to see if they are there. If so and if you still can't burn, read and follow this carefully.

Look around in Roxio to see if you can see an application called Creator Classic. That is the application you want to use. At the bottom, make sure you have selected the right kind of disc you have in your burner.

This post has been edited by sknis: 21 July 2009 - 09:54 AM