Having problems burning powerpoint to a CD.

[Scott]

I've installed a new CD-RW drive on a Dell and have tried to copy PowerPoint
presentations to a CD-RW cd. I am able to drag and drop on a brand new CD
but I can't use the "Package for CD" option under the File menu on
Powerpoint. Also, after I erase a CD and try to drag and drop the same
presentation on it, I get an error that the CD is not writeable.

Are there any settings that need to be changed? What could I be doing wrong?

thanks!

 

[Sonia]

It's not your settings, it's Windows. I never rely on the Windows CD writing
function and I always use my CD burning software. There are multiple reasons
for this, but I think that you'll find it to be a much more reliable and
flexible approach. In PowerPoint use the Package to Folder function and then
use your CD burning software to burn the contents of your folder to a CD.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Scott]

Well, this CD burner came from dell as an upgrade. I installed it into this
user's machine. There was no extra software included with it and there was
none on the PC to begin with. Should there have been?

 

[Sonia]

Burners nearly always come with at least a "light" version of Nero or Roxio
software, etc. If you don't have any, and need to pursue why Windows won't
write to your CD's, I would recommend that you post in the appropriate (possibly
Win Hardware) Windows newsgroup and get help there. But first, have you tried
the drag and drop method using a newly formatted CD, i.e. a CD-R out of the
package?

 

[Scott]

Yes, drag and drop works on a brand new CD-RW disk. However, if I "erase" a
disk to resuse it (acording to the menu on windows when that drive is
highlighted) and then try to drag and drop, I get an error that the disk is
not writeable.

The crazy thing is that the CD packager for Power Point works on my laptop
and I am running XP professional on it as well.