[AT] Backing up tractor pictures(VHS to CD)

Cecil E Monson cmonson at hvc.rr.com
Wed Jan 19 04:04:34 PST 2005


> It takes a bit more hard disk space than the size of the file you're
> trying to convert, Ralph.  If you're burning a 4.7 Gigabyte DVD, you
> probably will need a little over 5 Gigabytes on your hard drive.  But I
> doubt that you're going to find yourself transferring anything that big
> in a single file off of a VHS tape.
> 
> Be careful which partition you install your video manipulation software
> into on your computer.  It's not uncommon to have those programs
> installed on the small partition of your hard drive where the operating
> system is, and then they run out of space simply because they can't find
> enough storage in the same partition.  Generally speaking, the software
> isn't smart enough to start searching new partitions or alternative
> drives for more storage.
> 
> Larry


	Larry, I tried making my first DVD yesterday to back up the
thousands of photos and scans in my second hard drive. I was unable to
get the Burner to work right away as I did not understand the business
of "saving" the files I wanted to copy to a file somewhere in my computer.
I finally remembered an earlier post of yours that mentioned this and
once I saved it to a folder on my desktop, it went as it was supposed to.

	My question is, I have plenty of spare space on my second hard
drive. There is no partition on it at all that I know of. Can I just
save it to a folder on this second drive and then delete it after the
Burning is complete?  Or does it have to be on the drive with the Burn
program - in this case, Nero?

Cecil
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Cecil E Monson
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