Will XP "send to" work when buring DVD's?

[Spinman]

Just purchased and installed my first DVD burner.

If I right click on a folder and use the "send to" option to copy the folder and 4g of data to the new DVD/CD RW drive - will XP them burn the disk in DVD -R mode (type of media I'm using) and include all 4g of data?

Or does the "send to" feature just with with CD capacity RW drives?

I've previsouly installed the MS XP-HighMat Support CD Writing Wizard (KB831240) - don't know specifically what this accomplishes...

Or do I need to install a 3rd party application such as Roxio DVD Creator (that came bundled with the drive)?

Just looking for some advise before I waste a disk...

Thanks!

[N1K]

I would install third party software...

[argon007]

I recommend that you should turn IMAP CD-Burning COM Service off..if you want to install the third party software.

[Spinman]

I recommend that you should turn IMAP CD-Burning COM Service off..if you want to install the third party software.

How do you turn this off?

[N1K]

I recommend that you should turn IMAP CD-Burning COM Service off..if you want to install the third party software.

Why, could you please explain?

[prathapml]

Yes, the third-party software is best. Also, DVD-writing is not supported using that SendTo, I think - But it will still work with CDs.

How to dis-able:

1. Right-click MyComputer, click "Manage".

2. Browse to "Services and Applications >> Services"

3. Now look for "IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service" in the right-hand pane.

4. Double-click it, and in drop-down box, make "Startup type" to be disabled.

@ninnox

As for _WHY_ it should be disabled, its just a matter of why have multiple things doing the same thing. If I have a reliable third-party software which does the job on both CDs and DVDs (instead of XP's CD alone) for me, I'd rather disable the less capable of the two, and free-up some memory.

[N1K]

@prathapml

I agree with you to disable services that you don't need but isn't this service set to manual start by default?

On my PC it hasn't been started anyway?

I'm using Nero 6 for burning CD-s and DVD-s..

[Famer]

@Spinman http://www.cdburnerxp.se/index.php

hope it helps