How do I store JPEGs on DVD-Rs?

Hi everyone,

As you know I do photography and I have A TON of space taken up on my desktop computer. I'm trying to clear off all of my photos to make some more space. I have CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. I understand that you can store much more stuff on a DVD-R then you can on a CD-R. I have no idea how to store my JPEGS onto a DVD-R. My desktop computer uses Windows XP. It has a DVD burner installed in it. I want to be able to load the DVD-Rs that have my photos on them and just look at them and pull them off if I want to. I know that you can do all of this with a CD-R. Could someone please show me or tell me how to do it with a DVD-R? Any help would be wonderful.

Photographer

 

Think of the DVD as an over-sized CD and just follow the same procedure but with a bigger capacity (~4.5GB). You just need to create a data DVD. There's nothing special - you aren't making a bootable disc or a movie.

John

 

As John mentioned, a Data Disc is fine if its just for storage. If you want a DVD to be read and seen using a DVD player, that's a media disc.

 

I just put in a printable DVD-R into my DVD burner. This is what came up:

Windows can perform the same action each time you insert a disk or connect a device with this kind of file.

Blank CD

What do you want Windows to do?

1. Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer.

2. Burn a CD using Windows Media Player.

3. Create a disc using IBM RecordNow.

4. Create a CD using iTunes.

5. Take no action.

What do I do? Some help would be nice.

Photographer

 

I'm just using it for storage. Nothing else.

Photographer

 

Did your computer come with Nero Burning Software when you got it? You need a burning software it seems.

 

I believe it has some sort of burning software. I'm not sure.

Photographer

 

Is there any free, safe burning software that I can get?

Photographer

 

Space is so cheap now that i would suggest you get a external HD for photo storage. CD-R's/Dvd-R's can get damaged so easily and its not woth the risk if you have some really important images
Its also easier to catalogue your photos with folders and subfolders on a HD
Also you should save your photos in a lossless format like tiff, raw or psd and NOT jpg

 

Do what I do: laptop, DVDs and an external HD. Better safe than sorry

I know of this, as I see the name drop for it a lot, though I cannot vouch for it at all

 

I'm thinking about buying an external HD. Thanks again.

Photographer

 

I saw a 500GB external sell for $150 recently.

 

There are a few free dvd-burner software, including WinXP built-in burner program. That would be the first option, from the list that you've shown. Also, it doesn't matter where you store the images, they all could get damaged. I would burn the data on two dvds. If it is very important, as in it's your income kind of important, I would make 3 copies of them. And store at least one in a safe, safe, and (did I mention safe?) place.

So just to burn data, you can use the first option. If you want free dvd burning software, you can try rocket division grab&burn, search using google. There are a few more, but you have to search on the Internet. Use google.

 

A HDD can fail too, just like cd's and dvd's can get scratch. If you're buying and external HDD, you have to buy 2. Which one is cheaper, a pack of 100 4.7GB DVDs for ~$40 at walmart, or two external HDDs? You decide.

 

What kind of XP do you have that has built-in DVD burning software?

 

I was wondering that also!

 

Windows Media Player 11 has it I belive, I d/l that update the other week and I know it had some rip/burn options on it.

It may be music only tho.... I haven't used it.

I personaly just use nero express, and the "make digital dvd" fuction.

 

Hmm, yes. You guys are right. My bad. I confused the cd burning capability with DVD burning. U spposed it won't do DVD burning.

 

Andy dvd burning software should do cd's aswell.

Not sure about the other way around.

 

This is a good free software to use: Infrarecorder

 

I'm not sure which Windows XP I have. Hmmmm... Anyway, should I buy the HD or just burn onto DVD-Rs?

Photographer