At least if we can't be techies, we have techies to do our bidding, no?
Posted on 12/12/2005 5:35:07 PM PST by Sybeck1
I am in the process of updating my Philips DVD recorder and well I must ask for some help.I have a brand new Dell with XP so I should have all that is hopefully necessary to download a zip. I am basically stuck on "File System CD-ROM ISO Level 2". Any help is appreciated as I know there are alot more knowledgeable people her than me.
1 Download the firmware zipfile from internet. 2 Extract the files by unzipping the zipped file. 3 Write the extracted files – not the zipfile – onto a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc, using the following settings: • File System CD-ROM ISO Level 2 • Mode 2/XA • Character set ISO 9660 • Single session • Write speed low
4 Finalize the disc. (The application may do this automatically
Thanks again, John
At least if we can't be techies, we have techies to do our bidding, no?
What software do you use to burn CDs?
I take it that you don't understand what any of that technobabble means.
It sounds like you're being told to burn a CD-ROM from an ISO image. That's presumably what's in the .zip file. Un-zip the file and take a look. (Or just preview the contents if your archiving software will let you.) If the contents are a single, big file ending in .iso, then all you have to do is tell your burner software that you want to burn from an image. Check the software's help file for instructions.
If there are lots of files, then burn them all onto a CD-R disk. Don't use a CD-RW (Re-writable); those aren't usefull for any application other than as drink coasters. The rest of the technobabble is just telling you to use your burner's likely default settings.
sonic?
Ahhh, sorry - not familiar with that one. Generally, you want to make a bootable data disk. Check the help file to see exactly how to do that. Burn the unzipped files to this disk, and away you go.
Dang man. Just use Nero Burning ROM and it's all just a drag and drop operation to write those files to a CD-R. Skip the techno-babble. If you're looking for a good zip/unzip program, just Goggle and download Power Archiver. It's free and complete.
Thanks
What a pantload.
Yes, CD-RW disks are a pant load. CD-R disks are so cheap that using a CD-RW just doesn't make sense.
Well, thank God we have you to set us all straight.
Oh yeah, I'll keep you in mind whenever I need a pompous know-it-all computer "expert".
You're the adolescent who made an idiotic global statement about RW's being useless, and I called you on it.
Now, understand that I'm just as sorry as I can be that someone like you, a pretender who throws statements around just to sound important, has to be taken to task for such, but the Freep consists entirely of computer users, and you should know better than to make such blanket proclamations when it's obvious you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
RW's serve a purpose for millions of people, myself included. Now if you're really nice and make penance with a few Hail Mary's, I might enlighten you as to what RW's are used for.
I'm not the one who thought that three words would express a technical opinion. Perhaps you would now like to progress beyond grunts and growls and explain your position.
...that is, of course, assuming that you're not just a pretender who wishes to sound important.
Don't use a CD-RW (Re-writable); those aren't usefull for any application other than as drink coasters.
We'll let you progress beyond grunts and growls first.
OK... I'll start. You wrote "RW's serve a purpose for millions of people, myself included." to which I shall respond "What a pantload".
Now it's your turn. Tell me, in more than three words, why CD-RW disks are such nifty little things.
You seem so adamnt for me to defend them, I suppose so others won't see that in all truth you're an all thumbs goofus who blames discs and programs for your screwups.
I've had this same computer since July of '01, and on that day I bought a 3 pack of RW's, at least to try them out, and I still use those same 3 discs, (among others). I have one disc of about 30 that MAY have a bad spot on it, so I don't use it formatted any more. I'll burn it as I would a -R, and haven't had a problem with it.
You remind me of some of those I've encountered who dump on Easy CD and packet writing. In all these years I've lost data from perhaps 5 discs. I can't remember, and since I can't remember it obviously wasn't such a total loss, since I back up stuff across several discs, just a common sense precaution. I have Roxio, (besides some other burner programs), and it's not as bad as they say. Rational and thinking people know that some programs just don't ever work right on some machines, no matter the processor or OS or amount of RAM. I can't run Acrobat Reader 6, or Media Player 9, oh well.
I use RW's to back up, (generally keeping a formatted disc in the drawer at all times), as well as accumulate stuff until there's enough for a full disc. That way I have nobody to blame but myself if I lose something or the OS crashes, which it has several times. And I just hate being wasteful, no matter how cheap CD-R's are, never mind that session burns waste up to 50 megs of space each, and unless you write it down, you'll never really know how much space you've used or have left.
There, see how easy that was?
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