Saving documents to a CD-R

[221b]

Hi

I'm in the midst of transferring over from a PC to a Mac and I'm trying to save all my important documents onto CD as the Mac doesn't have a floppy drive.

Every time I go to save my documents, I get an error message " The selected drive is not in use, check to make sure a disk is inserted."

Well a disk most definitely IS inserted, the blank disk whirrs away when I first insert it. The drive is OK, because I can play audio on it. It doesn't make any difference if I say the Drive is D or E. Nothing happens.

Any suggestions, O wise ones? Am I missing some fundamental point?

Thanks in anticipation...

Helen

[fo3nix]

Assuming they're both drives capable of writing to a CD, you seem to be just using XP's burning software. Do you have any other software like Nero that may have come with your drive?

[Yorky Lass]

I presume you are using the Save as function and telling it to save to your CD drive.
Well I fell for that too, you can't !!!!!!
Have a look at this http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid =kb;en-us;306524.
I actually use InstantCD+DVD a program that came with my computer you may have something similar.

[Pat Flanel]

Why save to a CD. If you have a router connect both to that, turn on file sharing on the PC and SMB from the mac. Hey presto file transfer. And it is as easy as that....

[221b]

Pat, that's an excellent suggestion.

I do have a router; I connect one end of the router cable to the Mac and the other to the PC, is that right?

It seems very straighforward; is there anything else I should know?

Can I transfer Outlook emails this way too?

Thanks

Helen