I am trying to copy some pictures onto a cd, which I have done hundreds of times on this exact same computer. However, when I am trying to do it now it keeps giving me the error message.

Windows encountered a problem when trying to copy this file. What do you want Windows to do?

And then it gives all of the detailed information for the picture. I have tried saving it to desktop and then copying, changing the file name, and nothing will work. I tried copying some files onto a DVD and that is when it first gave me this same exact error message. I didnt think anything of it, but got the same message now when trying to use a CD-R. Could I have messed something up inserting the DVD? It is a DVD - R/RW hard drive so I dont know why it didnt work anyway. I need to copy pictures to discs all the time for my business, can anyone help me? Oh, and BTW, the control + c option did not work to copy the text in the error message. Thought you might like to know. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me. Oh, and I have XP

Amber

couldn't you just rewrite the error message and post on here that would help a lot

o i thought there might be more to it but ya i guess i wasn't really thinking i only slept like 3 hours last night lol

Go into the Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager and see if your CD/DVD ROM is on there (should be near the top) and see if there are any warnings on it (a yellow caution triangle). That will let you know if there is a problem with the driver for your drive.

Is it reading from CDs/DVDs ok? I'm heading out of the office and then dinner with the wife, but if you could post your make and model of your pc (and your drive if it was added on after you got the pc) and I'll check back later on tonight.

Here is the driver list for your laptop. http://support.dell.com/suppor.....#38;impid= I would get the applications first, specifically the Sonic Solutions stuff. If they don't work for you we will need to track down which of the 12 possible drives you have (actually if you go back up and repeat the control panel stuff, just click on the + by your drive and it will give you the model). The apps are the easiest fix so try them first. Now I'm really outta here ;-) I'll check back later on tonight--good luck!!

Maybe try taking ownership of a file. here is a easy way to do it. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....-in-vista/