How does one copy a directory and it's sub-directories (folders and sub-folders and files) to a CD?

Question

Does anyone know how to burn a folder and all of it''s sub-folders and the files inside to a CD thus burning the entire directory tree structure to the CD - Just like the old XCOPY command in DOS would copy everything from source directory and all of it's subdirectories to the target. The target in this case would be the CD - but dos copy command will not of course burn a CD
2 days ago - 2 days left to answer.

Answer 1

I don't copy complex directory/subdirectories to CDs because I want my archives to copy as fast as possible. Instead, I compress the single directory and its contents to a ZIP folder (file), which can then be burned to a CD with any burning program. This allows me to bypass weirdo characters the burning program might reject as well as allows me longer filenames. Of course, some filenames/directory names don't zip well either, but at least I make the adjustments before I compress and later burn.



It's easy enough to copy the zip file back onto my computer and then extract all files to use whatever I need, although it can be very time-consuming when there are a lot of directories and files. All of it can be easily deleted later when it is no longer needed.

Answer 2

Not sure what OS you're using, or what software you have on your computer. In Windows XP in Exploring or My Computer, you can just drag and drop the folder to the CD drive. Depending on what software came with your CD-RW drive, you may have more efficient software than XP's quirky system. XP just copies all the files to a temp folder until you right-click the drive and tell it to burn the files to the CD.

Answer 3

A lot of programs with a front-end GUI will allow you to do this by drag and drop, as will Windows' built-in utility. Are you limited to the command line? Which operating system?

Answer 4

you need to understand a thank you to apply cmd. start up -> Run -> form "cmd" and press enter. Now you like basically use the command "xcopy" : xcopy source trip spot source = The itemizing you choose to repeat ( complete direction , to illustrate C:DirectoryExampleExample ) trip spot = The itemizing wherein basically the records in occasion would be copied ( if occasion has any subdirectories, they and their contents would be skipped over ) ( complete direction, to illustrate C:DirectoryExampleDestination ) warning : The itemizing ought to exist. you may create it with mkdir. occasion of use mkdir C:DirectoryExampleDestination xcopy C:DirectoryExampleSource C:DirectoryExampleDestination it incredibly is it. superb of success!

Answer 5

depends on if you are using windows or unix/linux.

i'll presume you are using windows.

you can open your "Windows Explorer"

and drag and drop your files from your hard drive (C:) to your cd drive (most likely D:)