There are two points in this tragical story I don't understand:
(a) Where are those 8 folders with 130 Mb of mp3 located? Surely not on the university's computer?
(b) Where is the cd-writer connected? I can't imagine the university library having computers with a cd-writer. And if they have, there should be working software to write it with and support for it.
Both these points make it impossible for me to help you with your problem. Although I doubt you can find a program according to your wishes, had the problem been fully clear to me. I suppose any such program needs a restart to finalize the changes to windows registry. And a restart will undo those and the new dll's and vxd's inserted into the Windows folder.
Anyway, I feel that this use of the libraries computers is stretching the regulations. If you feel that it's inside the regulations you might try to get support from their staff.
Maybe better find a friend with a computer with a working cd-writer.
Kees
(This is a new one on you, huh?)
In other words, due to a recent hard drive/motherboard/Dell technician debacle, I am using a pc at a local university's computer lab. It does have cd-rom access & is fully functional except when it comes to restarting: everything is wiped away clean save for the contents of one C\: Drive folder.
I am only familiar with Nero when it comes to burning, and in this case I want to burn 130 mb worth of mp3 tracks (8 folders each containing 10 to 25 5-minute tracks) to cd-rw to play on my mp3 cd/cd-r/cd-rw portable player (or my own pc whenever it's resurrected); a mono voice audio data cd, not a high quality/high bitrate music disc.
So after installing the Nero demo to this computer, it alerts you that the machine must be restarted before the first burn. I originally attempted to install to the one folder which gets saved after a restart, as opposed to program files, but there was some sort of error installing the 'uninstaller', and had to abort.
I then reinstalled and attempted a burn without restarting for no good reason, just to see what would happen, and the results were mixed: When I dragged my files into the burn list, they each had red x's by them, letting me know the cd-rw was full. I tried to erase the disk, and it didn't seem to have this capability (here's where I wonder if the restart is required...). Through messing around, I actually started a burn process and a .nrg file (130 mb) was produced successfully and saved to the drive. What is the point of that nrg? Burn it once Nero is firmly installed and the disc is definitely blank?
Ok, so here's what all that was leading up to:
Anyone know a way to ensure that Nero will remain installed on this pc once the computer restarts keeping in mind that [direct quote
"Any changes made to the computer except in the "Hard Drive" folder (C:\text) will be undone/deleted whenever the computer restarts"
Anyone know of another downloadable burning program that can handle the job I'd like to carry out that doesn't necessarily require a system restart or at least could be installed to that safe harbor "text" folder?
An unusual kind of request for technical support, I know, but I've got limited time here and would really like to leave with this disc completed. Thanks a lot for any advice.

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