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Ok, so for the benefit of nephew, I'm trying to copy a RAR file of Windows 7 to a DVD-R. Its a 2.47GB file.

Using Windows own burning tool its telling me there's insufficient space on the (blank) disc and that it requires a further 1.6GB.

What gives? Any advice?

Probably taking you up the completely wrong path here - but it isn't an issue with disk space on the system drive at all?

m-in-m wrote:Probably taking you up the completely wrong path here - but it isn't an issue with disk space on the system drive at all?

Oh, it might be. Will check, ta.

That's exactly what the problem was. Thanks ever so much.

Gavin Scott wrote:That's exactly what the problem was. Thanks ever so much.

Wow - certainly worth me mentioning. Now would just be good if these error messages could perhaps be a little more descriptive and useful.

m-in-m wrote:

Gavin Scott wrote:That's exactly what the problem was. Thanks ever so much.

Wow - certainly worth me mentioning. Now would just be good if these error messages could perhaps be a little more descriptive and useful.

I agree. They probably expect most people to know the difference between 'disc' and 'disk' but that is such a little difference that many people would not realise it.

Philip wrote:

m-in-m wrote:

Gavin Scott wrote:That's exactly what the problem was. Thanks ever so much.

Wow - certainly worth me mentioning. Now would just be good if these error messages could perhaps be a little more descriptive and useful.

I agree. They probably expect most people to know the difference between 'disc' and 'disk' but that is such a little difference that many people would not realise it.

One is the British spelling, one is the American spelling. I always try to use disc if I can.

Alexia wrote:One is the British spelling, one is the American spelling. I always try to use disc if I can.

It is generally accepted that optical formats such as Compact Discs are referred to as discs, and storage formats like USB disk drives, hard disk drives, solid state disk drives, are referred to as disks.

From your linked article:

Wikipedia contributors wrote:The c-spelling is now used consistently for optical media such as the compact disc and similar technologies.

Reference from 'Common Errors in English Uses': http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/disc.html

Philip wrote:

Alexia wrote:One is the British spelling, one is the American spelling. I always try to use disc if I can.

It is generally accepted that optical formats such as Compact Discs are referred to as discs, and storage formats like USB disk drives, hard disk drives, solid state disk drives, are referred to as disks.

From your linked article:

Wikipedia contributors wrote:The c-spelling is now used consistently for optical media such as the compact disc and similar technologies.

Reference from 'Common Errors in English Uses': http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/disc.html

It was also once generally accepted that the world was a disc

On the other hand, I also believe we should eradicate the u from all words beginning with q. Why can't q just sound like kwuh without a little u stuck to it?

In a qandry, qickly the qiet qail jumped over the qantum physicist's qad bike.

Alexia wrote:

Philip wrote:

Alexia wrote:One is the British spelling, one is the American spelling. I always try to use disc if I can.

It is generally accepted that optical formats such as Compact Discs are referred to as discs, and storage formats like USB disk drives, hard disk drives, solid state disk drives, are referred to as disks.

From your linked article:

Wikipedia contributors wrote:The c-spelling is now used consistently for optical media such as the compact disc and similar technologies.

Reference from 'Common Errors in English Uses': http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/disc.html

It was also once generally accepted that the world was a disc

On the other hand, I also believe we should eradicate the u from all words beginning with q. Why can't q just sound like kwuh without a little u stuck to it?

In a qandry, qickly the qiet qail jumped over the qantum physicist's qad bike.

Because a q without a u is already used for transliterating Arabic, Chinese and Hebrew words into English.

bilky asko wrote:Because a q without a u is already used for transliterating Arabic, Chinese and Hebrew words into English.

Long ago, Welsh translations of English words such as giraffe had to be spelt siraffe because there was no j.. sound in Welsh. Then they decided to add J to Welsh. I think we should do the same in English. Make all those johnny foreigner words use k or c, and claim back Q for ourselves.