burning questions

[tad214]

hello,
i am new at using nero. i have a few questions about burning with it. i will make it as short and simple as possible.

1. how do i start out with it? do i unzip a program to a folder, and then burn the folder?

2. how do i make it an iso image? does it have to be zipped, or unzipped to a folder to create the iso?

3. what is the best space saving way to burn software?

4. and last but not least, how do you make the programs on the cd autoexec.?

hope this is explained good enough, if not, please feel free to ask me any questions about it, and i will try to explain what i am needing a little better. thanks in advance for the help. merry christmas!!!

[shanmuga]

Couple of links to get you started,"The manual will show you everything you can do with Nero Burning ROM 6. It is very detailed and after reading it you will be an expert in CD/DVD Recording!"

The Nero Burning Guide (http://www.nero.com/en/631927442699029.html)

Burning with Nero-ISO,CUE,BIN - Faq (http://www.force5web.com/articles/isofaq.htm)

[Bumpus]

Here is a freeware autorun maker. Looks simple enough though I haven't actually tried it. Hope it works for you.

freeware (http://www.ashzfall.com/products/autorun/)

[pave_spectre]

Making a CD that will autorun a program isnt so difficult that it really requires another program to make it easier.:)

All it requires is that you create a file called autorun.inf that contains the following text:

[autorun]
open=path\myprogram.exe


Where path\myprogram.exe is the name of the program and the directory in which it is located that you want to automatically start up. That file is then included in the root directory to be burnt.

It only works for exe so if you want to autorun files other than exe you may want to use another program to create them to simplify your life.