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How do i create a disc that will install a custom program?

Backstory I am creating a java 2d game for my year 12 major project. This project contains a section detailing that i need to package this game as if i was selling it as a commercial product, including...

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Task Manager shows a 100% disc usage almost constantly, tried everything

I've done numerous scans, no malware at all, I've defragmented the drives, disc clean-up, system refresh, factory settings reset, read loads of posts on this, increased/decreased virtual memory,...

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CD/DVD drive will not read discs after Windows 8/8.1 upgrade

I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5965 with Windows 8.1 and HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT20F disk drive and when I upgraded from Windows 7, the drive stopped playing music and movies from CD/DVD's. I checked the...

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Is there any way to burn into disc that is not empty?

My DVD failed at 1% during the burn process due to a power failure. Can I burn that disc again, or do I need new one?

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Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't see my SSD drive

Just recently I'd bought a two disc Asus G750 laptop with intention to use Ubuntu and Windows 8.1.I decided to install Windows first. I've assigned 350 out of 450GBs to Windows leaving the rest of the...

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unable to revert disc with iso, to a blank state [closed]

I have a disc on which i put win 7 enterprise iso, I now have another version of windows which i need to install. I am attempting to revert the original to a blank disc so that the 2nd iso can be burnt...

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My system is able to read CDs but not DVDs [duplicate]

My laptop(running on windows 7) is able to read CDs but not DVDs. When I insert a DVD it tries it's best to read it i.e.. it makes lot of noise, shows a CD icon near the cursor and shows progress bar...

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Backtrack install in vm workstation

I am trying to install Linux Backtrack 5 R3 using VM Workstation on my Microsoft Windows Vista PC. I have installed BT5 on dual boot using a live cd on a laptop before but i am encountering this issue...

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Bought a slot-loading BD-RE drive, but it spits out every disc I feed it...

I bought an internal UJ-267 (slot-loading BD-RE) drive, and I put it into my laptop.The trouble is that whenever I insert a disc into it (whether it's a CD or a DVD; I don't have a BD around to try it...

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How fast can a disc read data vs a HDD? [closed]

What is the speed that a disc can read data vs a Hard Disc Drive? Is there a noticeable improvement in load times? It would be logical that a HDD would load faster because all it has to do is retrieve...

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Why Can't I Fit 2GB of Video onto 4GB DVD?

I have 15 X 20 minute videos (174MB each = 2.61GB total). I'd like to burn them onto a 4.7GB DVD but my software tells me there's not enough space on the disc.What can I do to make these videos fit?...

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My DVD+R (RW) is not erasable/rewritable [duplicate]

I just bought a Sony DVD+R but I don't know if it's either +R or +RW. I assume it is a DVD+RW since the mark "RW" is written at the bottom of the disc. Same for my built-in desktop burner, it has a...

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Move data from discs to hard drive with robotic changer device?

How can I? What can I buy? Is it made?A robotic disc-changer that allow a stack of already burnt discs to be read, taking simple PC data from the discs and off'ing it to the hard drive.Would like to...

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Is "FDisk+HFormat" or "Disc Cleaning+HFormat" = LowFormat?

Just feeling very curious about the two things:1) FDisk+HFormat.2) Disc Cleaning (by writing each space with random byte or "0" or "FF", such us what we do in Windows for using "cipher /w (Your Disc)....

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Windows 8 Disk Check on startup (chkntfs not working)

in the beginning I would like to mention that I'm REALLY angry.I've spent whole night to fix this and today I must go to work.So I'm unhappy user of Windows 8I wanted to check my hard drive by using...

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Burn a disc box did not prompt up when inserting blank CD-R into optical drive

My laptop's optical drive did not prompt up anything when inserting blank CD-R When I click my optical drive, this message shown:So, it means optical drive detected the blank CD.Normally this will show...

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New Laptop - Disc Usage and RAM Consumption Through the Roof

I just bought a new laptop:Intel i7 7500U8GB of RAM128GB SSD1T HDDWindows 10My problem is that out of the blue without any application running it starts making a noise like it is under a heavy load and...

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Unplugging a Blu-Ray player as it's playing the movie — cause physical disc...

Does suddenly cutting power to a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray player when it's loaded with a spinning disc cause physical damage to the disc?

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Is it possible to erase a DVD+R?

The disc is a Memorex DVD+R. It came half used and I would like it to be erased. It can be a physical procedure, if necessary. Maybe there is a way to take up all space and then virtually use it as empty?

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Files and programs disappeared after Windows 10 update

I need help for my parents computer. They have Windows 10.After an update installation all downloaded files were deleted, also some programs remained and some were deleted.Since then, after every...

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