Details on how to use this feature are in the help topic for the Specify Zip File panel of the WinZip Job Wizard. WinZip also supports writing to CD or DVD when running WinZip jobs.
If you elect to proceed using the CD in question, you will not be able to get back any data that gets erased. If you insert a rewritable CD with existing data on it, WinZip will ask you if you want to erase the existing data before proceeding to write the new Zip file.
WinZip will only create one Zip file on a single CD or a DVD.Currently, WinZip supports the following media: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and Blu-ray. Furthermore, due to restrictions imposed by the file system used on CDs and DVDs, the maximum length of the name of a Zip file to be written to CD or DVD is 107 characters. Zip files written to CD or DVD are read-only and cannot be updated at a later date.Double-click the option and change its setting to Enabled. Find the Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user only option.Open Security Options under Local Policies.Log on to the computer using an administrator account or have a system administrator log on.This situation can be corrected as follows:
If New Zip File on CD or DVD does not appear in WinZip's File menu and you are using Windows XP or later, you may be running WinZip from a user account with limited rights. It also requires that you have enough disk space available in your working folder to hold the staged Zip files. This staging process is necessary because of the way CD/DVD writing hardware works. Once the Zip file (or Zip file part) has been created, WinZip will then write it to a CD or DVD. To write to CD/DVD, WinZip first creates the new Zip file (or an individual part of the new Zip file) in WinZip's working folder. When the drive spins at a slower rate of speed, the laser used to write data onto the CD has more time to burn each individual spot, and this can help to reduce or eliminate failures. However, if you experience failures at the fastest speed setting, you may have better luck choosing one of the slower speeds. Similarly, Slowest will give you the slowest supported speed, and Medium a speed that lies somewhere between the two extremes.Īs long as it works reliably, you're usually best off selecting Fastest.