Help with burning DVD's from compact flash cards

I have 6 full 8GB Sandisk compact flash cards that I want to archive to both external hard drive and DVD's. The problem I'm having is that the approx. 1400 images on each card are contained in one file folder which will not fit on a DVD which is 4.7GB. Has anyone run into this or know of a way to somehow split the folder into small files?
Thanks!

Copy the files to two different folders on your harddisk.
Burn each folder to a DvD. (Or rather: 2 DvD's, since you want a back up)

Either split the folder up like you suggest, or use dual layer DVDs which are capable of 8Gb storage.

It's quite simple really.
Download your CF card onto your computer and delete any images you need to, then create a second folder and drag half the remaining images into it - in other words, split it into 2 lots of a bit over 4gb and burn onto 2 DVD's. This will leave you with .7Gb of free space on each disk.

i back up each card into a different folder on the hard drive. for secondary backup, i use Verbatim DVD+R DL disks. they're a little bit more expensive, but they're supposed to be some of the best, and they can hold 8.5GB.

philwillmedia wrote in post #10671409
It's quite simple really.
Download your CF card onto your computer and delete any images you need to, then create a second folder and drag half the remaining images into it.
Split it into 2 lots of a bit over 4gb and burn onto 2 DVD's

I don't think I'll be deleteing any of the images...I'm not real computer savvy but in doing this I would create an additional folder then alt-click on each image I'd want to move into the second folder? If I want to split the original 8gb folder in half in order to fit on a single dvd I'd have to alt-click on about 700 separate images? Wow, that seems really time consuming and tedious or I'm missing something!

klr.b wrote in post #10671500
i back up each card into a different folder on the hard drive. for secondary backup, i use Verbatim DVD+R DL disks. they're a little bit more expensive, but they're supposed to be some of the best, and they can hold 8.5GB.

Ok...think I'll look into the dual layer dvd's. Do I need a special DVD burner for those?

blackzzz wrote in post #10671519
Ok...think I'll look into the dual layer dvd's. Do I need a special DVD burner for those?

Unless your dvd burner is from pre 2000, then it should be capable of burning to dual layers, altho some brands can have problems, but recent burners will work fairly well with any brand just burn at a reasonable speed.

blackzzz wrote in post #10671511
I don't think I'll be deleteing any of the images...I'm not real computer savvy but in doing this I would create an additional folder then alt-click on each image I'd want to move into the second folder? If I want to split the original 8gb folder in half in order to fit on a single dvd I'd have to alt-click on about 700 separate images? Wow, that seems really time consuming and tedious or I'm missing something!

you could click on #701 -> hold "shift" -> click on #1400 (last image) -> then copy with any method you feel comfortable with.

i choose to copy files (and later delete) rather than use the cut command just because it's safer.

blackzzz wrote in post #10671519
Ok...think I'll look into the dual layer dvd's. Do I need a special DVD burner for those?

many burners can be firmware updated if you have problems with media, or even for faster burn speeds.

redjamesg wrote in post #10671528
Unless your dvd burner is from pre 2000, then it should be capable of burning to dual layers, altho some brands can have problems, but recent burners will work fairly well with any brand just burn at a reasonable speed.

I'd be using a Dell laptop that's maybe 3-4 years old.

blackzzz wrote in post #10671511
I don't think I'll be deleteing any of the images...I'm not real computer savvy but in doing this I would create an additional folder then alt-click on each image I'd want to move into the second folder? If I want to split the original 8gb folder in half in order to fit on a single dvd I'd have to alt-click on about 700 separate images? Wow, that seems really time consuming and tedious or I'm missing something!

Well . . .

klr.b wrote in post #10671531
you could click on #701 -> hold "shift" -> click on #1400 (last image) -> then copy with any method you feel comfortable with.

i choose to copy files (and later delete) rather than use the cut command just because it's safer.

That. In fact, many burning programs will let you drag and drop your files onto the disc image that way. But it's generally wise to have a hard disk backup of your images as well. Many downloading programs will let you specify the folder path to use for this by date taken or some other variable.

I use Downloader Pro and a custom folder path of D:\DCIM-ALL\DCIM-{T9}\{q}C_{T9}\{file[5​-6]}00 that lets me break folders up into manageable 100-photo clumps.

• {T9} is the short camera name (user-defined, based on photo's EXIF data)
  
• {q} is the folder number
  
• {file[5-6]} is the 5th and 6th digits of the file name
  

blackzzz wrote in post #10671511
I don't think I'll be deleteing any of the images...

Not knowing what sort of shots they are, I was just suggesting deleting as an option if you had some that were multiples eg:taken in a sequence where two or three were so similar that they may have been identical except for some minor differences, or if you had some where someone had blinked, focus was missed or some other reason why it would be deleteable.
But if they're all keepers that's fair enough

blackzzz wrote in post #10671511
I'm not real computer savvy but in doing this I would create an additional folder then alt-click on each image I'd want to move into the second folder? If I want to split the original 8gb folder in half in order to fit on a single dvd I'd have to alt-click on about 700 separate images? Wow, that seems really time consuming and tedious or I'm missing something!

Ummm...no.
You're right. You're missing something.
You just highlight the 700 images you need at once and either drag and drop or copy/paste them to the new folder then go back and delete them from the original folder.
Shouldn't take more than a few seconds.

Edit: just seen that's already been suggested.

klr.b wrote in post #10671531
you could click on #701 -> hold "shift" -> click on #1400 (last image) -> then copy with any method you feel comfortable with..

That's how I do it.

With that many pics I'd first make absolutely sure the "verify" option is checked in the burner's software so after burning is completed the software goes back over each file checking for bad data on the disk.

I decided to make life easier on myself. Earlier today I went out and bought an external dual layer dvd burner and some Verbatim DL dvd's. After all the great help and suggestions you guys gave me on this I thought that since I'll be doing a lot of archiving in the near future it would be the best way to go. It will also go great with the Acer netbook I got about a month ago for traveling. I bought the Asus burner which is also small and light so they should make a great travel combo.