Please, how do you save a video on a hard drive?

Question

This is for a project due this Friday-yeah-and I need to edit it and take out some bad takes. The guy who saved it on a disc for me said to save it on the hard drive first, how do I do that? Then any tips for afterwards? THANK YOU! :D :D : )

Answer 1

You should check it first if it's a vcd or a data disc(well, what i mean is, if he saved it in a certain file format rather than burning it into a Video CD)

Open My Computer, then your CD drive.
Check to see if there is folder named MPEGAV...
if it has, then it should be a VCD

If its a VCD:
Open the MPEGAV folder then select the files(with the DAT extension) presumably named Avseq##.dat or music##.dat
(## is a number, if there are numerous files, then the files would be in order of 01, 02, etc....)

If its not:
Just Select the file.


After you have selected the files:
Right click and then select copy
-OR-
Press and hold (on your keyboard) CTRL and C
-OR-
Click File in the menu bar and then select copy


Open the folder you wish to save the file(preferably inside My Videos in the My Documents folder)

When inside the folder:
Click file and select paste
-OR-
Right click on the empty space and select paste
-OR-
Press and hold CTRL and C

*note: DAT files are editable by the windows movie maker. However, you need to use *.* to see the files instead of the *.avi or *.wmv file formats in the Open dialog box.

Answer 2

First put the CD into the CD ROM drive, wait, and a block will appear asking what do you want to do, choose open using Explorer. You will see the video icon, RIGHT click, choose SEND TO, then Desktop. It will copy the video to your Desktop. Now you can edit it, I don't know what editing software you would use. Maybe someone else will know. Chow.

Answer 3

Place CD in tray, then go to "My Computer from Start Menu,on that screen right click the CD and choose explore. Then from that screen highlight the file (click once) and on the left hand side of screen choose copy. A list should pop up and then choose "My Documents". File should be sent to that folder.

Answer 4

click the filename to highlight it. then press CTRL+C on the keyboard. go to where you want to put it on the hard drive and press CTRL+V to paste it there.

every new computer user should read windowx xp for dummies like i did when i started. back then it was windows 95