Two problems

[Indifferent Clox]

I have the following two problems:

1: My CDRW drive rarely reads cds, it will every once in a while, but when i want to burn something it usually makes 3 or for messup cds before making a good copy that can actually be played. This pisses me off. I have an ASUS and am using memorex BlackCD-R but regular Cds don't work to well either.


2: I have this SImpletech external 500gb hard drive thing but I have no clue how to use it. The prompt that comes up on my icon bar speaks of backing up but only allows me to back up back to my computer or to discs. I just want to save extra memory to it, but am finding this nearly impossible.