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You need to review the instructions that come with Nero for how to burn a cd. Make sure you're burning the correct type: data (for a computer date disk) or audio (for a music CD you can play in CD players).

Posted by: Leo at May 22, 2005 8:58 AM

Hi:

What software program can merge .dat files associated with jpg file? My friend oversea send me this file "photos in nanning 1.jpg 1_3.dat" and I don't know how to open this.

Posted by: Ray at May 25, 2005 8:55 AM

I would assume whatever program was used to create it. There's no way to know otherwise. Ask your friend.

Posted by: Leo at May 27, 2005 7:21 PM

I found out that if the .DAT file is a video file, you can open it by renaming it to a .AVI file. Works for me, should work for you.

Posted by: Ying at June 1, 2005 2:32 PM

Can I convert this file to excel? If so how?

Posted by: FRED at June 30, 2005 9:26 AM

Not without knowing what application created the file in the first place, and even then, probably not.

Posted by: Leo at June 30, 2005 9:59 AM

Whenever I send a file from my Word program, it has a .dat extension. Why is that and how can I fix it?

Posted by: jo Williams at July 25, 2005 2:52 PM

Can you describe the steps you're taking to send a file, and the mail program you use?

Posted by: Leo at July 25, 2005 9:43 PM

In what website can I find .dat files? The original driver from HP for installation my HP printer does'n have some .dat files.
Thanks,
Valdir

Posted by: Valdir Silva at August 3, 2005 2:17 PM

If you need driver files for your HP printer, I would go to the HP web site.

Posted by: Leo at August 3, 2005 5:40 PM
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