all right, all right, I know it sounded like a ridiculously simple question, but my eyes are crossing from looking at this screen and I thank you both for your guidance. I tried it and successfully burned image to my hard drive, but I think I need to get some different dvd+rw; my program is asking for a DVD 9 disc, and I bought these things so long ago that they apparently are not correct. (I was planning on getting a burner a long time ago, never did.....)
Hopefully when I get the correct discs they will burn with no problem. Again, thanks!