Burn Folder Problems

I'm trying to backup my personal files onto dvd using the burn folder. I had one already created and I created a 2nd one today, both on the desktop. When I dragged folders into the 2nd BF I got the expected icons w/ the little arrows for an alias. When I created a folder in the BF it seems to lack the little arrow [Control zoom isn't working today] The problem is when I dragged one particular folder from a home folder folder into one of the BF folders [one w/ the little arrow], the folder moved. It disappeared from the folder I dragged it from to the BF. If I drag it back it reappears in the home folder folder and disappears from the BF folder. When moved to the BF, this folder also lacks a little arrow. There's another folder I dragged to the BF folder that lacks a little arrow, but its original folder is still in its original place. I haven't tried using the copy command to place the folder into the BF because I have no idea how that would work or what it would do.

Any ideas on how I can get that folder into the BF so I can backup my files before the I troubleshoot the problem previously posted today?

The little arrow that you stated as meaning an alias, is like a shortcut folder would be in windows, so if you remove the original folder you remove the alias as well they are linked. So if you do that then you are not copying data to the disc just the shortcut which means nothing will get copied. You need to copy and paste the folder into the burn folder. Also some folders will automatically copy to the folder some won't. I hope this answers your question if not just tell me.

Thanks again computerxpds,

Sorry if I wasn't very clear about what I was doing. The little arrow/alias folders I mentioned were in the Burn Folder [BF], not in Finder. Per my book, that's how BF works. When you drag a folder or file into BF, it creates an alias of the folder/file, but when you burn the BF the actual files/folders are copied to the DVD. The folders you drag into a BF also stay where they are in Finder. That's what happened the last [only] time I used BF and pretty much what was happening this time except that one folder actually appeared to move from Finder to BF w/ dragging. And some folders were missing their little arrows.

I'm going to try repairing permissions per my previous post and see if I can then finish creating my BF's and get my backups burned. If that doesn't work I can try the instructions for dragging the files/folders to the blank disc icon that should mount on my desktop and burn my BUs that way.