Monday, February 1, 2010

COPY (OR MOVE) FILES AND FOLDERS TO A CD or DVD

  1. Insert a blank, writable CD/DVD into the CD/DVD burner.
  2. Click the files or folders you want to copy (or move) to the CD/DVD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want.
    Under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy (or Move) this file, Copy (or Move) this folder, or Copy (or Move) the selected items.
  3. In the Copy (or Move) Items dialog box, click the CD/DVD burner drive, and then click Copy (or Move).
  4. Open My Computer and double-click the CD/DVD recording drive. Windows will display a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD.
  5. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD/DVD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD/DVD.
  6. Under CD/DVD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD/DVD.
  7. Windows displays the CD/DVD Writing Wizard.
  8. Follow the steps clearly outlined in the wizard.

Notes:

  • For Audio Files - Music - we recommend using CD-R's
  • Do not try to copy more files to the CD/DVD than it will hold. Check the CD/DVD packaging to see the capacity of each CD/DVD.
  • For photo or Video files too large to fit on a CD, you can copy files to a recordable DVD.
  • Windows XP does not support copying to a DVD, so you have to use DVD authoring software (such as Windows Media Player, Picasa 3, Roxio or others).
  • Windows 7 has DVD maker software built in
  • Make sure you have enough disk space on your hard disk to store the temporary files that are created during the CD/DVDwriting process. For a standard CD, Windows reserves up to 700 megabytes (MB) of the available free space. For a high-capacity CD, Windows reserves up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of the available free space
  • After you copy files or folders to the CD, you can view the CD to confirm that the files have been copied.

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