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Copying Files and Folders to CDs

Burning Music CDs" in Chapter 10.

To copy files and folders to a CD:

1. Insert a blank CD into the recordable CD drive (Figure 5.52 ).

2. In Windows Explorer, right-click a file or folder (or selection of files and folders) that you want to copy to the CD; then choose Send To > CD Drive.

3. Repeat step 2 for all the items that you want to copy to the CD.

4. Activate the CD Drive window, or if it has disappeared, choose Start > My Computer; then double-click the CD icon (Figure 5.53 ).

5. In the task pane, click Write These Files to CD to start the CD Writing Wizard (Figure 5.54 ).

6. Name the CD, and click Next to start writing files to the CD. (If you're given the option, don't bother creating a HighMAT-compatible CD for a data disc.)

A progress page appears.

7. When the wizard finishes writing the CD, click Finish (Figure 5.55 ).

Tips

As an alternative to the Send To command in step 2, you can drag items into the CD Drive folder or use the Copy and Paste commands.

To burn a CD, you need temporary free disk space at least twice the size of the items to be copied; otherwise, you'll get a "Cannot complete writing" error from the wizard.

The items in the Files Ready to Be Written to the CD list (refer to Figure 5.53) are stored in the hidden folder C:\Documents and Settings\

<your user name> \Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning.

Calculate the total size of the items before you start copying. In the CD Drive window, press Ctrl+A; then inspect Total File Size in the task pane's Details box. Standard CDs hold around 650 MB. A high-capacity CD holds 800 to 850 MB.

After you create a CD, test it immediately to see whether you can use the disc. (CD writers are unreliable.)

If you decide not to create the CD, in the CD Drive window, click Delete Temporary Files in the task pane to clear the storage area.

Some files contain extra information called

metadata the bit rate of an audio track or the dimensions of an image, for examplethat can't be copied to a CD. If you get a stream-loss error from the wizard, you can copy the file without the metadata rather than skip it entirely.

For more recording features, use a program such as Roxio Easy Media Creator ($80 U.S.; www.roxio.com).