ARCHIVED: In Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP, how do I write a CD?
Note: Illegal copying of copyrighted materials is a violation of copyright law. To familiarize yourself with some of the laws regarding copyright, read the No Electronic Theft Act.
Windows does not require any third-party software to create a music or data CD; this capability is built into the operating system.
Note: You must have a CD drive with write capability (i.e., a CD-R or a CD-RW drive, not a CD-ROM drive) to write CDs.
On this page:
- Creating a data CD in Windows 8
- Creating a data CD in Windows 7 or Vista
- Creating a data CD in Windows XP
- Creating an audio CD in Windows 8, 7, or Vista
- Creating an audio CD in Windows XP
Creating a data CD in Windows 8
- Insert a blank CD or DVD into the disk drive.
- Press
Win-e
to open a File Explorer window.Note:For help navigating, see ARCHIVED: Get around in Windows. - In the column on the left, click , and then navigate to and select the files you want to put on the disc.
- At the top of the window, click the tab, and then select .
- Name the disc, and then choose to use the disc . Click .
- A window showing all the files waiting to be burned to disc will appear. At the top of this window, select the tab, and then click .
- Click . The files will begin to write to the disc.
Creating a data CD in Windows 7 or Vista
- Insert a blank CD or DVD into the disk drive.
- From the menu, open .
- Navigate to and select the files you want to put on the CD. On the blue bar at the top of Windows Explorer, click .
- Name the disc, and then click . The files will begin to write to the disc.
Creating a data CD in Windows XP
- Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW into the disk drive.
- Find, highlight, and right-click the file(s) you want to
copy. Select
Alternatively, you can drag the file to the
or icon in theMy Computer
window or Windows Explorer. , and then or
.
- Open (if it's not open from the step above), and double-click your CD-R or CD-RW drive.
- On the left, under "CD Writing Tasks", click . The CD Writing Wizard will appear.
- Name the disc, and then click . The files will begin to write to the disc.
Creating an audio CD in Windows 8, 7, or Vista
Creating an audio CD from files on the hard drive
- Insert a blank CD into the disk drive.
- Open Windows Media Player, and click the tab.
- Drag and drop items from your library into the on the right.
- When your list is complete, click .
Creating an audio CD from another CD
Note: Windows Media Player 11 requires that content intended to be burned to discs be first stored on the computer's hard disk.
- Insert the source CD (the one you're copying from) into the disk drive.
- Open Windows Media Player. In Windows 7 and Vista, click the tab.
- Click .
- After the files have been ripped to your computer, follow the instructions in the previous section to create an audio CD from files on the hard drive.
Creating an audio CD in Windows XP
Creating an audio CD from files on the hard drive
- Open Windows Media Player, and, on the left, click .
- From the drop-down box, select the playlist or album with the desired songs. Alternatively, select to bring up a list of all audio files currently on the hard drive.
- Select the titles to copy to the CD, and then click .
Creating an audio CD from another CD
- Put the source CD (the one you're copying from) into the CD drive.
- Open Windows Media Player, and, on the left, click .
- Check the boxes beside the tracks you are copying.
- Select . Once the tracks have been converted and copied to your hard drive, insert the blank CD.
- Click , and under , select the correct album.
- Select the titles to copy, and then click .
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