Although Windows XP environment certainly does not replace the commercial recording software, however, have a suitable for the elementary tasks of burning CD discs. With easy to use these operations can be performed even by very experienced users. Recording data
Before you start recording, you must configure the drive. Double-click My Computer, then select the right mouse button the recorder. , See Devices with Removable Storage, and is listed under the name CD-RW (or similar). Select Properties from the pop-up menu. Go to the Recording tab. Make sure the box is checked the Enable CD recording on this drive. In the list box just below the point to the partition where the files will be cached to save on disc. It should give about 700 MB of free space. Then select the desired recording speed in the lower list box. Windows XP does not offer the possibility to verify whether the data were properly recorded on the media. For this reason it is recommended to use lower speed (for up to 20x) – especially when you write your valuable data resources. At the end, uncheck the Automatically eject the CD after writing. In this way you will not have to re-tuck the drive tray to see that all the required files are on disc.

Preparing the build

If you want to burn any files to disc and / or folders, open Windows Explorer. The fastest access to the recording function so provide. typical tasks appear in the left pane. Scroll to Tools | Folder Options. Make sure that the Tasks box on the General tab is selected Show common tasks in folders. Confirm with OK.

Now you’re ready to create a compilation of data on the disc. Double-click the CD-writer. By using the Create a new folder in the section File and Folder Tasks in the left pane, you can set up directories and subdirectories on your recorded disc.

Select the items to be included on the CD. Go to the partition and folder where they are located and select it by clicking the left mouse button. Groups of contiguous files and / or folders are selected from the pressed key [Shift] and individual components of the presses [Ctrl]. All elements within a folder you select in one fell swoop, using a combination of [Ctrl A]. After selecting the desired files and / or folder, point to Copy the selected items (or Copy the file / folder) in the section File and Folder Tasks.

The system will display a window with a tree of drives and directories. Scroll to the destination station – and possibly a previously created folder. Also, at this stage, you can set up new folders on the disc. Use the Create New Folder button. When you enter your destination items, confirm the Copy button. Balloon in the right lower corner of the screen will notify you to place files in the cache record. Do not click it until the system cope with the copying. Otherwise, you stop copying, and items that had not managed to find in the buffer will not be burned to CD. If you want the items recorded on the disc are automatically deleted from the disk, instead of the Copy command to the selected items by clicking Move the selected items. This method, however, involves some risk, because in case of mistaken record, you will lose access to recorded resources.

Firing

Repeating the above steps, put in a compilation of all files and folders you want to record. Then click the balloon in the notification area.

On the screen appears compilation. Verify that contain the requested resource. Mistakenly inserted into the files and / or folders, you can delete by pressing [Del]. And when you find the whole compilation as unsuccessful, you can get rid of it by clicking Delete temporary files.

When you deal with the preparation of the compilation, click Write these files to CD. Writing Wizard window you will see on the CD. In the Name box, enter any CD disc label.

Once you confirm button Next, the system burned out on the disc included a compilation of resources. Windows default records in multisession mode, replacing the doublets (files with the same name). When the disc is more than one session, the system may mistakenly given space requirement.

Recording music

For recording music in the Windows multimedia head corresponds Windows Media Player. The following instructions are for version 10, but in the other editions of the player described steps performed in a similar way. Music compilations made up almost the same as compilations of data. Go to the Explorer window to record sound files. Scroll to Copy all items to an audio CD in the Music Tasks section to record all the files, or select the desired songs from the pressed key [Ctrl] and click Copy to Audio CD. Alternatively, click on the selected files, right-click and select Add to a recording. The system runs Windows Media Player. Go to Record tab and check the compilation. At the bottom of the player will give the approximate time of all files. In the case of conventional CD should not exceed 80 minutes. Delete unnecessary tracks by pressing [Del], or Delete command from the menu. Dragging songs with your mouse, you can change the order within the list. Initiate recording Start recording button.

From CD to CD

When you want to put in a compilation of tracks from another audio CD, you first need to rip it to your hard drive. Insert the disc into the drive and Raise player by clicking the Start menu | Programs | Accessories | Entertainment | Windows Media Player. Recall the menu Tools | Options and select the Rip Music tab. Click the Change button under the heading Rip music to this location if you want to move to another partition buffer temporarily assembling audio files. If you want maximum sound quality, choose Lossless Windows Media Audio format in the list box. Confirm the settings by pressing the OK button and jump to the Rip tab. Select the tracks and start the process click Rip Music.

Describing music
With an internet connection, you can download from the web information such as album title and artist, and song titles. Click this button to Find Album Info. Alternatively, you can enter the data manually. Click the first track, right-click and select Edit. Move around between fields by pressing [Tab].

Driver!! Slow down!
If you want to change the default speed of the recording, go to Tools | Options, go to the Devices tab, select the burner and click Properties. On the recording you will find a list box with available levels of speed.

Cleaning the CD-RW
In the case of a rewritable disc box CD Writing Tasks, click Erase this includes a CD-RW. Use it if you want to delete the existing contents of the CD, to make room for new data.

Windows removes plaque TOC (Table Of Contents), a kind of index plate, thereby preventing access to the recorded files.

Signs of smoke
Bubble notifier to a video file disappears after a certain time. To gain access to the buffer re-recording, recorder, double-click in My Computer and navigate to C: \ Documents and Settings \ <user> \ Local Settings \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ CD Burning.