Open Windows Explorer, select the file(s) you want to write to the disc, right click the selected files, hover over Send to, then select CD-RW (or DVD-RW) drive. Windows will copy the files to a temporary location and a little bubble will pop up telling you there are files waiting to be written to the CD. Click that and a box will pop up showing files on the disc and files waiting to be written to the disc. Click File, Write these files to CD. Works as well for CD-R and CD-RW, but it does not work for DVD recordable media.

Thanks.

For a CD-RW, I have some questions...

1.) Does it have to be formatted? Or does it have to be unformatted?

2.) If I use a CD-RW, can data be added or subtracted using this procedure?

And... I seem to remember people saying CD-RW's are less reliable. Would you recommend just using CD-R's?

No, CD-RWs do not need to be formatted for use with the Windows XP burning wizard. Data can not be deleted from any recordable media, but you can write updated files. The old files will simply be ignored. For permanent storarage, CD-RWs are regarded as having a shorter shelf life, so CD-Rs should be used. I use CD-RW or DVD-RW discs for my weekly backup and rotate them. Then I create a yearly permanent archive on DVD-R or DVD+R discs (lots of stuff so I need a DVD).

It is people like you who make the Forums great. Real information combined with personal experience is so much better than just reading a web page about things. I'll just stick with the cd-r's.

Thanks again. (By the way, the background is my wife's work supplied her with a laptop with a dvd burner.... But they have absolutley no software for burning on there.... I've never used the XP Burning Wizard before.... So I needed info.)

 

Glad to help.