Burn+a+CD+in+Win+7

Burn a CD in Win 7

Insert the blank disc and **AutoPlay** should offer the option to **Burn files to disc**. If, for some reason, AutoPlay does not appear, just click on the **Start** button and select **Computer**. This will reveal all the drives in the computer. In that case, you can skip the next couple steps and just start moving files to the disc. In the **Burn a Disc** dialog box, you can add a name and determine how to copy the disc. Click **Next** and Windows Explorer will open. The DVD (CD) drive is located under **Computer**. If it’s not revealed, just click on the little triangle to the left of the **Computer** icon. There are several ways to move the files to the disc (Copy and Paste, Drag and Drop, etc.). For this demonstration, we will use Drag and Drop. Just select the files you want on the disc, click on them and drag them to the drive.

If all the files you’d like to copy to the disc aren’t contained in a single folder, you can move to other folders and continue to add files, as long as there’s room on the disc. Generally, CDs can hold approximately 700 MB and DVDs hold roughly 4.7 GB. To find out how much space is being used, click on the DVD Drive and the files will appear on the right. Click on a single file and hold the Ctrl key and tap the A key (**Ctrl+A**). This will select all the files. Right click and select **Properties** from the menu.

In the **Properties** dialog box, the amount of space consumed by all the files is revealed. Since there were only a few files selected to burn to this disc, a mere 5.58 MB of space was used.

Once all the items have been moved to the disc, from the **File** menu, click **Burn to disc**.

At this point, a Recording speed option is available. In the past, it was advised to burn discs at a slow speed (the lowest number). However, this was primarily used for burning audio discs, and is not as critical as it once was. The best bet is to choose a recording speed, and if glitches appear in the recording, try a slower speed.

Click **Next** and the files begin burning to the disc. The amount of time required depends on the recording speed and the amount of data. The few images burned to disc for this demonstration only took seconds, but if a DVD is filled to its maximum capacity, this may take some time. Congratulations. You have successfully burned your files to the disc.