Burning With Windows XP

In both, Windows XP Professional and Home edition, there is built-in CD burning software. This page will lay out, step by step, the procedure to follow in order to burn CD's just using the built-in software that ships with XP.

Identify the files you want to put on a CD.

Here are the files that will be burned onto CD.

Highlight all the files you want to move, right-click, and select either "Cut" or "Copy".

The files are being copied.

Paste the files onto the CD (While viewing the CD within "Windows Explorer" or "My Computer").

The files have been pasted onto CD and are ready to be burned.

Click "Write these files to CD".

One click away from starting the burn session.

The CD Writing Wizard will pop up. Put in a CD Name and then click "Next".

The CD Writing Wizard.

The Progress Screen will indicate how much time is left until the burning is complete.

The Progress Screen.

Indicate whether or not you wish to burn an additional CD. Then click "Finish".

The CD Writing Wizard has finished.

Viola! The files have been put onto the CD.

The files are now on the CD.

That's all there is to it!

We hope that this tutorial has been helpful to you and we welcome any suggestions for additions, corrections, etc.