How do you burn a CD with your computer

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Burning a CD

Windows XP has it's own CD creator - What you can also do is take the files and drag (or copy and paste) them on to your cdw or dvdw drive and burn them through that without Nero
This seems obvious, but you need a CD burner in the computer. Then, you need to start whatever CD burning software came with the burner. Roxio EZ CD Creator and Ahead Nero are the two most common programs to use, and both of these in their newest versions are super simple to use. They will usually pop up a window asking what type of disc you want to burn - a data disc for use in a computer, or an audio disc for use in a CD player. Follow the instructions to add your files, then choose the Burn option from the program. Presto! You're a computin' fool.
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• Before you can even attempt to burn a CD you must have a CD burner or you are unable to do so. once you have that you must have a program on your computer which will guide you through it.

• Requirement 1: You need a CD writer drive in your computer. Requirement 2: You need to have a CD burning software(usually supplied with the drive)(Nero Burning Rom is the best!) Requirement 3: You need to have writable or blank CD-R or CD-RW. Remaining is very easy just run your CD writing software and follow the instructions.

• Is it legal? Yes, it is perfectly legal to burn a CD. Provided you legally own the music, or software you are burning, if you don't legally own it, then of course burning it or not, your possession of it it illegal. If in doubt, though read over the EULA (End-user license agreement). Mostly all software comes with one, and some have a section of how you are permitted to copy it. For the most part, if you are making a copy for backup purposes only, and you are not going to give it to anyone else, than it should be legal.

 

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You need a CD recorder. You can tell that you have one if three speeds are specified on the box. Next, you need software that communicates with the CD recorder.
Then you must buy CD-R's or CD-RW's. CD-R's work in more computers, but you only get one chance with writing data on them. CD-RW's are better for beginners, because you can write on them many times. Their drawbacks are slower speed, and some CD-ROM drives might not be able to read them.  

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In a nutshell, of course you will need a CD recorder. You will also need to reboot your PC and do nothing but burn your CD if you don't want 59 cent mirrored coasters. (Surfing the Net while burning a CD can cause a buffer underrun, which means that your system memory and CD burner's memory has been exhausted from other processes.
For Windows, to burn a data CD, assuming you have Windows XP or above, you can burn a data CD right in Windows Explorer. For a music CD, it's obvious that you use Media Player. You can do both with Roxio or other utilities.
In Linux, make sure you have a CD burning app. A Roxio clone is K3B. There's also Brasero and the audio-only Serpentine.

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