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This is an article that shows you how to burn content such as songs, files or software to a blank CD. You can do this on Windows and Mac computers with DVD drives.

Burn Data CDs on Windows

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Learn burning data CDs. If you just want to save files and folders on a CD, you can burn the necessary files/folders to a CD. Data CDs cannot be played with an audio player, but can be played and viewed as other forms of storage (such as USB).

  • Files that you can burn to a CD include photos, documents, and videos.
  • If you want to burn music to a CD to create a music disc (playable with a CD player), move on to the step of creating a music CD.
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Insert the blank CD into the computer’s drive. You need to make sure the CD is empty before doing this.

  • If the CD is already in use, you need to erase the data in the disc first..
  • The drive must be of the DVD type. You can determine this by looking at the “DVD” icon on or near the disc tray.
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Open File Explorer Windows File Explorer

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. Click the folder icon in the taskbar at the bottom of your desktop.

  • You can also press ⊞ Win + E to open the File Explorer window.
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Select the folder to save the file. Click the folder containing the file you want to burn. You will find the folder on the left side of the window.
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Select a file to record. Click and drag the mouse pointer over a group of files to select them all, or you hold the Ctrl key while clicking each file to select multiple individual files.

  • If you just want to burn a file (such as an ISO), just click on that file.
  • Most CDs can only store files up to 700MB in size.
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Click the Share tab in the upper-left corner of the window. You’ll see a toolbar display near the top of the window.
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Click Burn to disc in the “Send” section of the toolbar. The screen will display a new window.
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Click Burn at the bottom of the window. This will start burning the file to the CD.

  • The time it takes to finish burning will depend on the size and number of files you want to burn.
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Click Finish at the bottom of the screen when prompted. You can now eject the recorded CD from the computer.

Burn Data CDs on Mac

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Learn burning data CDs. If you just want to save files and folders on a CD, you can burn the necessary files/folders to a CD. Data CDs cannot be played with an audio player, but can be played and viewed as other forms of storage (such as USB).

  • Files that you can burn to a CD include photos, documents, and videos.
  • If you want to burn music to a CD to create a music disc (playable with a CD player), go to the step of creating a music CD.
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Insert the blank CD into the computer’s drive. Since most Macs don’t have a built-in CD tray, you’ll need an external CD drive to do this.

  • You can buy an external drive from Apple for less than $90.
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Open Spotlight Mac Spotlight

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. Click the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the screen.

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Open Disk Utility. Type disk utility into the displayed search bar, then double-click the Disk Utility result.
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Click Burn with the radioactive icon at the top of the window. You should see a screen showing a Finder window.
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Choose where to save the file. Click the folder containing the file you want to burn. You will see a list of folders on the left side of the window.
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Select a file to record. Click and drag the mouse pointer over a group of files to select them all, or hold down the ⌘ Command key while clicking each file to select multiple individual files.

  • If you just want to burn a file (such as an ISO), just click on that file.
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Click Burn in the lower-right corner of the window to close the Finder window.
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Click Burn in the window that appears near the top of the Disk Utility window. This will start the burning process.

  • Please be patient as this process takes a while to complete.
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Click OK in the lower-right corner of the window when prompted. This is an indication that the burning process is complete.

Burn music CDs on Windows

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Insert the CD into the computer’s drive. Make sure the CD has no data before doing this.

  • If the CD is already in use, you need to erase the data on the disc first.
  • The drive must be of the DVD type. You can identify by looking at the “DVD” icon on or near the disc tray.
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Open Start Windows Start

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. Click the Windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen to open the menu.

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Open Windows Media Player. Type windows media player , then click Windows Media Player above the search results.

  • If you don’t see Windows Media Player in the search results, it’s not installed on your computer.
  • If you don’t have Windows Media Player installed on your computer, you’ll need to use iTunes. Download and install iTunes on your computer, then move on to the instructions in the next method.
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Click the Library tab in the upper-left corner of the Windows Media Player window.

  • Skip this step and the next if Windows Media Player already shows the music library.
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Access your music library. Double-click Music to open the category page, then double-click All music to open a playlist of music files on your computer.
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Click the Burn tab in the upper-right corner of the Windows Media Player window.
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Select music to record. Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking each song that you want to add to the CD.

  • Usually you can burn music to a CD with a duration of about 70 – 80 minutes.
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Add music to the “Burn” tag. Click and drag the selected songs onto the “Burn” tab in the pane on the right side of the window, then release the mouse button. You will see all the selected songs in the “Burn” tab.
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Click “Options” with the white box icon with a green checkmark near the top of the “Burn” tab to open the options list.
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Click Audio CD in the middle of the selection list.
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Click Start burn above the “Burn” box. Thus, the songs will begin to be burned to the CD.
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Wait until the CD is finished burning. The CD will automatically eject when burning is complete. Once you’ve finished burning, you can listen to your music on any CD player (such as a car DVD player).

Burn music CDs on Mac

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Insert the CD into the computer’s drive. Since most Macs don’t have a built-in CD tray, you’ll need an external CD drive to do this.

  • You can buy an external drive from Apple for less than $90.
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Open iTunes. Click or double-click the iTunes app with the multicolored musical note icon on a white background.
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Select a song to burn. Hold down ⌘ Command (or Ctrl if you’re using Windows) while clicking each song that you want to add to the CD.

  • Most CDs allow you to burn music for about 70-80 minutes.
  • You may have to click the Songs tab to see the iTunes playlist before selecting.
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Click File in the upper left corner of the screen to open the selection list.
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Select New in the File selection list to open another menu.
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Click Playlist from Selection in the selection list to create a new playlist with the selected songs.

  • If you want to give the list a name, type a name and press ⏎ Return before continuing.
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Click File in the upper-right corner of the screen to open a selection list.
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Click Burn Playlist to Disc in the File selection list to open a new window.
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Check the “Audio CD” box at the top of the window that appears.
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Click Burn at the bottom of the window to start burning your songs to a CD.
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    Wait until the CD is finished burning. The CD will automatically eject when burning is complete. Once you’ve finished burning, you can listen to your music on any CD player (such as a car DVD player).

    • Advice

    • Always use a new, high-quality disc to burn files.
    • You can burn CDs with many programs, including iTunes.
    • “Writing” data files to a CD is essentially the same as copying files and pasting them onto a CD, but creating a music CD will require additional software. [1]

    Warning

    • It is illegal to download, record and/or distribute pirated content.

    This is an article that shows you how to burn content such as songs, files or software to a blank CD. You can do this on Windows and Mac computers with DVD drives.

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