Burn a CD

You might find this especially useful after downloading United Streaming files which tend to be very large.  First save the video to the server (don't do this from within Media Player though - save from the United Streaming web page viewing area), then copy to a CD.  Be sure you are at a computer that has a CD burner and that can view the files as a video.

To copy files and folders to a CD - Windows XP

1. Insert a blank, writable CD into the CD recorder.
2. Open My Computer.
3. Click the files or folders you want to copy to the CD. To select more than one file, hold down the CTRL key while you click the files you want. Then, under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file, Copy this folder, or Copy the selected items.
             If the files are located in My Pictures, under Picture Tasks, 
             click Copy to CD or Copy all items to CD, and then skip to step 5.
4. In the Copy Items dialog box, click the CD recording drive, and then click Copy.
5. In My Computer, double-click the CD recording drive (it might not say “recording” drive - that’s OK if it is the only CD drive). Windows might display a temporary area where the files are held before they are copied to the CD; or, a bubble/balloon will appear saying, “You have files waiting to be written to the CD" - click that bubble or balloon. Verify that the files and folders that you intend to copy to the CD appear under Files Ready to be Written to the CD.
6. Under CD Writing Tasks, click Write these files to CD. Windows displays the CD Writing Wizard. Follow the instructions in the wizard - basically just name the CD, click Next, patiently wait, Finish.

NOTE:  do not burn a video file from within Windows Media Player - it will only record the audio

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Last updated September 09, 2004 ~ Mrs. K. Bradley
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